Nick's 1970 Chevelle project

[Nick.V70]

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:






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:








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





Great little place to eat in Kernville called Eurings:



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

[Flash68]

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

LS in your future I would guess?

[Nick.V70]

Originally Posted by Flash68

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.

[out2kayak]

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?

[Che70velle]

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

[214Chevy]

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

[Nick.V70]

Originally Posted by out2kayak

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?

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.

Originally Posted by Che70velle

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

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!

[Nick.V70]

Originally Posted by 214Chevelle

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

Thanks, man! How is yours coming along?

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by Nick.V70

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.

[Dave Pratt]

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