August 28, 2011

Installed a Wilwood proportioning valve and ran all the brake lines. Also ran the front air lines to the trunk area. Kevin has been helping a lot with the bodywork.

1969 Chevelle SS  Ford 9 brake lines

1969 Chevelle SS brake lines

1969 Chevelle SS Wilwood proportion valve

Total man-hours: 420


July 23, 2011

Installed Wilwood 4 Piston 11″ rear brakes and Magnaflow y-pipes with electrical cutouts.

1969 Chevelle SS Currie 9

1969 Chevelle SS Magnaflow 3

Total man-hours: 376


June 6, 2011

Back to bodywork. FML.

1969 Chevelle SS bodywork


June 5, 2011

Welded and painted the crossmember to accommodate the boxed frame. Also worked on the exhaust alignment.

1969 Chevelle SS boxed frame crossmember

1969 Chevelle SS magnaflow 15898

1969 Chevelle SS Magnaflow 3

Total man-hours: 237


May 28, 2011

Built the 3rd member for the Ford 9 inch and installed it and hooked up the driveshaft. Also mocked up the Magnaflow exhaust and installed the water pump.

1969 Chevelle SS ford 9 inch 3rd member

1969 Chevelle SS magnaflow 15898

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498

Total man-hours: 229


May 22, 2011

Finished up the WRX (for now)…

2006 WRX exterior

May 12 and 13, 2011

Spent 4 hours aligning and installing the bellhousing, flywheel, clutch and transmission.

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498 clutch

1969 Chevelle SS tremec TKO 3550

Also, spent 6 hours installing the valvetrain, headers, starter, valve covers, carburetor and air cleaner.

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498 valvetrain

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498

Also installed the rear air springs and new u-joints in the drive shaft.

1969 Chevelle SS with ridetech

Total man-hours: 221


May 10 and 11, 2011

Spent 8 hours installing the short block and assembling the top end of the motor.

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498

Also spent 4 hours painting the rear end housing and installing it.

1969 Chevelle SS ford 9 inch with ridetech

Total man-hours: 210


May 6 and 7, 2011

Spent 8 hours painting the engine block and accessories and bolting on the oil pump, pan, front cover and harmonic balancer.

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498

Also spent 8 hours painting the sway bars and spindles and bolting on the front suspension.

1969 Chevelle SS chassis with ridetech

1969 Chevelle SS chassis with ridetech

Total man-hours: 196


February 17, 2011

Picked up my short block from R&R. Need to wait till spring to paint and assemble the rest of the engine.

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498

1969 Chevelle SS big block chevy 454 498


Winter update:

I have decided to drop the EFI for now, my budget is getting out of control. It is something I can always add down the road.

I have hired Jason Rushforth to design the paint job due to my lack of imagination of paint schemes.

My short block is at R&R Machine in Londonderry being machined and assembled. It will be a 498 with 10:1 compression.

Bodywork sucks and I may hire someone in the spring to do it for me.


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