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Title: New Toy. 66 Chevelle drag car
Post by: bluvelle on November 21, 2013, 10:01:06 PM

    Picked up my new toy/project earlier this week. A 66 Chevelle tube chassis drag car. Car is a roller, needs engine & transmission to complete. It will be going off to the chassis builder next week for some wheelie bars and/or an anti roll bar. Found the VIN tag last night while stripping out the wiring harness. It is a 138 vin which makes it a factory SS big block car. Hoping to have it finished for next years nostalgia drags series.

Would also like to say a very big thank you to Yvette & Mick for helping me with the shipping. Yvette arranged the trucking from Amarillo Texas to LA and helped me with the import approval (which was much more difficult than I imagined).  She kept me informed every step of the way with emails,phone calls,text messages & photos.  Awesome job, very professional.
Not sure what Mick actually did  :smile:  (just kidding)

Heres some pics to check out.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z434/bluvelle/IMG_1562_zps341eefbe.jpg) (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/bluvelle/media/IMG_1562_zps341eefbe.jpg.html)

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z434/bluvelle/IMG_1557_zps4343ac4d.jpg) (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/bluvelle/media/IMG_1557_zps4343ac4d.jpg.html)

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z434/bluvelle/IMG_1567_zpsa2ddaa9a.jpg) (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/bluvelle/media/IMG_1567_zpsa2ddaa9a.jpg.html)

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z434/bluvelle/IMG_1568_zps502d05bf.jpg) (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/bluvelle/media/IMG_1568_zps502d05bf.jpg.html)

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z434/bluvelle/IMG_1572_zpsa4c63041.jpg) (http://s1189.photobucket.com/user/bluvelle/media/IMG_1572_zpsa4c63041.jpg.html)

Title: Re: New Toy. 66 Chevelle drag car
Post by: 1977 Transam on November 22, 2013, 07:10:27 AM

Very Nice.  Looks like a lot of fun.

Title: Re: New Toy. 66 Chevelle drag car
Post by: usmusclecars on November 23, 2013, 06:48:25 AM

Your welcome Col, glad it was what you were expecting.

Look toward to seeing it go  :burnout:

Title: Re: New Toy. 66 Chevelle drag car
Post by: LeighP on November 23, 2013, 08:32:15 AM

Nice looking car!

Title: Re: New Toy. 66 Chevelle drag car
Post by: 69DirtyRat on November 23, 2013, 10:06:37 PM

Totally Awesome!! You Lucky Bastard!  :burnout:

Title: Re: New Toy. 66 Chevelle drag car
Post by: birdman on November 25, 2013, 08:34:58 PM

Looks TUFF Col. Father and son team at the drags in the future???

Title: Re: New Toy. 66 Chevelle drag car
Post by: bluvelle on January 11, 2015, 05:52:17 PM

More than 12 months on & we finally got it all together just before Christmas. Pretty happy with our first outing, we had a problem with the throttle not opening past 3/4 & also the rear tyres were not the best.

 Heres a quick video of first 2 full passes.          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpQ_oGkugcc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpQ_oGkugcc)


With new tyres,full throttle,the rev limiters turned up & a bit more seat time we hope to make some improvements next time out.

Title: Re: New Toy. 66 Chevelle drag car
Post by: Ness70Nova on January 11, 2015, 06:33:44 PM

 :way: Beautiful car and very quick  :thumb:

Congratulations!!  :cheers:

Title: Re: New Toy. 66 Chevelle drag car
Post by: birdman on January 12, 2015, 12:10:00 AM

Well done.  :way:  :burnout: