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Title: 66 Chevelle ss :}
Post by: SkyChimp on August 28, 2005, 10:20:15 PM

w00t might get one muahahah dad and me project. needs work in ok shape has little cancer. Errr its a hard top all original. Runs too! Really good price muahah!

Title: 66 Chevelle ss :}
Post by: FiLtH on August 28, 2005, 10:27:52 PM

My fav of favs!   Pics plz..even if in rock bottom condition atm

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Post by: SkyChimp on August 28, 2005, 10:29:05 PM

Next week ill get some pics and scan them.



Errr Before after pics hehe :}

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Post by: SkyWolf on August 29, 2005, 06:54:42 AM

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Originally posted by SkyChimp
w00t might get one muahahah dad and me project. needs work in ok shape has little cancer. Errr its a hard top all original. Runs too! Really good price muahah!

Very Cool..... I'll be interested to hear more.

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Post by: lazs2 on August 29, 2005, 08:12:45 AM

66 is a good year.

lazs

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Post by: Mini D on August 29, 2005, 11:19:13 AM

If you don't mind me asking, what price?

I'm going to look at a 66 chevelle this week. It's not an SS, though.

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Post by: SkyChimp on August 29, 2005, 10:56:19 PM

I'll just say its cheap:D

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Post by: Mini D on August 30, 2005, 07:25:04 AM

What kind of engine?

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Post by: eddiek on August 30, 2005, 09:22:08 AM

lazs is right........1966 IS a good year.
Those are my favorite Chevelles and El Caminos.  Reading this makes me wanna go back and get my '66 Elky up and running again.  
Bought it in 1983, got it running and drove it a while, but it's sat idle since 1985.  Gonna need a lot of work to get it roadworthy again, but it will be worth it..............

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Post by: SkyChimp on August 30, 2005, 05:20:15 PM

396

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Post by: Cougar68 on August 30, 2005, 05:43:33 PM

My first car was a '66 Malibu.  Loved that thing.....

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Post by: SkyChimp on August 30, 2005, 11:47:41 PM

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Originally posted by Cougar68
My first car was a '66 Malibu.  Loved that thing.....

Ahhhh a malibu also a great car. I also want a 69 camaro

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Post by: Cougar68 on August 30, 2005, 11:49:08 PM

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Originally posted by SkyChimp
Ahhhh a malibu also a great car. I also want a 69 camaro

Malibu was the same thing as the Chevelle SS minus the big block and the badges.  All of which were easily changed out.  :D

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Post by: lazs2 on August 31, 2005, 08:16:26 AM

not quite that simple... big block cars have some differences other than badges.

lazs

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Post by: Mini D on August 31, 2005, 09:06:22 AM

You'd mentioned the fuel line size... is there other things such as suspension/frame tweaks?

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Post by: lazs2 on August 31, 2005, 09:21:24 AM

lots of things depending on year.... 12 bolt rear ends... heavy duty suspension and control arms... sway bars bigger radiator driveshaft.... most of these things could be ordered on small block cars of course but generally weren't   Lower control arms for instance were boxed on big block cars so that a sway bar could be bolted on.  You can't even get a rear sway bar with standard control arms.

lazs

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Post by: Mini D on August 31, 2005, 10:39:36 AM

By the looks of things... most of what you listed is bolt on. Do you know of any other "more difficult" things?

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Post by: lazs2 on August 31, 2005, 12:03:00 PM

nope...  you are correct... it is all bolt on stuff and some of it is even outdated.

   You can even buy a lot better stuff than the factory heavy duty stuff if you wish.... some is quite expensive tho for not much improvement... take a good 12 bolt posi for example....expect to spend a couple of grand to upgrade your weak open 10 bolt for instance.

just saying... more than just a few or  500 bucks worth of badges and grill and interior stuff...

lazs

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Post by: Mini D on August 31, 2005, 01:10:14 PM

As you know, I'm not concerned with the badges. I am somewhat interested in what converting a small block to a big block would involve.

The suspension stuff I'm actually willing to deal with just to "modernize" it. The stuff that wouldn't have been as readily apparent are things like the fuel lines and those kind of things. Do you need to also install the vents in the hood to increase airflow? Or were those just cosmetic.

Also... do you know if the steering in these rack and pinion?

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Post by: lazs2 on August 31, 2005, 02:12:05 PM

vents in some years of chevelles is cosmetic and others it is functional.   10 bolt rears are weak.

none had rack and pinion but very good boxes are available that reduce the number of turns lock to lock.   You can get excellent power steering boxes that are really late model camaro units internally.

lazs

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Post by: Mini D on August 31, 2005, 04:28:59 PM

OK... last question:

I've heard there's alot of good parts available for these from several companies. Do you have any recomendations for factory type parts and conversion parts?

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Post by: lazs2 on September 01, 2005, 08:29:40 AM

ok... factory and reproduction parts.... Danchuk... Year one.... Original Parts group..

get their catalogs... they might cost five bucks each (refundable first purchase) and are specific to chevelles... they all also make parts and catalogs that are for other makes..

they all sell high quality parts and their catalogs are gold mines of info... they are thick and huge and have color pics of allmost every part in a chevelle or el camino (and other makes in other cats)

You can probly learn more about your car reading those catalogs than you could by owning a couple of ratty chevells.

