So here it goes. Please excuse my writing style it is not good but I will try my best to make this semi entertaining. Mostly just wanting to keep track of this build unlike I have done with the other project car I have a thread on that I haven't updated in forever.
For those of you who don't know me or don't remember me this is what I am usually messing with.
Several months ago a long time friend called me about his late fathers car. His mom and him had decided to sell his dad 1971 Chevy Chevelle. My buddy had one in high school that was a different color. This one his dad purchased for his younger sister and he really enjoyed and kept it after she went off to college. He purchased it in 1995ish and kept it ever since. He had been trying to slowly restore it when he passed away suddenly in 2018. At that time it had been in the DFW area it's whole life including being built right there in the Arlington GM plant. He called me to ask what I thought the car would be worth. I gave him a few places to look and kinda looked around a bit myself and concluded it should bring pretty good money.
One night my wife and I were cruising around and she saw a similar chevelle that is all nice an complete driving by and said she like that car. I remembered Brads car. I dropped a text to see what he had done with the car. I figured if my wife liked it it might be fun to own for a bit. We came to a very good number on the car and we went to Flagstaff, AZ to get it (where it has been sitting since 2018). Got there and there were some things that were worse than described and some better. Overall I felt like it would be a good car to own for a bit make it better and sell it.
So the car is a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Base. 307 turbo 350 transmission power steering AC power brakes other than that very few options. Very solid car.
Bringing it home on the trailer and driving it around a bit my wife has fallen in love with it. So I am going to build it for her, or at least with her in mind for it.
For those of you who don't know me or don't remember me this is what I am usually messing with.
Several months ago a long time friend called me about his late fathers car. His mom and him had decided to sell his dad 1971 Chevy Chevelle. My buddy had one in high school that was a different color. This one his dad purchased for his younger sister and he really enjoyed and kept it after she went off to college. He purchased it in 1995ish and kept it ever since. He had been trying to slowly restore it when he passed away suddenly in 2018. At that time it had been in the DFW area it's whole life including being built right there in the Arlington GM plant. He called me to ask what I thought the car would be worth. I gave him a few places to look and kinda looked around a bit myself and concluded it should bring pretty good money.
One night my wife and I were cruising around and she saw a similar chevelle that is all nice an complete driving by and said she like that car. I remembered Brads car. I dropped a text to see what he had done with the car. I figured if my wife liked it it might be fun to own for a bit. We came to a very good number on the car and we went to Flagstaff, AZ to get it (where it has been sitting since 2018). Got there and there were some things that were worse than described and some better. Overall I felt like it would be a good car to own for a bit make it better and sell it.
So the car is a 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle Base. 307 turbo 350 transmission power steering AC power brakes other than that very few options. Very solid car.
Bringing it home on the trailer and driving it around a bit my wife has fallen in love with it. So I am going to build it for her, or at least with her in mind for it.
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