Well, as we all like to say..."not much of an update," but here it goes anyway. Getting ready to get started back on the body to take any small dings and deep scratches out. Got the '59 Impala dash tacked in. All the knob holes, glove box and stuff have been deleted and shaved and it has been fabbed for my double-din radio. You can also see where it has been notched out so you can read the vin#. Also shaved the rear quarter, marker lights too. Like I said, not much to see...so that's all for know.

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The dash looks great in there.

Thanks Wayne, I'm trying.

Keep going Marcus! :thumbsup: How's the chasis coming along?

Chassis is coming along fine Ron. Just waiting on the builder to send me some pics. Frame is built with everything tacked in. Just test fitting a bunch of stuff for the rear. I'm dying on waiting for the pics myself. You know as soon as I get them, they will be uploaded to the site.

Marcus was up man. Hey this is Chris from Miami remember you hooked me up with the paint information. I am always signing in and checking up on your make over hahaha. I decided to say was up and once again thanks. Your car is looking great. Here is a link to my car. The guy who is doing the work at the moment put my car on this website. Just in case it does not take you to the direct page to my car. Go to his homepage and click on 1967 chevelle pro street. I wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving and Thank you once again.:cheers:

heres the link:

http://www.moparresto.com/67%20ChevellePro.htm

Hey wassup Chris. No problem on the paint thing bro. Don't mention it. I try and help anybody out when I can. Let me know how everything works out and post some pics when it gets sprayed. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours as well.

More body work....got the door handles installed. Also got the Fesler door panels so we can figure out how to wrap the ends of the '59 Impala dash around in order for it to flow into the door panel.

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Nice updates Marcus.

Thanks Tone!:thumbsup:

Bought a few parts...some carbon fiber from Anvil and a pair of NOS bumpers. I was gonna tuck the old bumpers, but after finding these and the price I paid for them, there's no way I can bring myself to cut them. Some of you older guys may remember the protective, blue gel coating that GM used to put on their bumpers.

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Okay, now for the big surprise. Good news and bad news. The bad news first. Well, my project will be put on hold for about 2-3 months. But, the good news is I'm getting a garage built for all of my toys. It's not a big elaborate shop with super, mega welders or ultra powerful compressors like some you guys have. It's just a Christmas gift to myself. It will have nice shelves in it and a big commercial two-sided sink though. :lol: They got underway on it last week. It will be 26'x32'.

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Congrats on the man-cave Marcus! Leave room for a lift...:thumbsup:

make sure it has a/c and heat...:D

Very nice Marcus. Nice to see the updates.
Gotta have a nice "home" for the toys too! Good luck.:thumbsup:

Thanks guys! It'll only take about 6-8 weeks to finish it. But, it'll take me another 2-3 months to recover financially. I'm not one of those millionaire guys on the site that was in that poll. :lol: :lol: So, the Chevelle will commence again in the late spring.

Congrats on the present to self. :thumbsup: Definitely make room for a lift.

Are you kidding?!?!?! You're a regular one man economic firestorm!!!

Congrats on the garage, and hey looks like your doing well enough that house is pretty damn nice. :thumbsup:

Naw, but I would be if you adopted me....please?:_paranoid That way I can inherit a certain, specific 62 bubbletop.:unibrow:


Rybar, I just work hard for a living. But, I wouldn't call it living high on the hog as they say.

The new parts look sweet,and congratulation's on the new shop. Your going to love having it! Its going to be pretty good size too. But they fill up fast!!!!

Nice parts, but congrats on the big garage! :thumbsup:

Ok guys, I need some help badly on making a decision. I'm about to send my wheels back to HRE today. They are boxed up and everything. The only thing I'm torn between is deciding on the finish. I'm having trouble deciding between 3 finishes. I can tell you, the black center is OUT of the question. I don't care if it is satin black or gloss black...the answer is still no. I actually don't mind it on other peoples cars, but I'm too thru with the blacked-out wheel look. No offense to those who have them, it's just not for me. Don't care for the polished hoops either because when they get dirty and a bit older the hoops get hazey and it's hell trying to polish them back to a high luster shine. Anyway, I did a vote about a year ago when I decided to change my wheels and didn't want to update an old poll. So, I figured I would just ask in my thread. The 3 choices are as follows.....

