[Chevelle-List] Big Fun

[Richard M. Pruett]

I finally finished the Chevelle Hotel: well not really, but have doors and locks in place and most of the wiring done. The "Hotel" is a 28' X 36' Pole barn with 12' ceilings and 3 10' X 10' doors. Moved my '69 over a couple of weeks ago and she was running rough. Friday nite I fed her a whole can of carb cleaner and let her stall out and sit overnight. Sat, I decided to change spark plugs and BOY what a difference it made!   Now, I don't want to speak ill of anyone, so all I can say about the woman across the street is that she can catch a Frisbee in her mouth with all her paws on the ground!  Anyways, last night I noticed that she was gone, and since I had a six-pack or 3 in me, I decided to fire up the Chevelle and take her for a spin. Backed up to the end of the street and let her rip. BIG FUN. Now, I don't have any exhaust pipes and the 20 year old headers are rotted out, so you can imagine the sound of an open 396 cutting lose. Loud and, like I said BIG FUN. We live on a cul-da-sac and last fall, the Commonwealth laid down some tar and pea gravel. I didn't do any measuring, but you could sure see where I shifted gears and where the posi kicked in with second gear. It started getting a little squirrelly about half way through second  and I was running out of road quick so I backed off, but, like I said before, BIG FUN. I'm motivated to finish what I can afford so I can tool around a little bit on Sat nite.