1967 Chevelle SS Project

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by 67since67

The docs indicate it was sold new in Mesa AZ and spent it's life the Phoenix area.

DOH, I read the part where he was talking about his previous car...

[Oliver]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. The original owner was still in the same house when he passed away in 2008. I located the car about 10 minutes from the original owners house. From what I was told he was a blue collar guy that never traveled far from the Phoenix area. The last registration is from 1979 and it has the corresponding Arizona license plate. The car was vandalized through the years by neighborhood kids. Arizona does get monsoons so, I'm guessing 40 years of sitting out in the elements with the window sealant dried out and windows broken caused that rust. Cars in California and Arizona do rust if not stored properly. I'm not sure why the trim tag looks like that. The firewall is rock solid and the seam is not rusted like many of these are. I did receive some disturbing information regarding my old 67'. George Poteet ended up with that car and commissioned a full blown build with a roadster shop chassis. He at least kept the original paint and parts of the original interior. Just makes me cringe to think all the time I invested in making sure I left things "correct". I wonder where the original engine,transmission, wheels, and rear ended up?

https://goolsbycustoms.com/builds/ge...7-chevelle-ss/

[AnthonyS]

^ gah!

[67since67]

Originally Posted by Oliver

I did receive some disturbing information regarding my old 67'. George Poteet ended up with that car and commissioned a full blown build with a roadster shop chassis. He at least kept the original paint and parts of the original interior. Just makes me cringe to think all the time I invested in making sure I left things "correct". I wonder where the original engine,transmission, wheels, and rear ended up?

https://goolsbycustoms.com/builds/ge...7-chevelle-ss/

My worst fear is that one or more of my cars will suffer that fate, seen it happen before. Maybe that's why I rarely sell one.

But, why a survivor??? why not a weathered car that needs it all anyway??

[big gear head]

Oh, that really SUCKS!!!

[MonteMike79]

I believe roadster shop sells the original chassis they remove from cars complete. I bought one from a guy in Cleveland that he got from Roadster shop for my '62. The car it came out of had 16k original miles. People with a lot of money can buy a really nice car to start with and then spend a ton of money cutting it up.

[Too Many Projects]

Get used to it. These cars are becoming the rain forest of automobiles. Every day more are cut up for modern drive trains. Most people under 40 don't have the respect for them as historical heritage and only want the body because they are waaaaaaay cooler than anything they grew up with in the 80's...


20 years from now, when we are obsolete, original muscle cars may be too.

[MonteMike79]

We will see. I am a younger guy (33) still into the more original or period correct stuff. I like some of the modern drivetrain stuff, but I don't like cutting a car up to do it. If roadster shop or one of the others made a chassis for my '62 that I didn't have to cut half the bottom of the car out for I would have went that route. I like to be able to put everything back stock if I ever wanted to.