It’s been a busy summer but I finally found some time to work on the Chevelle. Over the last few days I finished cutting out the floor and firewall.
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Then I added in the two 2x2” rails to connect the front and rear chassis sections.
More bracing will be added but this is just to get me started.
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Once all that was done I put it on the ground for the first time in about two years! My curiosity was killing me so I scaled it just to see.
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Notice the driver side is heavier and the front bias is pretty light, but I’m sure the hood sitting on the roof skewed things a bit. Now that I have a baseline, I’m going to weigh it after each major change, such as the cage, engine & trans, etc. My goal is to not exceed 3400 lbs.
Well here it is…
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And here they are…
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