G'day, just signed on to the forum. I'm a rodder /muscle car fan from back in the to the sixties. Never gave up the cars, just built more along the way.
I currently have a 1966 Chevelle. I'm second owner, had it for about 43 years. I'm currently working on a 1941 Ford 3/4 ton truck (stake back) with a flat head and transmission with power take off (which I thought was a bit unusual). The engine, transmission and chassis are done. The body work gets done in the spring and hopefully she should be on the road next year.
I've also got a 1968 Mustang fastback to finish too.
Welcome John, always liked those Chevelles. Engine and driveline?
Thanks to all for the welcome.
The Chevelle...its a 1966 427. I had it 11.5:1 with solids until about 5 years ago. Getting hard to get gas for it, so I had it rebuilt with a 9.5 compression and a modern high performance hydraulic cam. It goes good on the street now. The new cam lowered the torque range a bit. Now I don't have to go around town in first at 3K RPM because there's no low end torque.
That said she has roller rockers (from 68), big port heads, four bolt mains, custom made headers (from 68), Flowmaster exhaust, and 3:75 rear end and an M21 four speed. She's good for 7K RPM.
Its got 62K miles on the clock.........original miles. Never seen snow and rarely sees rain. and its Oshawa built.
John
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I'll have to take some pics of the way it is now. It looks pretty sorry as original. I've put a couple on here. Since the pics, the engine rad, and transmission have all been rebuilt. the chassis has been blasted and painted. the cab, hood and fenders have been blasted and primed.
John
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-- Edited by oldiron on Friday 27th of December 2013 10:25:34 PM
welcome aboard from the belleville area from an original omeemee-ite. then peterborough.
doing the math, 43yrs owning the chevelle i have probably seen it back in the day. good for you on still owning it. that would make it 1971 era for me and i would of had a 66 s/s nova. it was a great time for chevy's.
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good luck on the truck build. rick
welcome aboard from the belleville area from an original omeemee-ite. then peterborough. doing the math, 43yrs owning the chevelle i have probably seen it back in the day. good for you on still owning it. that would make it 1971 era for me and i would of had a 66 s/s nova. it was a great time for chevy's. - good luck on the truck build. rick
Thanks very much for the welcome. You and Neil Young have something in common. Those 66 Novas were nice cars. You don't see them around that often.
Yeh, its been a while for the Chevelle. Like a lot of guys back then, I went through the usual collection of muscle cars. In my case it was a 64 Pontiac Custom sport rag top with a 275 HP 327 with a four speed and Thrush mufflers, it wasn't a muscle car but it sure was fun. The muscle cars included 67 GTO, 68 Chevelle 396 (both four speed cars) and a brand new 69 GTO out of Unionville motors show room. Those were the days. Not likely to be repeated to that degree anymore.
During the 70's I built up a 1955 Chev pickup, 55 Chev two door Hardtop, and a 57 Nomad (sold that in the 90's). Its funny when I look back on it, we think of those vehicles as being old, but they were only about twenty years old when I did them. My 1993 Chev pickup 4x4 is the same age now, but I don't think of it that way. Completely rebuilt that truck and painted it myself about five years ago. I did that just so I could use it as a parts getter as I couldn't justify the cost of a new truck.
Its funny, before I started this 41 Ford, I swore I wasn't going to do another vehicle, then I found this one out of Fenlon Falls. I couldn't resist, so here I am again.
We talk about old cars here, and believe me i love em, but its quite interesting when you try and compare them to the modern muscle car. Circumstances allowed me to buy, in 2011, a 2010 Shelby Mustang. I liked the look of them and it was something of a reminiscent throw back to the late sixties, but what a difference from, say , my Chevelle. The Chevelle , in its 1966 configuration, which it still is, is a horse and buggy compared to the Mustang. I took the Mustang on a three week road trip to the US south west including Colorado this past spring. To me, it was a fabulous road car and never tired of driving it. I couldn't say the same for the Chevelle on a similar trip. That said, I don't think you're going to find people restoring these modern cars twenty plus years down the road. Too much hi tech technology in them. Even a lot of the older mechanics are shying away from them.
Welcome from Vineland John. you've got me beat by two years, I've had the Falcon for 41. They kinda grow on ya eh?
Thanks very much.
Yeh, they do grow on you don't they. Its interesting seeing you have Falcon's. I had about three 60 - 62 Falcons and a Frontenac. The Frontenac cost me $75 with a hole in the passenger floor. Drove it for a winter so i could keep my Chevelle off the roads. I saw in Old Autos about a year or so ago that there are only one or two Frontenacs left in Canada. Blew that one I'd say.
And lots of loud mouths on here to help ya out with knowledge/advice and their 2 cents worth.
