Hello All

GreaseMonkey · #1 11-08-2010, 06:41 PM

Thought I should introduce myself, seeing how I've been a member here for a week (well almost).

I currently do not own a Chevelle, but did up until 1984. My first car was a 1971 Chevelle Malibu. 307, 2 Barrel, AT/PS/MB, plain Jane car. It was burnt orange in color. The car had around 49K on the clock when I bought it in July 1978. My Dad was a motor head and insisted that when I got a car I needed to pay cash for it and he needed to approve of the purchase. Him, being a motor head, the car needed to be a V-8 just in case I needed to get out of the way of another car

Well, Dad and I looked for a couple of weeks for my first car. We looked at Camaros, Monte Carlos (one I saw that I liked, but the paint was burnt by a buffer), a couple of Novas, one Plymouth (THANK GOD he didn't like it), one Monza with a V-8 (

), and then the Chevelle. Of course in the used car lot, it was parked next to a 1970 El Camino SS 4-spd that was bitched out to the max. If I remember correctly there were N50's tucked under the azz end of it. The tailgate had a grave yard muraled on it. I said "Dad, how about this.." and he gave me the eye. Well, he approved of the Chevelle.

I dropped my life svings on the car and the rest was history. The car ran great. I changed oil regularly (every 3000 miles or 3 months, which ever came first). One year I needed to cahnge the oil in pretty close to 30 days. I changed it Memorial Day weekend and then needed to cahnge it July 4th weekend. My Dad was confused as to why so soon. Well, in the day crusing was the thing and I had the ride.

I saved my $$ and put ET mags on it with some Dunlop skins. Dad said no air shocks so the tires needed to fit in the tubs. Therefore, F60's 14 in the rear it was.

I ran the piss out of her. In five years I put 90000 miles on her. I think I put four water pumps on her but nothing else. I did replace the distributor once. Turned out that the car wouldn't stay in time. I had that car down pat, that I could get the timing set by ear. We pulled the distributor and luckily dropped another in without needing to do anything else. I did repaint her once. Stayed the burnt orange color but did the late '70's Camaro ralley sport paint theme on it. Looked sharp for a while.

Well, in the winter of 1983, the heater core went out, I was engaged and had my first rteal job after college. It was a cold winter and the fiance wasn't real keen on wrapping in a blanket during the winter. So in April of 1984, I ordered a new Z-28. I looked and looked for a used car, but I couldn't get anything on trade. I was going to trade the Chevelle on a used Camaro, but they would only give me $500 for the car, but that was with my ET's and the Pioneer SuperTuner stereo setup I had.

Ended up junking the ride. The body rotted off of the car. I had hand moulded rear quarter panels for it, but alas, the rest rotted away.

Over the past 15 years I've gotten into Corvettes. I currently have two; a 1964 convertible that I have owned since August 1997. I've never driven the car. It has been a project. This should , OR WILL be completed inthe Spring of 2011. My other one is a 1993 ZR-1, which I have grown tired of and at my whits end with. The computer controllled cars are a PITA. Therefore, I'm thinking of selling the ZR-1 and getting either a Chevelle or a Camaro. I miss both of my original rides, so it will be one or the other. It will definitely be a bow-tie

Rank · #2 11-08-2010, 07:51 PM

Welcome man, nice story. That zr should be no problem pedaling , maybe a trade is in your future. Personally I like the computorsystems on the c-4s but the crossfire is a white elephant in my mind.

GreaseMonkey · #3 11-08-2010, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Rank

Welcome man, nice story. That zr should be no problem pedaling , maybe a trade is in your future. Personally I like the computorsystems on the c-4s but the crossfire is a white elephant in my mind.

Dude, the problem is that they just now started repro-ing C-4 parts, and the ZR-1 parts are few and far between. My main issue has been fuel pumps (i.e. plural). It's a special unit. I've purchased two in the past year. First one was a used unit (< 10 hrs supposedly). Fried it in 3 months. Bought another one that was brand new (I'm thinking this is the current issue) is fried. I'm very tired of nothaving the tools in the garage to read a FREAKING car's brain. I own it! It doesn't own me! I'm about ready to take it out back, with a 5 gal jug of unleaded prem, & torch it.

I've never, ever had an issue with a non-smartcar. Ya know, my rant sounds pretty stupid....

Oh - and BTW, I've been fortunatre not to have to pay the orig price for fuel pumps...$2K

Oh - second edit - the Z is over 500hp, and still gets 26mpg on the highway when it's running right. And, if the ari temp is over 95 degrees and she ain't sittin still, she'll peel the cetner lines off the road... It IS THE FASTEST, MOST AGRESSSIVE car I have ever owned/driven.... Stained my shorts the day I bought her