Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

Tim H · Tim H

A Couple years ago i painted my 70 Chevelle black. There’s a few areas I want to correct in the paint so the car is on the rotisserie and I’m gonna shoot the whole thing again. I am doing a nut and bolt restoration on this car and sell it. So my question is of the given combinations what would you pick if the car...

jim larson · jim larson

Finished up all the re-conditioning, now to weld in the trunk panels. Welding practice starts when I get back from my trip to Louisville. Soaked the bushings in CRL and they look new. All bolts, washers, & nuts blasted primed and treated. Waiting on the hood, which Chris works on in his spar time...

Tim H · Tim H

I have been refurbishing many of the parts for the chassis and drive train well as buying the rest of the parts I need to put my 70 Chevelle together starting next week. I am am down to buying the exhaust pipes and mufflers. My engine is a 502 with manual transmission. I am going with 3” pipes and running t...

jim larson · jim larson

Starting to strip the hood. Hope there are no surprises. So far top coat blue, then a yellow, under that another yellow. Tomorrow should yield even more. Going to take a couple of gallons. -- Edited by jim larson on Thursday 23rd of January 2020 06:48:42 PM

OscarZ · OscarZ

Shortly before Street Machine Nats Hank and Jon H helped install my new Dapper Lighting Sevens LED headlights with Halo. Might be more accurate to say we helped Hank as he was the wiring guy on the project. Mitch assisted at the Nats with some of his metal magic to the headlight bucket so I could aim the li...

more ambition than brains · more ambition than brains

Mitch had a thread showing his artistry on a Jeep. On a retail Insurance repair we usually end up replacing the entire frame, or if there is a factory supplied repair section we have done that. This is the typical approach, note specialized, custom fabricated engine lift frame. P.S. the angle iron use...

Dave Seitz · Dave Seitz

Time to just give up with all of the projects on hand. I had talked to a friend who asked if the money for the Vette-Kart would be better spent on the wagon. So with a 17 y/o son who has all ambition and a summer free to work on the wagon that's the plan. Aaron is taking welding in school so he gets to practice sti...

Tim H · Tim H

Hi guys and gals, I am looking for some help / information on headers. I am trying to get my 70 Chevelle completed. It has a big block with a rock crusher manual transmission. So as I sit here and try to recover from the flu I thought I would take a look to see what you guys are up to and ask for some help. I’m l...

jim larson · jim larson

I don't know if others are i n the same situation or not. My understanding is that unless you install fusible links in certain position your could burn some of your components or your entire electrical system. The first fusible links were installed in the 1967 Chevelle. So I am adding them to my 66...

jim larson · jim larson

Well I got the Sherman trunk panels. Not sure what all will have to be used, made in us, guage 19. Appear to be match except for a little 3/4 circular hole with a rubber grommet on R & L side panels and a 5” raised area that gives the panel add Ed strength. Maybe GM had mor e than one supplier and some had t...

Derek69SS · Derek69SS

After 2018s multiple expensive breakages, we fixed the body damage, did some front suspension upgrades, and had the LS1-383 rebuilt. It was mid-June before the car was ready to go, but as you may remember, I didn't miss much as it rained pretty much all of May and June... You may notice the checklist...

Lost in the 60s · Lost in the 60s

[IMG]https://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q752/Stillwaterchevs/2007%20Malibu/DS...

BLyke · BLyke

Geting ready to put these back in, glad to find this picture of which side one each goes on. My question is, that since new ones come with shims... and mine did not have shims... and the doors and door gaps have changed... what is the gap or level of contact to shoot for?

Appreciate any first han...

hkgmillette · hkgmillette

This past summer, I was starting to have some issues with M20 in the Chevelle. One issue that became pretty regular was when you put the car in reverse, reverse was spinning. To get the car into reverse, I would have to shut it off, put it in reverse and then start it back up. Another issue was the tranny...

AK · AK

I have run up against a wall

with my skills, tools, and knowledge

to trouble-shoot my ignition (so I think) issue. Admittedly I have not had/dedicated much time in late summer/fall to work on the issue. I'd like to try to get this engine started before the winter or at least diagn...

SShink · SShink

It's been 3 years since I got the Malibu in St. Louis, so you guessed it...it's time to switch it up! I had someone offer me good money for the Malibu at the Anoka show about 3 weeks ago, but I lost his number and he never called me back. So after thinking more about selling it, I ended up selling it to Route 6...

BLyke · BLyke

Thought this may be helpful for someone else. As I started to reassemble the front end, it was nice to se the reminder that was taged for the Emergency Brake. It is possible to do this with the fender, hinges and hood on, it seems to be easiest to replace the vent/kick panel, then E-Brake pedal and then the...

