Peter, Look up Dennis Perry in landscaping at SAS. He is a close personal friend of mine. He also has one of the nicest 63 Nova SS convertibles you will ever see. I live east of you in Morehead City. Mike Holleman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Hnat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rick Schaefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:16 AM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] (no subject)
I live in Apex, North Carolina for 9 years now .Apex is just west of Raleigh and part of the triangle area. Born and raised in New Jersey but just got tied of the "rat race " up there , so we decided to move to NC , "God's country" as a friend of mine refers to NC as. I'm a plumber working in the maintance department at SAS Institute in Cary NC . I also have a degree in Mechanical Engineering. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Schaefer Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:00 AM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] (no subject) Congrats on finding your dream. I'm sure that there are venders who specialize in date coded blocks. You probably need to do a web search to find some. Tromping around swap meets you may also stumble acrossed the correct block. Also are you a member of ACES? Every issue there are classified ads in the back and I frequently see listings for dated blocks. If you have time, I'd try the swap meet route first, if for nothing more than to save some cash. Seems like you would have the patience (36 years worth) to look around. And welcome to the list. You missed our recent threads on occupation & location, so where are you & what do you do? We are a varied group. On 5/18/05, Peter Hnat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently picked up a ' 69 Chevelle SS in excellent condition inside and out .The motor is from a '72 Chevelle as best I can tell from the number on the engine block ( made on March 20 at the Tonawanda plant ). Would like to find out what would be involved to locate the correct date code 396 engine . I plan on keeping the car for a very long time due to waiting 36 years to get one .My neighbor / "big brother " bought one back in May of ' 69 and I fell in love with it then . I would say it was worth the wait to finally get my own . I'm also a lucky guy because my wife also shares the same passion for that car. > > Pete Hnat > > -- Rick Schaefer 72 TPI El Camino
