Your first Chevelle "experience", tell us!

[dencon]

Pretty easy story for me. It was 1983 in high school. My first car was my dad's car that he bought new. A 69 Cutlass "S" Convert. My buddy who was the singer in the rock band I was in. He had a yellow 69 Chevelle. I cannot remember if it was an SS, a Malibu or what. I just remember that it was faster then my car. And I just like the styling. Of course he liked my car better because it was a convert. The girls loved to ride in my car. It was the old "Grass is always Greener" thing. Same thing took place with another friend of mine that had a yellow 69 Camaro. We would trade our cars all of the time. Everyone wanted mine. I wanted both of those cars bad. It was the case of the 3 interchangeable 69s.
Because of that Chevelle, I have always wanted a 68 or 69 but have never had one. That is what I really wanted in a wagon. But my 72 is close enough.
Soory no pics. I just was not that much of a picture taker back then. As odd as that is. I took photography.

[Ms Grumpy]

Neat story Matt. I totally agree with the "grass is always greener" thing. I have seen so many cars that I would love to own. But then you start to think of things that you would change on that car. And in many cases, it is things that I have on mine, or things that I plan on doing.

About the pics, I found rolls of film that were never developed, and I am pretty sure that they are from past cars.

[fleming23]

I created an entire page about mine.... Won't waste all sorts of space on here about it but owning this car has been a dream of mine since I was a young kid.

http://chevelle-obsession.weebly.com/

[SpartyChevelle]

Growing up I had always wanted (and still want) a Mustang (1970 Grabber Orange Mach 1), but after going to look at a few that were too much money and work I didn't think I'd find anything I'd want. I had seen plenty of Chevelles around, but for some reason I never really cared to own one, then one day the local used car dealer got a '69 Malibu in on trade. It was Fathom Green with gray on the bottom and a dark green vinyl top, and it was a 1 owner grandma car with 69000 original miles (this was back in '92). I was hooked on Chevelles after I laid eyes on that one. Made a deal (with the help of my folks) and it was mine. Only had a 307/powerglide, but it was a sweet ride for a high school kid.

Only had it for about 5 years and had to get rid of it....it was a Michigan car so it wasn't in the greatest condition anyway, but definitely had a ton of fun in that car!

[carpoor]

I would have to say my first experience was that my folks owned a triple black 76' that they bought brand new. It was a loaded car. I vaguely remember it, I was 3 when they sold it in 1982. After that, fast forward to 1992. I bought a black 69' SS 396 Chevelle from the owner of a local salvage yard. The engine was in pieces in the trunk, and the muncie was flapping in the breeze under the car. At 16, my mother felt it was way too much car for me. I was allowed to keep it, but only for weekend cruising. (supervised of course) I ended up with an 89' 5 liter mustang for a first car. I was in bad car accident with the mustang a few days before Christmas in 1995. I shattered my femur, and was doubtful I would ever be able to drive a manual tranmission again. I regretfully sold the Chevelle in the summer of 1996. In 2006, I had negotiated a deal to buy the car back from the guy I sold the car to in 96'. A few days before the transaction was supposed to take place, he dropped off the face of the earth. I have never heard from him since, and am still heartbroken over the ordeal. A few months later, a friend of my father's showed me my current 1972 Chevelle. I struck a deal, and it's been all uphill since. It was supposedly a real SS car, but without a buildsheet - it's just heresay. The 5th digit of the VIN identifies it as an L65 2bbl 350 car. It came with a round gauge dash, 12 bolt rear, upper control arm braces, 3/8" fuel line, a real GM domed hood, hood pins, and the fenders had SS emblems - I removed them and tried a template up against the holes, it matched up perfect. Not to say they couldn't have been drilled after it left the factory. But if so - it was very cleanly done. All of that could have been changed over the years though. The odometer showed a hair over 49K miles, and the car was nearly rust free.

I am in the process of building the car into a nice driver/racer for the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drags. I have built a correct LS5 shortblock, converted the car to a 4 speed, etc. It is Danbe Blue with White stripes, the body/paint/interior is all done. Basically just finishing up the drivetrain and detailing it real well.