My 1969 Chevelle Build

[rickpaw]

Glad to see you on here.

[waynieZ]

I just watched your videos of the first start Man that sounds so sweet! That's the biggest thing I miss using an LS engine not even close to sounding that good. Nice project.

[Haulnaz]

Originally Posted by Ben@SpeedTech

Great build! My first car at 16 was a 69 Chevelle that unfortunately got away a long time ago. Love the body lines on them and yours is coming along super cool.

I'm thinking to wrap my car too, wondering if this was your first time wrapping and how difficult / easy did you feel it was?

My car base paint will be satin black and our local vinyl supplier said he wasn't sure that wrap would stick so well to a non gloss finish, did you see any troubles there?

Thanks for any insight and I'm subscribed to follow along!

The wrap is easy if you take your time. it gets harder on the smaller parts but my car was just in primer that has been sanded smoother. Seems to be holding on good. I used a 3m sealant on the edges to keep it from coming up. The only problem is it can scratch and tear easy. Ive already put a nice scratch on drivers door by trying to hand the front fender. But i did have a guy from craigslist do the majority of my wrap. you can see him in the pictures. i think from 5 ft out you cant really tell its a wrap but i will take some pictures this weekend of it out in the sun so we can all see what it really looks like.

[Haulnaz]

Originally Posted by waynieZ

I just watched your videos of the first start Man that sounds so sweet! That's the biggest thing I miss using an LS engine not even close to sounding that good. Nice project.

no replacement for displacement. lol The video doesnt do it justice. It literally knocked pictures off my walls in the house.

[waynieZ]

Sweet!

[tmadden]

Very nice

[Haulnaz]

Here is a front shot. Only after i took it did i realize that the cars headlight bezels are on in the incorrect places. I put them on for a motivation. I like seeing the cars parts go on even if they are not ready lol. the chin spoiler we wrapped in carbon fiber and i like the way it looks. Its made of fiberglass so we shall see how long it last on Houston streets. The cars wiring is starting today. I chose the dreaded painless wiring harness kit, the Dakota Digital gauges (shouldn't be too hard to hook these up) and the flaming river steering column looks like an easy plug and play. Wish me luck. Ill keep updates coming.

[Dave Pratt]

Great work on the Chevelle...that engine sounds like a beast!

[Haulnaz]

Originally Posted by Dave Pratt

Great work on the Chevelle...that engine sounds like a beast!

Much appreciated!

[Kcrain]

What's the problem with the painless harness. I put there muscle car harness in my 1969 Chevelle 18 plus years ago it laid out great with plenty of length all connections were soldered and shrinkwrap haven't ever had issues even use there fuel injection harness with no issues. Has there quality went down or is there a preferred and cheaper harness? Keith