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Hello all, I bought this Chevelle back in 2006 for my grandfather and I to work on as a father/son project. It started life (as far as I know) as a 1969 Chevelle Malibu 350 300HP car, all drums, power brakes, power steering, no a/c, and a Powerglide with a 2.72 open rear end to back it up. It spent its entire life in California until a teenager bought the car, took the original guts out and dropped in a crate 350 and drove it here to Texas, with 30 year old shocks, bushings, springs, even holes in the upper A arms. The kid did as much as you would expect from a non car guy, he dropped a stereo system in it (until it was stolen) and put on the cheapest brightest wheels he could find (cragars). He took it to put a Macco paint job on it (half decent) but didnt take off the original paint first (bright sky blue). I took it off of him at the age of 21 with plans of glory!
Now first thing I did was replace the suspension with global west tubular A arms, adjustable upper rear control arms and lowers from Spohn, I installed big block springs in the front even though it was still a small block because I knew at sometime in the future I would hopefully (it was my dream) to have a big block installed. Now at this time I must admit I was young and I wanted to turn it into a street burning, drag strip launching wheelie ass kicking monster. I installed a 2 1/2 cowl induction hood because I wanted something functional but I didnt like the tacky huge cowls (later that hood became a very good thing).
Now first thing I did was replace the suspension with global west tubular A arms, adjustable upper rear control arms and lowers from Spohn, I installed big block springs in the front even though it was still a small block because I knew at sometime in the future I would hopefully (it was my dream) to have a big block installed. Now at this time I must admit I was young and I wanted to turn it into a street burning, drag strip launching wheelie ass kicking monster. I installed a 2 1/2 cowl induction hood because I wanted something functional but I didnt like the tacky huge cowls (later that hood became a very good thing).
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