Nick's 1970 Chevelle project
 

Been a while since I have been active on the forums so here we go with some updates and current pics and video....

This Chevelle is nothing perfect, rough in areas but I am making progress little by little getting her where I will be happy. Just takes time and money, right lol.

Some of the upgrades I have done:

~WHEELS & TIRES~
Rushforth Wheels Rated X Black centers / Brushed barrels
19x8 5"bs Nitto NT-555 245/35r19
20x10 4.5"bs Nitto NT-555r 305/35r20

~BRAKES~
Wilwood Disc Brakes 14" drill/slot/zinc black calipers.

~ENGINE~
Stroked 383
Alum heads
Carburated :(

~MISC~
Anvil Auto, Inc. Carbon Fiber hood & deck lid plus front spoiler.
Vintage Air, Inc. system, still need to install the compressor.
Metrom billet cluster, Auto Meter Products, Inc. Sport Comp 2 gauges.
Corbeau Seats USA front seats
FESLER BUILT hood & deck lid hinges, hood latch, tail lights.

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Here is the before (TOP - How I bought it) and after I made the first cosmetic changes:

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The hood is an Anvil Auto carbon-fiber as well as the truck lid. Bumpers powder coated satin black plus all the moldings have been painted satin black:

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Few pictures from a recent trip my wife and I took up and around Lake Isabella & Kernville:

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Great little place to eat in Kernville called Eurings:

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A few miles past Kernville we found this cool little general story:

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Hey Nick! Great pics.. glad to see you post up a thread.

LS in your future I would guess?

Hey man, how you been?

In the far future maybe, I ended up dropping a 383 sbc in the car before I moved out of the shop so I need to work with that power plant for now. Looking at an EFI kit for it cause I hate the carb, can't get it dialed in nice and wastes a lot of fuel.

Nice pics.

Did you tub the back end to fit the 305/35r20? I thought you had to do frame work to fit that size of tire.

Thoughts?

:cheers:

Nicely done Nick! I've seen a thread of this car somewhere... Glad your enjoying it.

Been watching your car for a while Nick. I've always like it.

no frame work done, it's tight and I had to roll the lip. It really comes down to the ride height cause the lower the tighter the wheel well gets at the top of the tire.


Yeah, I had a couple old threads that talked about a few sections of the build but I figured I would bring it all together in one thread.

Where can I see your Chevelle? Looks nice!

Thanks, man! How is yours coming along?

It's coming...slow as usual. I've got something else in the works though that I'm keeping under wraps for now. :D :popcorn2:

That's f...ing killer!!! :bigun2:

Nice, can't wait to see what you have cookin!

Thank you

Here is a video I made in my garage to show off the new suspension I am installing by Speedtech to convert the front from a factory coil to a coil-over.




I have been working on my video producing so if anyone has any suggestions feel free to post them up. Let me know what you think.


Thanks

The car looks great, Nick!

You might consider this for putting EFI on the 383. https://www.eficonnection.com/

No reason to ditch the engine if it's put together well and makes the power you want.

Keep up the good work!

Speedtech ought to cut you a check for that vid - nicely done and very informative.

I'll put in my vote for FiTech for the carb replacement. Just don't use their Fuel Commander, go inline pump or better yet, in-tank.

Love your car.

Great job Nick!I haven't seen many satin powder coat bumpers. How did the process / outcome compare to spray satin?

your changes.
 

Nick,
Your changes really transformed the "yuppy" hotrod into something everyone would want to own. LS swap sure would be nice. just saying. LOL

Yeah Nick, I know you've thought about it....:popcorn2:

I will have to research more about that company. Thanks for the link.


hahaha, well I like making videos and when I have a good subject to talk about it only makes sense to hammer out a video. I have been looking at FiTech and the Holley Sniper kits. Once I get the front end back on the ground and handle a couple other expenses I will figure out what system I will swap over to. Thank you for the info on the fuel commander.


Crazy but all I did was send my bumpers over to the local powder coater and I didn't have the chrome removed, just sprayed over the chrome and it's been working out for a handful of years now with no flaking etc. At some point, I will remove them and flush the mounting bolts and re-powder

It's funny because either people love it or they hate it..... on social the hashtag #blackbumpermafia is used a lot haha

Yeah yeah, I know LS swap.... just not realistic with funds for me on the way I would want to do it. When and if I have the funds I will for sure go LS.

No problem. I think it's a good option for someone with DIY wiring capabilities. You can find plenty of LS ECM's and wiring harnesses in the junk yard that would work well. Also, if you ever do switch to LS, you've already got the ECM and a wiring harness to control the engine. Good luck!

Update on my front end suspension swap, I pulled the front end apart and found this happening. Any suggestions on why this would happen or see it before?

Got a chance to work on the frame and prep for the new coil over mounts to weld in. Here is a vid I posted on my YouTube channel.




Let me know what you think.

I get a lot of questions about my Chevelle front bumper spoiler/valance. What did I use and how is it mounted? So I made a video showing off how it's mounted.