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Elroy


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Finally after sitting in my shop since 95 this car is coming apart.Going to the bodyshop tomorrow, frames coming home next week and the work begins !

 

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I'll be watching this thread with interest!

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Carl Stevenson wrote:

I'll be watching this thread with interest!

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nice huge shop....x3

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Well good for you Elroy. That car has too much potential to be hiding in your shop for that long. Will also enjoy following your progress.

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thanks guys I took it to my bodyman today gotta be nuts as I know I can buy a car for a lot less but it just wouldn't be right....

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I hear the pain about the cost Elroy.  When my 67 SD is done, I have a feeling I could have bought 3 or 4 finished cars. 

The one thing that will not be included with a bought car is the family history that goes with the car.  My SD was my dad's and I still remember going to town on a Friday night for a cruise and it was the car that I learned how to bang gears in.  Those memories are priceless in my book.



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Are you going with the same color ?

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66 is my favorite year for a chevelle. For whatever reason I like red on that car which is strange because it's not a colour I normally lean too. I prefer the beaumont in 67 but the chevelle in 66 I guess it just comes down to the trim? Or is it because I own a 67 beaumont? I look forward to watching your build. 



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confuseGOING TO THE BODYSHOP?????? IT LOOKS PRETTY DARN GOOD IN THE PICTURES.



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oh mike don't be fooled, just a great reminder of all those ebay cars and what crap they could be. It is a very solid 40k mile car but a fairly crappy paintjob and a few regular issues like under the lower windshield gutter,(minor) rear window tray etc. We will have the quarters stripped this week and all the body panel alignment figured out before we pull the body. Crazy J, going turquoise probably same color as the camino, its a Buick color actually . I say probably as red is so tempting ....
Steve, the 66 has always been my favorite and the 67 Beaumont so we are tracking there.. my problem is I like them all, 65-6 beaumonts too, 70 SS454 and on and on ...

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You can't paint a SS396 car  turquoise cry  disbeliefdisbeliefdisbeliefdisbeliefdisbeliefdisbelief

if you do I will never PM you againwink

 

Lets take a vote biggrin  

and don't votedisbelief unless you want RED RED RED RED RED RED



-- Edited by 427carl on Tuesday 14th of February 2012 08:49:04 AM

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I'M WITH CARL. RED RED RED RED RED RED!!!biggrin



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smileYour car is coming off the condition I put my 65 model intobiggrin Red is the colour to go!!! especially with the black trim. Die to have a 396 motor to connect to the Powerglide.  Take your time and deliver a super restoration. Wish you all the best, wish I was as young as you!!!

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Ah yes! I remember it well!!! (With Pictures)

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  2. 1975 Chevrolet Kommando 305 (Monaro Clone)
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Purple and lime green biggrin



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Ewwwwwwww...................

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hmmmmm....let me think.....RED, yup, has to be RED...

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Elroy


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oh man you guys are trouble, the reason I have not done this car is I can't pick a color.... now my wife likes red too... dang it all this may hold things up for another 12 years !!

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Elroy wrote:

oh man you guys are trouble, the reason I have not done this car is I can't pick a color.... now my wife likes red too... dang it all this may hold things up for another 12 years !!

 That's funny.  I was going red on mine but my wife leaned towards white with red interior and that is what we got.  It happened to be the original color too.  I think I could have been happy with 2 or 3 colors but haven't been dissappointed at all.



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Black with red guts on a 66 is my favourite! BLACK BLACK BLACK and you'll never look back!

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Red on red, listen to your wife! You know better than to ignore her............

Black on red is a close second like Mike says.

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Jerel, kinda partial to white with red, Carl red on black would be my red fav, and Mike I love black too so now I am just screwed. thanks guys !

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Aztec Bronze with red lines.Rare and beautiful.

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Elroy


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ya i hear you Darren. Aztec is such a cool color ! My last red and black 66 was an original aztec b in and out car

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Paint it whatever the paint code says or any original color from 1966 Chevelle just don't paint it a new car color.
"Boy that new Buick color would sure look good on my 62 Impala" NO it looks good on a new Buick.

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