After six years in the works I finally finished my 69. It is a 4 speed bench seat with a/c power antenna, rear window defogger, stereo radio, manual drum brakes and Raylle pac gauges. Now that it’s done I figured I would start a thread and show the process. While I have a lot of pictures I took along the way going through them now I wish I would have taken more to show the detail of all the little things I did. I fell victim to being so excited to get things done and installed on the car I didn’t take as many pics as I like. I’ll try and roll out the pics in some sort of order. I’ll start off with the finished product then go from the start. Hope you enjoy!


Waited six years for this picture.

 

This is me back in 1992 with the car. It has been in the family since 1983!

 

Here are a few before pics and after water blasting. After blasting it needed 1/4s, trunk floor, front floor pans, tail panel and package tray. Also has the usual rust in the dash. The fenders were nos from 1982 and I still have the receipt for the $100 they cost! They just needed some minor repair.

 

Wheel houses and trunk floor removed


Rot in the package tray

Rot in tail panel

 

Getting the 1 piece trunk floor fitted.



As you know they don’t make a 1 piece floor for the olds so I used a chevelle floor and seemed at the brace.

Inner wheel house and drop off.

 

Donor package tray and tail panel installed

 

Making the seams nice in the trunk. Glad that is over. Hated laying in the trunk!

 

Great work and the car looks fabulous.

 

On to the toe pans and front floors.


Fitting the floor.

Welded in.

4 speed hump reinstalled.

From the bottom. Replicated factory cut out in floor.

 

Nice work, car looks great! I can relate.

 

Making the seams on the floor nice. Only to be covered in dynamat later!

 

Thank you. Your car is coming out amazing as well!

 

No taste in cars whatsoever I tell ya.

DROOOOOOOLL.

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That’s it for tonight. Tomorrow I’ll post some of the dash repair!

 

Awesome work Greg, I almost feel like my car has a small part in it or (from it)

 

Great looking car. Vette is a 67?

 

Yes. 427 400hp tri power with ac.

 

it certainly does!

 

On to the dash repair.

 

Clean up and ready to be treated

 

Top of cowl reinstalled

 

Dash repaired and primed.

 

On to the 1/4 panels. NOS right quarter. Repo on left side.

 

One of the blocking sessions. This was after z-chrome application.

 

Next was the high build primer.

 

Then DP 90 sealer…

 

On to the under side. Preparing the underside was by far one of my least favorite things.

 

Fixing up the welds, seams any any imperfections. A lot of time spent here.

 

All items addressed and sealed in DP 90. I think it came out real nice.

 

Looks pretty damn nice. I hope your enjoying the fruits of your labor

 

WOW, impressive, you've done an amazing job! So did it come from the factory bench seat and 4 speed? I was around back then and I don't recall seeing that maybe ever. Looking forward to more pics.
Steve

 

Why do you still have X-Mas decorations still up? Is this a North of Rt. 40 thing?

 

Well sir the picture was taken when I first brought it home in December. It must be something in that beard that picks up on the Christmas decorations though…

 

Yes it is a factory 4 speed bench seat car. More pics to come!

 

Thanks I definitely am. Looks like you will be shortly as well!

 

The car is damn nice and congrats on a great job. Did you give Max any credit? I see those Maxwell coffee cans and was wondering if that was his credit.

 

Thanks Mike. It was a pleasure chatting with you today.

 

Wow! Great job. A lot of work, but man, it sure looks sweet.

 

Figured I would change it up a bit tonight and show one my my favorite parts of the Resto. Here are some pics from when I was assembling the engine.

 

Some detailing after assembly.