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Well after three weeks and no
tires (and after sending the wrong tires the first time) I still
have no tires. I have called 3 times in the last week and
finally called again today and they told me that they don’t have
the tires and will not for some time if ever. Back to square
one. They are going to refund my money, but will take a week or
so. Amazing. I guess I will get on the phone and make some
calls. Motor is coming along every well. Installed the rear seal
yesterday and spent time stripping the paint off the intake and
oil pan before repainting. Should have some pictures next week
of the motor put back together. Hope you have a great weekend,
I’m off to the beach and hopefully a car show this weekend.
Take care Ray
PS Daughter came out a caught
me working on the Manifold.
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This is
the picture of my car as I got it in 2005
Click picture to see Larger Picture of car
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| Car is currently under
going a full frame off restorations using NOS parts.
Click the pictures or text below for
addition details on that phase of the restoration
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Pictures
of the Interior . Click the picture or text for more
pictures. |
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Pictures
of the Engine as it came apart. Click the picture or text for more
pictures. |
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Pictures
of the body as it came apart. Click the picture or text for more
pictures |
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Pictures
of the Frame as it came apart. Click the picture or text for more
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Progress
I finally get the rear diff case, front
springs and back springs back today from the powder coat shop. The
case will be on its way to the gear guy to install 308 gears and the
posi. After months of cleaning, painting and replacing I should have
all the parts to put the frame back together in the next couple of
weeks. It's been a long process, but worth the effort. I'll send
updated photo's of the project soon. Oh by the way it was 74 degrees
here yesterday and lots of sun. Great day to work on the project.
Spring has sprung. |
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The Differential goes in.Finally
after about 8 months of having parts rebuilt or replaced, the
Chevelle frame is starting to take shape. All of the control arms
front and rear have been rebuilt |
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Front End Assembly |
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Rolling Chassis |
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Engine Cleanup |
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Pictures from the Chevelle ElCamino
Club of Oregon. Unfortunately the weather man predicted an 1/2” of
rain from the remains of the storm that hit Japan last week. It
turned out to be a nice day. We were expecting 200 plus cars from
the pre-restoration form s, and about 120 showed up.
This was our annual car show, we have it to donate money to
Doernbecher Childrens Hospital. We were able to donate over 6000
dollars last year from the club. I still have the magazine setting
on my desk here at work. It’s for sale for 45,000 dollars.
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I probably should of said here was my
95 Ford PU, I replaced it with a 2001
Ford PU with only 30,000 miles on it. It was the
only picture I had with the trailer here at
the office. I'll find a picture of the other truck and send
some pictures of some of the toys around the house. I
use the trailer for hauling the families
ATV's. The trailer is actually a 26 foot trailer, My son
reminded me last night. Nice part about the trailer
it has the heavy duty
axles and can haul 8600 pounds. Although that 95 is
still my favorite truck. |
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This is
Ray Griffin's Chevrolet.
If you have
any questions you can reach him at
Crg@deainc.com
Owner Ray Griffin
City - Tigard, Oregon
Chevelle & El Camino Club
of Oregon
member .
1970 CHEVELLE Canada
Built Car for US (3500 units built approx)
Production date April 13,
1970
Purchased 12/15/05 out of
Melbourne Florida
Car arrived in Oregon on
December 28, 2005 on my 50th Birthday
Car has a 1969 396
non-matching motor with turbo 400 transmission
331 12 bolt rear end and
full SS gauge package (New information the rear end was not a 331 as
lead to believe.
Bucket seats with H handle
shifter and console.
This car is a original
paint code 17 (Rare Shadow Gray Color car) with 790 (ivory) interior. So
far this is the only factory documented Shadow Gray car I have found or
seen with this interior. I have been looking for 3 years.
Car is currently under
going a full frame off restoration using NOS parts .
When taking the car apart
the front fenders were welded to the car at the bottom of the fenders
instead of being bolted on. My son Chris had to cut the fenders off.
The
body will need left rear quarter replaced and new trunk floor pans put
in. The front inner fender wells still had GM of Canada on them with
the original sheet metal on the car.
Plans for this car are to
be able to take it to car shows, and drive it on nice days in the
summer. This car is not going to be a trailer queen.
Update 05/03/2007
The car was built
in Canada, and I found the strip of paper that was put inside of the
car under the back sheet with the options listed for the car. Had I
called George in Canada before I purchased the car he could have
told me if it was not a true SS before hand. I wished I had found
Team Chevelle web page before I started looking for a car. It has
been very educational. I have no regrets. This still is the only
Shadow Gray car that came with white interior that I know of and
anyone else so far. This car is not being done to be an investment,
but to have for fun and car shows. If it ends up being worth more
some day then that will be just a bonus. Again thanks for the great
job on all the parts you did. They look great on the car.
Had I knew what I now know, I probably
would have not purchased this car or offered a lot less. I’m still
having fun restoring this car. The pocket book is a lot lighter, but I
will finish the car. Attached is the completed frame as of last night.
The rims are out being sand blasted and the tires were ordered
yesterday. Once the rims are painted and tires mounted the frame will be
a roller.
