Discussion Forum - Northstar Chevelle Club

You sound perfectly normal to me.
Of course, i have 12 Suburban's, plus parts now.

We work to play, and hopefully play at work.

Keep doing what you enjoy.
You may change cars now and then, but how is that any different than the constant modifications others make to theirs.

Very good call on the Iowa car.
This looks like way more fun and its' needs are definitely in your wheelhouse.

Karl

Car looks nice. Excited to see it.

Congrats, you will enjoy working on a rust free southern car.

Looks like a nice one!

Are you putting the disk brakes on this car ............ or are they for the next one   

The car looks good, Have fun

-- Edited by Bobs_Place on Monday 28th of December 2020 12:09:10 AM

Very nice Stan, and unlike the roller, its sure to be ready for spring!

67ss wrote:

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The color, new wheels, and side stripe all look good together. But in my opinion I think the heavy Chevy decals need to go or are they clear coated over? Just my 2 cents.

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I agree Chris.  It currently has a confused identity crisis with the Heavy Chevy decals.  They're vinyl decals that should come off with a little help from a heat gun, especially since they have only been on the car for no more than 2 years, and not in the sun much.  They're not clear coated over.

So, I'm thinking about two paths I could take in no particular order:

Path A-Heavy Chevy Tribute:

-Keep the decals on it

-Replace the door and rear panels with the Base Chevelle/Heavy Chevy interior-Not available in the aftermarket, so need to find used ones which are rarer than hens teeth since only about 9500 HC's were built, and not sure on how many base Chevelle's.  I do have a line on a set of green HC door panels in Kansas City that would need to be repainted black.  I attached a pic of what the '71 panels look like with the non-Malibu white stripe.

-Find one of the companies that makes the full floor rubber floor mat to replace the carpet since HC's came that way as part of the 'cost buster' package (although that might make the interior sound level louder)

-Leave the wheel wells without the Malibu trim, even though I think they look unfinished

In other words, try to make it as much of a HC tribute car as possible.

 

Path B-Malibu Stanitized Version:

-Leave the black HC side stripes on, or even replace with them with the white ones that I think would look better and not blend in so much as the black ones

-Remove the HC decals from the hood, fenders, and trunk lid

-Install the Malibu chrome wheel well opening trim (finished look and more chrome like a Malibu)

-Down the road change the interior to white (That was one of my favorite things about the '69 vert to be honest)

Decisions, decisions...I'm open to everyone's thoughts.

 

 

 

I agree with Derek!

Happy you corrected the number of headlights on your ride! 

They both sound like a good plan, but I like Plan B better. To my old-fashioned mind, it doesn't seem right to deliberately remove carpeting, and white stripes would contrast nicely with that deep blue color.

Are the HC seat covers reproduced? I think there's more to the "cheap" interior than just the door panels and rubber mat, correct?
I know the seat covers are different on the earlier 300 Deluxe cars, but I'm not as familiar with the 70-72s

-- Edited by Derek69SS on Tuesday 29th of December 2020 10:12:32 AM

Derek69SS wrote:

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Are the HC seat covers reproduced? I think there's more to the "cheap" interior than just the door panels and rubber mat, correct?
I know the seat covers are different on the earlier 300 Deluxe cars, but I'm not as familiar with the 70-72s

-- Edited by Derek69SS on Tuesday 29th of December 2020 10:12:32 AM

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This is what I found on the HC Registry site regarding the seat covers.  Basically, the HC is the same as a Chevelle/Malibu but with restricted options:

Only black cloth (701), black vinyl (703), dark blue cloth (724), and dark jade cloth (736) interior colors/fabrics were offered. Floor covering consisted of a color-keyed vinyl-coated rubber mat in lieu of carpeting & no trunk mat was supplied. Glove compartment and courtesy lamps were not standard equipment but could be ordered via RPO ZJ9, Auxiliary Lighting equipment.

For those that would like more reading on the '71-72 Heavy Chevy model from the HC Registry site, CLICK LINK PASTE HERE 

BLyke wrote:

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Like most so far, I lean towards the "Plan B".
For a while I was considering adding some the HC decals and side striped just to mess with people, since there was never a Heavy Chevy Convert

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Before putting the white SS stripes on the '72 vert, I toyed with the white side stripe idea too. 

Looks like someone else beat us to the idea Bruce.

 

The white stripes do look better on Blue.

Stan, if the upholstery in the '69 was correct, it should have been a pearlescent white. The '71 will be plain white. IF you liked the '69 better, you can have Legendary make the '71 covers with '69 material and really throw off the car show experts...