SShink · SShink

Last September when I drove the Malibu to Kansas City, the AC gave out after 5 continuous hours of operation due to losing all the freon through a cracked weld on the back of the hose going into the compressor. That 383 shook things to death, and even broke the hose bracket weld, so it was under a lot of vib...

Dave Seitz · Dave Seitz

Did some online trading with a guy who took the absolute worst pictures of a C4 Corvette. By the time I drove up to the Canadian border it seemed I was to far to turn back. Loaded up the biggest pile of crap C4 Corvette you have ever scene, well at least the tires are new. The new tires are old and cracked so wo...

67ss · 67ss

My wife’s Durango decided to lose oil pressure about three weeks ago. Luckily she shut it down right away and I towed it home. In the weeks prior it had started making a rattling noise at about 2500 rpm and at one point it developed a miss on #1 cylinder for a short time and then went away. Out came the engine...

4-door Chevelle · 4-door Chevelle

I needed a little help a while back when I started putting my front end back together and found this series of instructional videos. If you have never seen any of them take a look as they are really pretty good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGBZ3IH3sYI

Chris R · Chris R

Ive been after this car for over a month now. Finally this past weekend me and the seller were finally able to line up our schedules & im as giddy as a school girl to get this thing home in my shop.Its a 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Sport Coupe. Pontiacs version of the bubble top. However this car doesn't ha...

cooz65 · cooz65

Well I finally got the Elky into the garage to do some annual maintenance on it and I screwed up. I set a quart of oil on top of the radiator as a reminder that the oil was draining and the engine was dry. Well somehow, that quart of oil fell off over night and knocked into my radiator at the bottom and tonight w...

SShink · SShink

I decided to make a safety upgrade by installing LED tail lights, and found these on ebay made by upauto.com and replaced both the brake/tail and reverse light buckets. Easy install since they have the bulb ends already installed and while I bought the kit with the new flasher, everything worked wit...

SShink · SShink

Finally got motivated and I seem to like punishing myself by tearing into the car the weekend before SMN's...and replaced the upper control arms with the ones I had boxed and the lower boxed ones I had bought, new bushings for the diff, along with a set of QA1 single adjustable coil overs and an anti-swa...

bowtie · bowtie

So I turned my coilers down a bit to less track oriented, and with the addition of dash speakers (S&M Electrotech, aka www.turnswitch.com ) it seems a lot more like a normal car to drive again. I really have missed the other cars I had, which I never twice thought about taking anywhere. This one I sti...

jim larson · jim larson

After I broke two old valve springs ( maybe original ), in 2004 I replaced all my valve springs and also put on new rocker nuts. Don’t remember wher I got them. Well on the way home from the all gm show the car developed a fairly Loud tick/ noise. just pulled the valve cover off thinking a loose tapped or a br...

Bobs_Place · Bobs_Place

Last fall I ordered axles ,diff, ring and pinion, housing ends and some other miscellaneous other parts, I have been planning to build up a stronger differential for some time now. Chris P. found the tool I need to center the weld on ends to the housing, he also new the right guy to weld the center castin...

4-door Chevelle · 4-door Chevelle

I have made enough progress on my rebuild to where I need a windshield now. Rock Auto doesn't have them listed any longer but Auto City Classics has mine (4-door) for $139. I personally am not capable of doing the install so considering other shops for the whole package including mobile install. Who or...

more ambition than brains · more ambition than brains

Previous post noted my need to clean and condense. Thus the old light blue Biscayne we started cutting up at a Club meeting is now on the "chopping" block Will leave in pieces, saving 1/4 panels, seat, door. spindles, tranny crossmember, steering column and clutch linkage. Diffi will become roller f...

