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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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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.
 

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After working on a Chevelle that I purchased almost 3 years ago that ended up being a 6 cylinder car, I decided that the car would never be the car I had hope to own and drive to car shows and decided to make a detour on my current project. I was able to locate another Shadow Gray Chevelle that was a SS 396, 4 speed car in the local area. The car had only the frame and body of the car. The previous owner had already disassembled the car. The car came with most of the parts in boxes and the body already sand blasted and primed. The original running gear was already long gone, since the car had been used for drag racing.  

Van Nuys Built Car
Second Week of February 1970
Purchased March 2008
Shadowgray -  Paint Code 17
 



 
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.

 

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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