Ok time for a subject change
I'm going to chime in on the not many young people interested in vintage cars comment. This is entirely untrue. In fact I myself being 22 years old now own 6 mucsle cars (3 Chevelles, 2 Chargers, and a Dart). My parents have a 67 Jaguar XKE Roadster and a 69 Big Block Cutlass. My cousin, who is 16, owns a 73 Cuda. I also have another cousin who whould be interested in acquiring an A body El Camino and she is 19. I can think of countless others under the age of 25 that have these older cars.
States are not banning older cars. What they are attempting to do is this. As it reads in a propsed NJ State Legislation bill, the keeping of cars/parts cars on residential property is to be prohibited or to be kept from public view. This bill was shot down on national level early this year. That says to me that local governments can tell you what you can and cannot do on your private property which to me and I am sure others will agree is BS. If it's not in public view, who cares. I personally have made calls to the local Assemblymen about this and have been wacthing it carefully. I have a copy of the proposed bill if anyone would like to see it.
The average age of the classic/muscle car owners here is roughly between 30-50. There also is a decent amount of teenagers attending car shows around here that are into the muscle cars, not the import market which is good to see. Insult is not the objective on this list, never was, never will be. The fact that 180 emails have been sent by one person in the course of 2 weeks is a little ridiculous just as is the effect it is having by everyone else replying to them. The thing that is beginning to irritate people is the fact that all of these questions are being asked, when 95% of the answers are in Super Chevy or Hot Rod magazine. and there is just as much info on the Team Chevelle web site and Tech Forums. I can guaruntee that you can find any answer to any question in the Team Chevelle Tech Archives if you take the time to look them up. I, along with so many others have spent countless hours reading these pages upon pages !
of information only to gain on what we already know. Even if you sit and watch any of the great shows on Speed Channel (formerly Speedvision) you can get most of the answers to these questions, and the best thing is you can watch them actually perform demonstrations while they are explaining.
I think it is cool that Chad is intrerested in Chevelles. I just think that he should do a lot more homework on them instead of asking so many questions. Like what was previously stated, the internet is a powerful tool, use it to your advantage. There are so many resources out there to be used, use them. I literally have a full binder full of info on the 1970 model year that I pulled off the internet. I am currently trying to put one together for the 1969 model year. One of the best tools I have picked up is a book called "How To Restore Your Muscle Car" by Greg Donahue and Paul Zazarine. It gives step by step instructions on how to take a car apart and put it back together including paint and body work. Chilton Maunals are also very handy to have around.
This is all I am saying on the subject. The needless replies need to stop or Al may have to get a bigger server again to handle all the nonsense emails :-)
Tom
70 Chevelle SS