1) Brushed clear center with chrome hoops and leave the bumpers chromed. (I know how chrome is becoming less popular)

2) Brushed and tinted clear with brushed clear hoops and brushed bumpers. (My #1 choice)

3) Brushed/clear center with brushed clear hoops with brushed bumpers. (Less dimension if whole wheel is brushed clear)

Basically, as you can see, I'm torn on the hoops. The centers will be brushed no matter what, rather tinted or clear. I've included a pic of what HRE's brushed tinted clear looks like versus their brushed clear.

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Lastly, here are a few shots of my wheels before I make a decision on the new finish. The are full chrome...maaaan, WTF was I thinking. :mad: :mad: They are dirty as hell from being in storage.

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I like the TINTED Clear....

I second that

Thanks Greg and Greg. LOL!! That's why I said that tinted clear was my #1 choice. You can still see the brushed finish through it. HRE must use some sort of transparent color in a clear powder, I guess. But, I would do that with the regular brushed and cleared hoops. What y'all think?

Deff. Keep the lips chrome, I hate full brushed wheels they need to diffent colors to create demension to the wheel. You can't go wrong with brushed tinted or regular brushed centers on you bright colored car.

The tinted clear looks great.

brushed tinted clear is my fav. 2nd brushed clear

brushed tinted clear! :thumbsup:

Brushed tinted here too.

Yep! ~ :thumbsup:

Guys, but what about the hoops? I'm 99% sold on the tinted clear, but it's the hoops I'm indecisive about. Like I said, the polished hoops will look like crap in a years time. I know I can have them high polished with a machine by a shop to return the new luster to them, but that's too much trouble. I also, know I can "so call" do the polishing myself, but again, that's too much trouble and definately too much arm/hand work and then it still won't be that shiny. Chrome is a low maintenance deal. Soap them up, rinse them off and there you have it. Plus, if I keep the bumpers chrome, there has to be a little bit of chrome somewhere else. Wouldn't y'all agree? And the thing with the chrome bumpers is, as I pictured earlier in my thread...I found front and rear NOS bumpers which I spent alot of money on and may need to remain chrome by me leaving them alone. Wouldn't y'all further agree? It's funny to me how guys rant and rave and make fun of chrome hoops on wheels and they have two big ole front and rear chrome bumpers and chrome trim pieces themselves on a car that's supposed to be totally blacked out. :lol: :lol:

I think keeping the hoops shiny what ever way you do it will be fine. How is the polished and cleared hoops ? I never saw any in person but the OEMs uses it.

May need to check into that option. Thanks Wayne! :thumbsup:

Marcus - that's what I did. Lots of wheel pics in my build thread or I can email you some. The clear dulls it some, and I am told gets nasty after some abuse. If I were to do it over again I'd go straight polish on the hoops.

I'll give you a call in 5 minutes Ron.

A little late to the thread, but I'm with Wayne.

Thanks Tone. I tracked my wheels on line and they won't get to HRE until Feb. 29th. Bout time they get the wheels in and break them down, send them off to get the chrome stripped off, get them back and brush the centers I guess I'll have my mind made up. LOL!! I'm going with the brushed/tinted clear centers and I'm leaning towards the chrome hoops to match the chrome bumpers.:_paranoid

Wheel Update....:mad: :mad:

Well, I got my quote from HRE yesterday and I was quoted $2200 for all of the work. Of course this sent me over the top. So, I called them today and had a man-to-man or shall I say customer-to-manufacturer talk. After much debate I got the charges reduced to $1600. Still a hell of alot of money, but alot cheaper considering they have to strip off the chrome and then brush the centers and powdercoat them. Believe it or not, I somehow got them to strip off the chrome for free. That saved me alot of money considering they have to send the wheels out and outsource that part of the process. There was no dealing on the labor to brush them. Lol!! So, of the $1600, most of that is the labor to brush them and the cost of the 7" outer hoops for the rear to make them 13" wide. The 7" outers had to be custom ordered as they don't keep them in stock due to not many people requesting a 20" wheel with a 7" outer hoop. I hated to use the old "I'm a repeat customer trick", but I had to use one of my trump cards and tell him I just bought a set of 22" 948R wheels for my 68 C10 shortbed last year. I told him the 22's plus the 20's for my Chevelle should speak volumes about me as a customer. So, after I gave him the serial numbers to verify my 22's, he gave me a much better deal. Here are a couple of pics of my 22's for my C10. No build thread yet until I finish the Chevelle. Got alot of neat stuff for the truck though, but I won't spoil it yet. By the way guys, I chose to go with the brushed/tinted clear centers with chrome hoops.

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