Glad to see this one getting some love again.

Thanks. I'm looking forward to moving along with this. More parts to decide and order looking at other builds here give me plenty of ideas.

Bill

Life does take over sometimes. That is the truth. I am glad to hear that you are moving forward despite what Life through at you. Hopefully you can get back consistently to your build soon. Good luck to you!

Bill, nice to see you're back on the Chevelle. Hope all has been well with you too.

Thanks everyone. Looking forward to making some progress.

Bill, I looked in on your build a year ago or so, just to see if you’d been back. It’s crazy how life goes and how fast time moves us along. I bought my Chevelle in ‘11 and me and my son Brandon worked on it a lot together. He was 8 then. Today, he’s in college. I can’t believe I’ve had mine 12 years. I’ve been talking to a friend for the last few months about buying mine actually.
I’m glad to hear your healthy and back on track here. Keep us updated sir!

Scott,
Thanks for checking in and trying to keep track. My job takes me all over GA. I need to stop by sometime.

Hate to think you are selling, but I understand. I've been blessed to be able to keep this all these years.

I may even get to get out in the garage today and Saturday to work on it. I need some garage time.

I'm sure your son enjoyed working on it as much as mine. Mine is actually pushing for me to get it done. I think he just doesn't want to finish is if I kill off for some reason. HAHA

Bill

Had a little time this past weekend. Got out in the garage and started to remove the drivers quarter. Of course, the window and mechanism has to come out first. I hope I can get it back in. HAHA

Then started to remove spot welds to get the quarter off.

One thing I noticed, the new quarters don't have the little pins for the clips that hold the window moulding on. Will have to find a way to address that later.

So, I hadn't realized how behind I am on updating. Some work has been going on. The quarter finally came off and the new one going back on along with ABC Performance widened inner fenders.

That's some serious progress!

Andrew

Looking good!!

While my son was home for Christmas leave, he talked about starting the build on the engine. So I had all the block work completed, and we started to set the crank and pistons. WE got 3 in, and the ring compressor stopped working correctly. He was disappointed to say the least.
After he left, I was able to get a new ring compressor and get the rest installed.

Then I hit issues. Started installing the cam, and #4 cam journal would not allow the cam to go in fully. So back apart and to the machine shop to fix that problem. Got it all back together, and realized the cam gear was wrong for my application. I'm changing the engine from a GEN III to a GEN IV. Then needed to also install the timing chain guide which required drilling the block. Mistakenly, drilled through the block, which is internal and not a problem, other than all the shavings going inside the engine. So, apart again to clean everything up, then reinstall everything.

At this point, the heads are on, and ready to be torqued. Will get that completed this week.

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Got more completed on the engine. Decided that I’m going to try the old school look for the LS. Using PSI conversion harness and intake setup. Accenting with the black Holley front drive setup.
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So a couple of weeks ago, I stopped at Summit in GA. Noticed that they had a steering column that would work for the Chevelle. It was missing a key, so they had it at half price.
This weekend, while waiting on paint to dry, I had the idea of taking the key cylinder from my original 3 on the tree column and putting it in the new column. Yes , it worked so I will be using my original key for the car. Happy this worked out.
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That's cool!! Small things like this make builds fun and are a great conversation piece.

I wanted to get some help making a decision on coil overs or stay with air ride. At his point, I have the ridetech airride shocks that came with my suspension kit. I currently don't have the air system, and now looking at possibly moving to coil overs instead.

It would be less money to order new shocks instead of an air system. It would also be less issues with installation. So I am leaning toward the coil overs.

Now the next question, whose do I choose? Stay with Ridetech, or go to like Aldan, or Speedtech? I like the Speedtech at this point, but not sure if it would work with the A-arms from RideTech.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
Bill

So there has been some activity going on in the garage. I just haven’t kept up with posting here. I did ask a question in my last post, but didn’t see where anyone had thoughts on the subject.
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Looking good. I love the clean & compact footprint of the Holley Mid-Mount set-up.

As for the Air Ride vs. C/O suspension.... It comes down to what YOU ultimately want. I have had air set-ups (basic manual set-ups only) on multiple trucks over the rears. They're great for adjusting ride height when I'm pulling a trailer. But they can have issues & can be a source of aggravation @ times when supporting pieces fail (compressors, pressure switches, height sensors) while not @ home.

That being said, seeing as you are talking about a GM A-body, the chassis is basically like the C/O option w/o the adjustability. The good about the C/O's is the ability to easily tweak spring rate vs. an OE configuration replacement/aftermarket coil spring but I'd bet most replacements springs get the job done as-is. Next is the ability to tweak/adjust small ride height changes as well, So, C/O's get the nod for adjustability over traditional coils if you are the type that will want to 'adjust' things beyond the initial setting up.

Maybe the answer is in the realm of do you like to tweak things, or do you tend to leave things alone if you're good w/the initial set-up?

So, after much measuring and fortuneatly another person working with Speedtech on an A-body with the Ridetech strong arms, we were able to get coil overs ordered. They arrived and so, the install was started.

Before this could happen, I finally finished all the welds and smooth down the welds of the quarter panel. Mark that off the list.

Rearend tried to kick my butt, however, got all the control arms lined up and the upper bushings installed in the rearend housing.

After this was completed, I moved to the front coil over bracket install.

What error are you seeing?

It just seems to time out when I hit the upload button. The post with the shocks had 4 other pictures that were supposed to attach.

The pics were too large, 5-6mb each. I reduced the size.

Good progress Bill...

Thanks......

Seems to be one Saturday at a time. Need to get more completed in the middle of the week.

So back at it today. Got the Speedtech front shock brackets installed along with the QA-1 shocks. Attachment 81537
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So it has been a while since I have updated. There has been some work going on, but there were other projects that I was asked to do around the house.
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Filled in other holes that will not be needed. Removed the fuse block pass through since I will be using bulkhead connectors.
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Bought some GUNIWHEELS Needed a way to roll it out and be able to turn it around at some point.
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Today was install the firewall steering column plate and the under dash clutch master pedal assembly. This will clean up the firewall even more.
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Nice!!!!!!

Progress looks fantastic. Can’t wait to see more pictures.


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So, got a little more done. Couldn’t figure out how to patch the panel behind the rear seat so I cut it out and made a completely new panel. Attachment 83276
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Nice work Bill...

Good to see you still at it Bill. Looks great.