What Did You Do To Your Chevelle Today

[Ms Grumpy]

Congrats ray !!!

[Ms Grumpy]

Me, I spent 4 1/2 hours cleaning mine today. I went to a car show last week and some guy climbed under the back end of my car and was checking things out for about 5 minutes. When he got up I asked him what he was doing and he said just seeing how clean it was under there, so I asked how was it...he said it looked pretty clean. So it got me to thinking, how clean is "pretty clean" and I just had to spend some time cleaning it.

So after I was done cleaning my baby I took my 3 kids to the local A & W drive in and the kids got rootbeer floats and were very happy. I tried out the a/c on the kids, but they just wanted to ride with the windows down and the radio blaring. Great time, until we got home and I went to pull my car into the garage and after all that work today there is a layer of dust all over her. Gotta love a black car.

[fleming23]

Put on a new GM mini-starter in place of the DB electrical one I had. Starting the car is sooooo smooth now! I don't know why but the DB starter did not like to say aligned with the flywheel.

Also managed to drop the air cleaner wing nut right into the carb yesterday. Thankfully it was not running and the butterfly stopped it so I could get it with a magnet but it was definitely one of those "uh-oh" moments!

Got the hydroboost all installed. Need to bleed the brakes but everything seems good thus far. Pump is moaning even after turning the wheel lock to lock 20+ times. Pedal also feels bad if you press it hard but I am hoping there is just air in the lines. Brakes are definitely much improved though! Drove it around the neighborhood and it takes very little effort to make your face want to kiss the front windshield.

Cam is sitting in the rear seat floor board, waiting to go in. Just need my new transmission to be built and things will being to come apart, again.....

[carpoor]

I started to strip and clean the front frame again. Put in maybe an hour and a half - started raining. It close to lunch time, so I stopped for lunch. It is now overcast and threatening to rain again. This is the first day off I have had in almost 30 days.

[Ms Grumpy]

Didn't do anything to/with my car today. I think I over did it in the sun yesterday and feeling a little sick to my stomach today.

[flash]

Congrats Ray ,hope to see it in person one day ,beautiful car and well worth the wait .What are your final things to do besides the hood and the gauge cluster problems .It looks like you are very close ,any chance you will be bringing it to Chevellabration next year ?

[shadowgray396]

Originally Posted by flash

Congrats Ray ,hope to see it in person one day ,beautiful car and well worth the wait .What are your final things to do besides the hood and the gauge cluster problems .It looks like you are very close ,any chance you will be bringing it to Chevellabration next year ?

Alignment on next Tuesday, back window and windshield installed on Wednesday, Carb shop on friday for final tune up and first car show on Saturday July 22nd. Plan to put the console, radio speakers in, hood on tomorrow and work on the gauges. If Chevellabration happens next year there will be a good chance I will trailer down there.

[SS Shaun]

Finished the passenger side of the exhaust today i hope tomorrow i can finish the drivers side

[Bullcrappy]

GetR done.

Originally Posted by SS Shaun

Finished the passenger side of the exhaust today i hope tomorrow i can finish the drivers side

[Ms Grumpy]

I was going to go to a local cruise...til I got a call from my sister to bring the kids and come on over and go swimming. She works a lot of hours, she is a respiratory therapist at a hospital and teaches college classes, and the fact that it was 90 degrees and the kids were driving me crazy, I decided to take them to her place. Hopefully the weather will cooperate tomorrow.