From 12-16 Time to go to the body guy!

After we got the engine out it was time for the body guy (Tim) to come and pick her up. Here she is still on the jacks and all strapped together for ride.

Part's is parts....I just hope we can remember where these all go!! LOL

Here is the front seat...it was originally red and has two layers of covers on it. It's in really rough shape we hope we can salvage it. But, I bought a 67 front and rear seat to be safe. This one might be good for the frames but the seat springs are about half the side they were in 64. My guess is that this car was either in a flood at some point or had ALOT of moisture inside for a long time.

On the trailer she goes! Kinda easy to move without the engine LOL!

One more push and I think we have it!!! Push guys...PUSH!!!

Bye bye baby!! Won't be long before we see you again!!! Maybe in the spring!! Hopefully in a nice basecoat / clearcoat white paint. It will have a red interior and 17" TT II rims and tires also. Hopefully!

From 12-15.... the engine pull

And just like that out comes the 283 SB Chevy! The smallest small block engine made. It is backed with the standard 2 speed 'glide. It took longer for us to get these pic's on here than it did to get this guy out! LOL!!


Check out the oil filter on this engine.....yep that's it! The long black tube thing there! Wow they don't make 'em like that anymore... LOL

Pretty clean for a 64!!

A quick update

Hey all,

Been a while for a post. We have been busy working on the 64, in the midst, there was Christmas and New Years. The new year has started and the car is now at the blasters. We started blasting a couple days ago and have found some "ugliness". Particularly in the left rear quarter, which will probably need to be replaced.

We will post more with pics, hopefully on Jan 4th.

Stay tuned....

and dynamite it was........

This is the ugly part of a restoration project, the tear down. Body parts are coming off bit by bit and are on their way to Tim the body guy and he is going to sandblast and prime all the parts. The next item up for bids is removal of the engine and the gas tank. The gas tank needs to be drained and sent out for repair and the engine needs to be pulled for tear down and clean up. The seats are ordered and they are from a 67. We went for these seats for two reasons; number one because of their great condition and number two the seat belt holes were already there. They are waiting to be picked up and taken to be reupholstered.

Welcome to my blog

Hello and welcome,

This is my first attempt at a real, honest and for truly blog. I will attempt to document the restoration of my 1964 Chevelle.

To start, I found this Chevelle on Craigslist.com in Detroit Michigan. I decided to go look at it and was not thrilled at first. But as I thought about it more, the little car grew on me. Plus my wife liked and she owned 64 Buick special at one time. I bought it for $3500.00 in Sept 2006.

Off we were to the races.....