Everyone is telling stories so I guess I will tell mine to finish off
2005! I had a failed attempt to buy a 67SS in Oklahoma City on Ebay.
I lost my down payment of $2k. I had almost given up on finding a Chevelle
and one Sat. morning there was an add in the paper for a 67 Malibu in a city
close to me. It was an amazingly low price so I called and said DON'T SELL
THE CAR UNTIL I LOOK AT IT!!! This guy had been building cars for a long
time. It was a fully restored 67 Malibu but he had built it to be a driver
drag car. I wrote a check in less than 5 min. after seeing the car.
I have since put on all the emblems, new bumpers, grills, etc. Just the
detail stuff.
I knew little or nothing about the mechanics of the car as he had kept no
paperwork. It has a 350 400hp engine. I could not figure out what
the tranny was as it acts like 4:11's in 1st, 2nd, 3rd with a huge 4th gear
where it does about 2200 rpm at 75 mph. I took off the solid aluminum
Einke rims and put on Cragars a few months ago. The car looks sweet!
I called the original builder and said I would give the rims back at no cost
since he gave me such a sweet deal on the car. He came by and told me more
about the car than I ever knew. It has 3:08 rear gears. The tranny
is a Saginaw out of a truck. That explains the short first gears and the
tall last gear. It is not original Chevelle parts but it is a great set
up. I can light them up all the way through 3rd gear and still casually
cruise down the freeway.
The most important thing is that I have a beautiful 67 sitting in my garage
that I drive as often as possible!
Ron M.
67 Malibu
Boise, ID
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:34
AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] What Year is
Yours?
Rinky,
Don't feel bad about not getting back to the
old girl. Life throws us many
curves. Plans made in highschool/college many
times vanish. The good thing
is you've held on to yours and the time will
come when you can proudly put
her to the streets. Sounds like you have a
solid plan.
I bought my 69 L78 when I was in highschool in 1975.
Pulled the big block
and stuffed it in a corner along with the wheels,
steering wheel, console,
you get the idea :) Put in a high revving 327 so I
could race the locals.
Six motors and 4 years later I put her in storage at
my uncles farm to go to
college. Twenty years later I finally came back to
my home town opened shop
and got her out for a frame off restore. Actually
found all the parts I had
pulled in 75. My dad had found them buried deep
in a corner of an old shed
he had torn down in the 80's and took them to my
uncles, storing them neatly
next to the Che.
Long story
short, starting my own business has been quite time consuming
and 6 years
later she's only about half way finished but I get a little bit
done each
week. It has become my way to relax, my personal time and I enjoy
every
minute as I inch closer to driving her again. Wow this is beginning
to
sound like a love story, but in reality I guess it is. I wouldn't trade
or
sell her for the world.
Trooper
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ringlein Thomas J Capt 40 ELRF/CC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Saturday, December 31, 2005 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] What Year
is Yours?
> 1972 Malibu 307 - modified and in shambles (see
story below)
>
> 2000 Harley XLH-883 - Never finished (if you have
one, you know what I am
> talking about)
>
> 1995 Honda
Accord (not my choice)
>
> 1993 BMW 525iTx (my German beater car -
selling in 2 months)
>
>
>
> Short
story---
>
> Car was bought by my family for my sister to drive in
high school back in
> 1981 from the original owners. Car was
driven stock in its green metallic
> paint (not original), black vinyl
top, white and black bench seat
interior,
> 307 2bbl with TH350 shift
on the tree. My sister made lots of good
friends,
> but a lot
of good enemies also. The green paint was keyed so bad and the
>
vinyl top destroyed in about 1984, so she repainted it Corvette yellow
and
> stripped the vinyl top. She sold it to me in 1987 for the
grand total of
> $600 and I drove it for about 6 months in this
configuration. First to go
> was the bench seat and column shift
just because I was in high school and
> needed to be cool. The
paint was old (she banged it up a bit) and the 307
> had a knock.
I scored a 327 from a local builder and had a local body
shop
>
(fellow gun club member) reshoot the yellow paint and add some
black
racing
> stripes (again, had to be cool). I grenaded the
327 6 months later
(builder
> used incorrect bearings), chunked down
the cash necessary to build a hot
350
> for the car, and had the
tranny reworked with a custom torque converter
and
> shift kit in
college. I drove the car in that configuration until
1997
when
> I went active duty, and the car was left at my father's
house in central
> California with every intention of fetching it ASAP
for a rebuild.
>
> Well, 9 years later I am still trekking the
globe for Uncle Sam. A new
> wife, new car, two small children and
one small paycheck have relegated my
> car to living life under my Dad's
rear deck buried under a blue tarp that
I
> replace every year or two
when I am home. After 4 years in Germany I
> finally have a little
money saved up, and the blessing of my wife (we went
> on our first date
in that car) to rebuild it right.
>
> Plan for the car? A
emblemless pro-touring g-machine with a LS1 402
> stroker, 6 speed T56,
4-wheel disk brakes, and bright Corvette yellow
paint
> with black
racing stripes. Estimated time of completion: 4 years
from
start
> (with a lot of luck and a winning lottery
ticket).
>
>
>
> Thanks for letting me rant - it is
nice to have a group of folks to chat
> about my car
with.
>
> Flame suit on for admitting I have a
Honda.
>
> Rinky (TJR)
>
>
>
> THOMAS J.
RINGLEIN, JR. Capt, USAF
>
> 40 ELRF/CC - Commander, Expeditionary
Logistics Readiness Flight
>
> 40 AEG/IDO - Installation
Deployment Officer
>
> DSN 315-370-3966 Pager
1460
>
> "In the MSS - Support is our middle
name..."
>
>
>
>
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