Project Wray 1969 Chevelle

[DHARROD]

I have another friend that never seams to post and since I spend as much time wrenching on his projects as my own (the frame smoothed, painted in my garage) I figured I'd post. The car is a 1969 Chevelle SS 396. The car was originally brown, pearl interior, white vinyl top, 4-speed car. It was found in the NC/TN area sitting under a tree. I actually got to see it when it was first "saved" still had the original paint, emblems, interior, disc brakes, wheels, even old 70's biased tires (90% of it needed replaced-after the restoration got started $$$$$). The engine was gone but the Munci was in the trunk. The transmission and rear and frame all had the vin stamped in them (as you know mfgs didn't stamp consistently so this was a neat situation). We've done the interior and paint/body was done by a professional shop (will get at least the finished pictures posted). The body got all new full panels (hood, front, rear, floor, trunk) and the same approach was done with the interior (100% new). The final area was/is the frame and engine.

The car has been changed to a black with black vinyl top, the interior has been kept white/pearl. The Munci has been put in storage and may get sold (M22 - I'm trying to talk him out of it) and a Tremec 5-speed will replace it (Lakewood bell houseing, Ceterforce clutch). The engine is a 496 which posted over 600HP/TQ on the dyno. Since he likes Corvette Rallyes he's kept the brake system for the most part (Changing out the MC/booster from CPP - old stuff to storage). All of the front and rear ARMs have been changed out with stuff from CPP (it had the rear boxed arms - there headed to storage). Edelbrock no-hop bars added, QA-1 front/coil and rear shocks, Hotchkis rear springs and upper frame braces, Right-stuff detailing SS gas/break lines, Lees quick ratio steering box, New Moog front steering linkage round out what you see in the pictures.

[GHOSTDANCER]

Good find. Keep the pics coming

[awr68]

I like that last shot!!

[almcbri]

nice work!

[DHARROD]

I grabbed a quick picture with my cell-phone - car needs a good cleaning and a lot of small touches/items left. Finally got the body back on the chassis and front clip back on. Not the best picture but it should give you and idea of what the overall car looks like. With March Madness and a few auto swap meets we haven't had much time to work on it. Should be running with the interior back in a week or two.

[slck6t9]

Looks outstanding so far. Can't go wrong with black when it is done nice.

[XcYZ]

That's a cool pic.

Originally Posted by DHARROD