OneStopRestoration's Special Orange 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Coupe

[markinnaples]

After watching my dad do bodywork for my entire youth, I appreciate you sharing all of these great pictures of your work, thanks.

[Fastime]

Originally Posted by OneStopRestoration

The white stripes down the seats are just add to the mystique. Someone snagged the front seat many years ago so I have a donor chevelle bench front seat. Door panels were all still there, but rough. Only thing im keeping is the metal frames.

I have been waiting almost 3 years for my Deluxe 300 door panels from SMS.

[OneStopRestoration]

Originally Posted by Fastime

I have been waiting almost 3 years for my Deluxe 300 door panels from SMS.

Thats unfortunate. SMS has quoted me a few weeks for the headliner, 6months for the seat covers, and 1yr for the door panels

[Zman1969]

OSR have any updates on Engine? I'm close to that time myself

[OneStopRestoration]

Originally Posted by Zman1969

OSR have any updates on Engine? I'm close to that time myself

Not really. Still working on the quarter. I stopped work to install a new storgae deck in the attic of my shop. I also worked through starting 3 different l78 motors including my own for my 66. I should be able to get back to the car during the holiday.

The motor probably wont go off to the machine still till the late spring. I wont need it to next fall at the earliest. Here is a picture of me checking out the intake to head alignment. I snagged some 074 Zl1 heads as they are dirt cheap compare to the 842s. They look virtually the same from the exterior. Gonna have to probably get custom pistons made to eat up the huge open chamber these heads have to get the compression about the 11:1 i would like to see. Heads are nice and clean. No fixes to the rocker studs, no porting, and someone didnt deck them down to nothing, although i make have the shop take a heavy cut to shrink the chambers.