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	Pick a color (Preview) A Couple years ago i painted my 70 Chevelle black. There’s a few areas I want to correct in the paint so the car is on the rotisserie and I’m gonna shoot the whole thing again. I am doing a nut and bolt restoration on this car and sell it. So my question is of the given combinations what would you pick if the car...	Tim H	6	464	Mar 10, 2020 by Jon H
	Re-conditioned body mount & bumper hardware & bushings along with fuel tank & tank straps. (Preview) Finished up all the re-conditioning, now to weld in the trunk panels. Welding practice starts when I get back from my trip to Louisville. Soaked the bushings in CRL and they look new. All bolts, washers, & nuts blasted primed and treated. Waiting on the hood, which Chris works on in his spar time...	jim larson	0	510	Mar 8, 2020 by jim larson
	Exhaust suggestions (Preview) I have been refurbishing many of the parts for the chassis and drive train well as buying the rest of the parts I need to put my 70 Chevelle together starting next week. I am am down to buying the exhaust pipes and mufflers. My engine is a 502 with manual transmission. I am going with 3” pipes and running t...	Tim H	5	610	Mar 6, 2020 by Tim H
	Not fun (Preview) Starting to strip the hood. Hope there are no surprises. So far top coat blue, then a yellow, under that another yellow. Tomorrow should yield even more. Going to take a couple of gallons. -- Edited by jim larson on Thursday 23rd of January 2020 06:48:42 PM	jim larson	15	796	Feb 14, 2020 by jim larson
	LED Projector Headlights (Preview) Shortly before Street Machine Nats Hank and Jon H helped install my new Dapper Lighting Sevens LED headlights with Halo. Might be more accurate to say we helped Hank as he was the wiring guy on the project. Mitch assisted at the Nats with some of his metal magic to the headlight bucket so I could aim the li...	OscarZ	4	902	Feb 12, 2020 by bowtie
	Lazy persons frame repair (Preview) Mitch had a thread showing his artistry on a Jeep. On a retail Insurance repair we usually end up replacing the entire frame, or if there is a factory supplied repair section we have done that. This is the typical approach, note specialized, custom fabricated engine lift frame. P.S. the angle iron use...	more ambition than brains	4	615	Jan 29, 2020 by more ambition than brains
	Giving up and going the easy route (Preview) Time to just give up with all of the projects on hand. I had talked to a friend who asked if the money for the Vette-Kart would be better spent on the wagon. So with a 17 y/o son who has all ambition and a summer free to work on the wagon that's the plan. Aaron is taking welding in school so he gets to practice sti...	Dave Seitz	8	622	Jan 20, 2020 by more ambition than brains
	BBC Headers (Preview) Hi guys and gals, I am looking for some help / information on headers. I am trying to get my 70 Chevelle completed. It has a big block with a rock crusher manual transmission. So as I sit here and try to recover from the flu I thought I would take a look to see what you guys are up to and ask for some help. I’m l...	Tim H	7	924	Jan 13, 2020 by Lost in the 60s
	Install of Fusible Links (Preview) I don't know if others are i n the same situation or not. My understanding is that unless you install fusible links in certain position your could burn some of your components or your entire electrical system. The first fusible links were installed in the 1967 Chevelle. So I am adding them to my 66...	jim larson	3	574	Jan 11, 2020 by jim larson
	66 Sherman trunk panels & Rear Crossmember repositioning (Preview) Well I got the Sherman trunk panels. Not sure what all will have to be used, made in us, guage 19. Appear to be match except for a little 3/4 circular hole with a rubber grommet on R & L side panels and a 5” raised area that gives the panel add Ed strength. Maybe GM had mor e than one supplier and some had t...	jim larson	14	832	Jan 10, 2020 by jim larson
	2019 highlight reel (Preview) After 2018s multiple expensive breakages, we fixed the body damage, did some front suspension upgrades, and had the LS1-383 rebuilt. It was mid-June before the car was ready to go, but as you may remember, I didn't miss much as it rained pretty much all of May and June... You may notice the checklist...	Derek69SS	11	850	Jan 9, 2020 by Derek69SS
	'06 Mailbu repair (Preview) [IMG]https://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/q752/Stillwaterchevs/2007%20Malibu/DS...	Lost in the 60s	0	406	Dec 16, 2019 by Lost in the 60s
	Convertible door guide question (Preview) Geting ready to put these back in, glad to find this picture of which side one each goes on. My question is, that since new ones come with shims... and mine did not have shims... and the doors and door gaps have changed... what is the gap or level of contact to shoot for? Appreciate any first han...	BLyke	5	638	Nov 27, 2019 by BLyke
	5 Speed Upgrade (Preview) This past summer, I was starting to have some issues with M20 in the Chevelle. One issue that became pretty regular was when you put the car in reverse, reverse was spinning. To get the car into reverse, I would have to shut it off, put it in reverse and then start it back up. Another issue was the tranny...	hkgmillette	27	908	Nov 18, 2019 by BLyke
	Need Ignition Help (Preview) I have run up against a wall with my skills, tools, and knowledge to trouble-shoot my ignition (so I think) issue. Admittedly I have not had/dedicated much time in late summer/fall to work on the issue. I'd like to try to get this engine started before the winter or at least diagn...	AK	29	830	Oct 29, 2019 by Bobs_Place
