'67 Chevelle Concours wagon, bring it back to life

[RPOLS3]

Loving this thread Bill - keep em' coming.

[olredalert]

----Adapt and overcome,,,LOL! Very good duplicate.....Bill S

[67since67]

Just for you Bill

Masked off the machined areas on the clone master, light spray of semi gloss black, bench bled and install. Solid brake pedal, all good. A bit of wiping with DOT 3 on a towel to thin down paint and replicate years of spilled fluid. Mission accomplished, the lid is even starting to look OK, The later bail on an early car needs to be addressed though.

[67since67]

At the rear, as rough as it is, I couldn't bear to scrap the original mat. Left it in place and covered it with this nice piece from R.E.M.

[67since67]

Moving forward...Pulling the front clip exposed more mess. With cleaning coming to a point of diminishing returns I am happy to have exposed some decent engine paint along with the other under hood finishes.

[67since67]

The last time this Chevelle ran was six years ago when I limped it the couple miles here from the old house. Time to get it purring again!!

The rad was cleaned and checked and reinstalled with fresh hoses. Along with the water pump the smog system was freshed, I blocked the smog tubes, removed the pump vanes and replaced the bearings.
The alternator received new bearings and brushes.
The carb was cleaned and kitted as well.
Pulled the distributor, cleaned and lubed, free up mech advance, new vac can and install a one wire module kit.

Now the 'ol L30 lights up and runs great! Starts with a touch of the key.

[scuncio]

Boy, is that a clean car!

[60sStuff]

Bill,

What can I say, besides I’m late to this long top party.
There is so much to cover on this Yenko site that I completely missed your thread on this Awesome ‘67 wagon.

Boy I love Red interiors on 60’s cars.
I also have a stash of excellent Survivor quality GTO items from 40+ years that comes in handy, such as your spare dash that this wagon needed.

I seem to like the same types of cars that you like (patina here, cracking over there and a few rub through in spots), which is typically on a Survivor car. You can’t duplicate that.

Do I see 97K plus on the odometer?

Fremont built cars (64-67+) had the TT / Data Plate crudely masked off which yours shows. I’ve seen a few BF cars that were painted black but the majority were taped off.
You did good on the orange fogged water pump and brake fluid drippings.
Inner fender skirts look awesome after cleaning.

Fremont bumper jack bases are a rectangular black painted version, whereas the back east (Pontiac cars) plants typically used a square blue painted base.

There are so many products available for cleaning and detailing our Survivor cars, but a couple I’ve used since the 70’s is “never dull” and “bronze wool”.

Love the license plate frames with the black & yellows.

The full tint glass all windows, which is recommended with AC cars looks nice with the white body.
This summer, turn on that air condition in that beautiful red interior and head out.

I’ll be following this thread now.

Chris.

[69M22Z]

Originally Posted by 67since67

The last time this Chevelle ran was six years ago when I limped it the couple miles here from the old house. Time to get it purring again!!

The rad was cleaned and checked and reinstalled with fresh hoses. Along with the water pump the smog system was freshed, I blocked the smog tubes, removed the pump vanes and replaced the bearings.
The alternator received new bearings and brushes.
The carb was cleaned and kitted as well.
Pulled the distributor, cleaned and lubed, free up mech advance, new vac can and install a one wire module kit.

Now the 'ol L30 lights up and runs great! Starts with a touch of the key.

Beautiful

[olredalert]

----I've never seen that center mount smog pump set-up. Hate to try to find formed hoses for that, Bill! The clean up is going pretty smoothly. Looks great....Bill S