Some hot rod parts in there too like the steeting boxes mentioned and improved brakes and susspension.. etc etc etc etc..  

Really.... if you care at all about the cars get those catalogs... I read em from cover to cover when I got em.  

When I call for parts they go...."Oh... big block 69 elky with 6 speed and 12 bolt right?"

really... you will love em... maybe 40 pages just on interior stuff.

lazs

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Post by: Mini D on September 01, 2005, 10:49:29 AM

Thanks Lazs, that's exactly what I was looking for. I do the same thing with a couple of 67-72 chevy truck catalogs (LMC and ChevyDuty) as well as a local shop. There's a local chevelle shop too, but it's not by my house (by work instead)... at least it was there 4 years ago.

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Post by: GtoRA2 on September 01, 2005, 11:05:23 AM

I used  yearone alot with my GTOs. Them and Ames.


Both great.

Year one is selling a kit to install the guts, from a 2000 era Camaro, into a 60s body, the tranny, engine, computer and suspension.

They sell complere reproduction door panels. All you have to do is put it on.

Great stuff.

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Post by: Mini D on September 01, 2005, 10:20:10 PM

The car's in the driveway and the catalogs are ordered.

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Post by: GtoRA2 on September 01, 2005, 11:28:23 PM

Awsome Mini!


COngrats!

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Post by: SkyChimp on September 02, 2005, 03:38:29 PM

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Originally posted by Mini D
The car's in the driveway and the catalogs are ordered.

Grats mini :) I'll get a cam soon take pics

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Post by: Mini D on September 02, 2005, 04:16:56 PM

I have pics up over at the FDB forums (http://www.fatdrunkbastads.com/forums/index.php).

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Post by: SkyChimp on September 03, 2005, 01:53:16 AM

How much did you pay for it anyways?:D
Did it run?

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Post by: SkyChimp on September 03, 2005, 01:58:02 AM

Ahhh 2800? 4800:eek: Never would of paid that.:p


Btw don't leave that sun roof:lol

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Post by: Mini D on September 03, 2005, 10:47:12 AM

Nobody was paying the $4800. It wasn't worth it. The $2800 though... that was close enough.

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Post by: SkyChimp on September 05, 2005, 06:59:23 PM

cc Sorry i'm sick :(  I'll take pics as soon as i can.

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Post by: SkyChimp on September 09, 2005, 10:16:08 PM

I'll try to get pics this sunday!:cool:

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Post by: Roscoroo on September 10, 2005, 10:34:32 AM

coil springs are diff between bb and sb cars ... also sometimes there will be a frame diff (just a heavier ..or sometimes a conv frame in place of the standard one.)
not all ss chevelles are big blocks either ..

boxed lower arms in 66 .. are really rare they normally were open and have holes drilled for the u shape peice that bolts in w the sway bar ..  442 /cutlass rear bars are the perfered part to add on (there heavier) add this with a 70's Trans am/F body 1 3/8's front swaybar and your A boby will  corner on rails .(you'll end up losing oil pressure in corners if you dont have a oil lip inside your oilpan too ..btdt in my gto)


i think its Goodmark and danchuk that sells the repop panels/sheetmetal for the chev's (top quality ones without going for NOS ones ) I sold my last nos 1/4er panel for over a grand last month

68 - 72 A body front disc brakes are a bolt on on the 64-67's ,,, and a MUST in my opinion and can be perchased new for between 550-700 ..

one thing ive also been seeing alot in the Abodies is bent frames from early wrecks or improper jacking (i still work on these cars alot, along w/ owning 3 of them )  look on the sides behind the front suspension and just under the front of the door were it transverses into the open channel ahead of the trans crossmember .

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Post by: lazs2 on September 10, 2005, 11:10:43 AM

You can by the metal piece to weld into open lower arms so that you can run a sway bar.. it is not "boxed" in the purest sense but that is how they did it... If you try to bolt a sway bar on to the open arm you will just end up twisting the crap outa it.

SS was a trim package for chevelles....A big block package included a lot of heavy duty stuff that you would associate with "Super Sport".  

Bilstein shocks are expensive but a huge improvement in handling..global west stuff and hotchkiss stuff is really good... I don't know about the edelbrock stuff.

For a big block you need at least a 3/8" fuel line.

The single piston 67-72 brakes are robust and stop well.

lazs

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Post by: SkyChimp on September 14, 2005, 05:28:56 PM

Once again i failed to get pics i'll bring the post back up when i get them.Once again I failed to get pics I'll bring the post back up when I get them.

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Post by: 38ruk on September 14, 2005, 10:15:52 PM

ahhh the good ol project car with dad , mine was a 72 SS nova that had a 350 with a turbo 350 auto . Me and my dad swapped out the 350 for a 425 horse 427 and an M-22 four speed.     The countless hours spent with Dad were great , ahh to be 17 again ..... 38