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I bought the '66 in October of 2010 out of Pensacola. The owner had spent years collecting free or very cheap used parts to assemble it from the shell he aquired. He somehow forgot to mention that he had butchered the floor pan in the process by installing a '93 Gen V engine from a Suburban. Instead of purchasing a conversion oil pan, he cut the tunnel down the middle and spread it open along with bashing the firewall in with a mall to move the engine/trans back 2 inches to retain the truck pan. He then had to have spent MANY hours fabricating all the offset brackets and linkages to get the clutch to operate. He had also fabricated alternator mounting brackets to locate the alt to the right side and rewired most of the engine compartment with the same roll of Red wire. As you will see from the extensive pictorial documentation, I gutted the car to the rear seat brace and replaced and rebuilt almost everything from that point forward. Every, and I mean every part, nut, bolt, screw, clip, and paint was done by me over 9 months. I retained the Gen V long block and flywheel, but replaced every other part of the drivetrain. I sold the '81 Borg Warner 4 speed and linkage, moved the '70 Buick 8.5 axle to my '67 GTO and robbed the bellhousing and clutch assembly I had set aside for the Camaro to get the Chevelle back on the road. I also replaced both doors, left fender, core support and lower windshield channel.

Here's a link to my webshots album. http://rides.webshots.com/album/578834901CdZdtf Towards the end, there are MANY pics of my re-sealing of the vent windows as an educational topic for my local Chevelle club, so unless you are intereted in that process, it gets boring quickly. The process is the same for '67 Camaro's , however...

One of my favorites....66-67 Chevelles. Always wanted to have one lowered with 8" ralleys all the way around with a high comp 355, 4 speed with side exit exhaust, reminds me of the old short track stock car days. Kind of have that now with my 2nd gen Camaro but a Chevelle would be really cool to have as well.

Inspiring me to get more done on my ride. Very nice.

Cool ride! My neighbor bought one of those brand new when I was a kid. These pics bring back some memories.

My Dad bought a '66 Malibu new too. 283, three on the tree, no other options except full wheel covers. I passed my driver test in that car. I had been driving only standard trans cars so when the instructor yelled "STOP", I slammed the clutch in at the same time as the brake and kept the engine running. He was suprised that I didn't have to restart it after leaving skid marks to a dead stop. That car was the rare Aztec Bronze and my hope for mine is to paint it that color some day. My Dad died 1 week ago from liver cancer...

He will live on forever in your heart, and your love for cars!

Sorry for your loss, Mitch, may he RIP.