	Not a Chevelle but,still an A Body Cousin-The Malibu is gone... (Preview) It's been 3 years since I got the Malibu in St. Louis, so you guessed it...it's time to switch it up! I had someone offer me good money for the Malibu at the Anoka show about 3 weeks ago, but I lost his number and he never called me back. So after thinking more about selling it, I ended up selling it to Route 6...	SShink	21	896	Sep 30, 2019 by BLyke
	Potentialy helpful hint for front end reassembly (Preview) Thought this may be helpful for someone else. As I started to reassemble the front end, it was nice to se the reminder that was taged for the Emergency Brake. It is *possible* to do this with the fender, hinges and hood on, it seems to be easiest to replace the vent/kick panel, then E-Brake pedal and then the...	BLyke	2	533	Sep 19, 2019 by BLyke
	AC Redo 3.0 (Preview) Last September when I drove the Malibu to Kansas City, the AC gave out after 5 continuous hours of operation due to losing all the freon through a cracked weld on the back of the hose going into the compressor. That 383 shook things to death, and even broke the hose bracket weld, so it was under a lot of vib...	SShink	7	1058	Aug 24, 2019 by Bobs_Place
	Another Project car Vette-Kart (Preview) Did some online trading with a guy who took the absolute worst pictures of a C4 Corvette. By the time I drove up to the Canadian border it seemed I was to far to turn back. Loaded up the biggest pile of crap C4 Corvette you have ever scene, well at least the tires are new. The new tires are old and cracked so wo...	Dave Seitz	3	545	Aug 23, 2019 by more ambition than brains
	Hemi engine failure (Preview) My wife’s Durango decided to lose oil pressure about three weeks ago. Luckily she shut it down right away and I towed it home. In the weeks prior it had started making a rattling noise at about 2500 rpm and at one point it developed a miss on #1 cylinder for a short time and then went away. Out came the engine...	67ss	9	908	Aug 1, 2019 by Lost in the 60s
	Youtube videos by cartapes (Preview) I needed a little help a while back when I started putting my front end back together and found this series of instructional videos. If you have never seen any of them take a look as they are really pretty good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGBZ3IH3sYI	4-door Chevelle	1	677	Jul 22, 2019 by deyllan
	Managed to bring home a project myself as well... (Preview) Ive been after this car for over a month now. Finally this past weekend me and the seller were finally able to line up our schedules & im as giddy as a school girl to get this thing home in my shop.Its a 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Sport Coupe. Pontiacs version of the bubble top. However this car doesn't ha...	Chris R	17	899	Jul 21, 2019 by 4-door Chevelle
	Leaking Radiator (Preview) Well I finally got the Elky into the garage to do some annual maintenance on it and I screwed up. I set a quart of oil on top of the radiator as a reminder that the oil was draining and the engine was dry. Well somehow, that quart of oil fell off over night and knocked into my radiator at the bottom and tonight w...	cooz65	23	982	Jul 18, 2019 by AK
	LED Tail Light Project (Preview) I decided to make a safety upgrade by installing LED tail lights, and found these on ebay made by upauto.com and replaced both the brake/tail and reverse light buckets. Easy install since they have the bulb ends already installed and while I bought the kit with the new flasher, everything worked wit...	SShink	5	959	Jul 18, 2019 by SShink
	Some rear suspension work (Preview) Finally got motivated and I seem to like punishing myself by tearing into the car the weekend before SMN's...and replaced the upper control arms with the ones I had boxed and the lower boxed ones I had bought, new bushings for the diff, along with a set of QA1 single adjustable coil overs and an anti-swa...	SShink	1	534	Jul 16, 2019 by Jon H
	more enjoyable to drive now (Preview) So I turned my coilers down a bit to less track oriented, and with the addition of dash speakers (S&M Electrotech, aka www.turnswitch.com ) it seems a lot more like a normal car to drive again. I really have missed the other cars I had, which I never twice thought about taking anywhere. This one I sti...	bowtie	0	548	Jul 13, 2019 by bowtie
	Rocker nut replacement recommendations (Preview) After I broke two old valve springs ( maybe original ), in 2004 I replaced all my valve springs and also put on new rocker nuts. Don’t remember wher I got them. Well on the way home from the all gm show the car developed a fairly Loud tick/ noise. just pulled the valve cover off thinking a loose tapped or a br...	jim larson	12	713	Jun 26, 2019 by jim larson
	12 Bolt Diff Upgrade (Preview) Last fall I ordered axles ,diff, ring and pinion, housing ends and some other miscellaneous other parts, I have been planning to build up a stronger differential for some time now. Chris P. found the tool I need to center the weld on ends to the housing, he also new the right guy to weld the center castin...	Bobs_Place	24	766	Jun 4, 2019 by SShink
	The next two big things. (Preview) I have made enough progress on my rebuild to where I need a windshield now. Rock Auto doesn't have them listed any longer but Auto City Classics has mine (4-door) for $139. I personally am not capable of doing the install so considering other shops for the whole package including mobile install. Who or...	4-door Chevelle	4	661	Jun 2, 2019 by Lost in the 60s
	Chop-Chop-Chop-Hack-Hack-Hack (Preview) Previous post noted my need to clean and condense. Thus the old light blue Biscayne we started cutting up at a Club meeting is now on the "chopping" block Will leave in pieces, saving 1/4 panels, seat, door. spindles, tranny crossmember, steering column and clutch linkage. Diffi will become roller f...	more ambition than brains	11	1445	May 30, 2019 by more ambition than brains
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