Good deal for $500.00, But we need a thread on the Chevelle in the garage. Very Nice!!!
Ah, the chevelle. I have had it for almost 11 years. I bought it when I was 15.
Here is a short story on it.
I had always been into classic cars really bad. My dad worked offshore and was talking to a buddy of his he worked with from Miss, and was talking about how i was fixing to be old enough to drive and was looking for an old car. His friend said that he knew his neighbor had an old chevy that had been parked in a garage and covered up for about the last 15 years. My dad told him to ask him about it and what he would take for it and we would come look at it. Well, we drove the 6 hours from AL to Yazoo City MS and when we pulled in the drive of this guys house we found that the "old chevy" was an immaculate 67 Chevelle Malibu. The day before we came to look at it, he rebuilt the carb, changed the gas, and took off the old Firestone Wide Ovals and put on some fresh tires. The car was all original and the only blemish on the whole thing was an almost invisible ding on the trunk lid where some kid hit it with a rock years ago. It took all of five seconds to figure out I wanted it. I paid $5,000 for it. We drove it 6 hours home and it did great. Two days after I bought it, we had it appraised for insurance purposes, and the guy said it was worth a minimum of $15,000! It is a two door hardtop with a 283, and powerglide. I wish it was an SS, but oh well. I put on a small four barrell, and HEI ignition, and drove it all through high school, and through college which included a 100 mile a day commute.
When I was 19, just out of college, an old, drunk man towing a tractor pulled out RIGHT in front of me. All I had time to do was snatch the well and drive off into about a 40 foot gully. Luckily the smaller treetops slowed me down from hitting to hard. When it was over I awoke in the floorboard with nothing but skinned knees from the metal dash and a sore chest. The guy had no insurance, all i had was liability. Then, he died shortly there after. So basically I was screwed. The car escaped pretty good. The only damage being a tweaked front bumper, passenger front fender and door dented. But, the frame right behind the front crossmember was bent up about an inch from when the car landed on its nose. That was it. After the tow truck pulled me outta the hole, I drove it to my house (parents house) and parked it. It sat there for five years, as I was broke, then moved off, got married, etc. Well finally, after years of guilt. I went back home and got it. It is currently under my garage awaiting a full restoration, whenever I sell my house and I build a shop at our new place. I will be using my Blazer to practice my skills before I get to my beloved Chevelle.
During my years of riding it during high school, I was offered some pretty big money for it, that most people might have jumped on. But I will never sell it. I will see if I have any pics on my laptop and post a couple.
) so they are a different animal then a K5 tailgate. IIRC as others stated 73-91 Blazers or Jimmys will interchange and if you are not concerned with a rear window you can also use a truck tailgate.
