Nice! I sent him a few pics and videos of it shortly after I got it running again. If I recall I believe he said he let this one go because he had one that was a little bit better candidate for restoration?
yup I'm jealous, the perfect project from now through retirement! I cant wait to see your ss on Patrick Nichols review video. keep up the videos love'm..
Does he review videos from other people or does he only do requests and in-person inspections? If he's ever in the area, I'd gladly welcome a visit -- however, with all of the documentation I have already, I'm not sure I'd pay for such a service at this point. 🤣
Thanks for taking us along for the journey. IMHO the best way to dial in any carburetor once the ignition is set is to use a manifold vacuum gauge and set the mixture screws to obtain the highest reading at curb idle. Miss those days, take care back there and God bless.
That's exactly how I was dialing it in. It was a bit inconsistent at first with the cylinder dropping out, but once I got that taken care of it came around pretty nicely. I am still quite shocked at just how well that Amazon quadrajet performed.
@@JamesSorenson for 40 years I lived the same as you there, everything automotive. Built, bought and restored cars...it was my life. I retired to the Philippines some years back, everything here is from China. Some are good quality and other things well, you know. Nice it's working well for you. Thanks again for posting, it's nice to see your progress.
Very nice find with this chevelle. A diamond in the rough but definitely a jewel! 😊. Your channel is my new DD Speed Shop version, very down to earth and not so crazy like the others.
I really enjoyed the paperwork and the ride! What a supercool muscle car. Ive always wanted to bodywork a chevelle. I' so jealous!!! Congrats on saving her shes great!
Great classic car. Bought my SS in May 1970 and kept it 14 years before I had to sell it due to my job changing. Miss it more than any other car I’ve had, including my 73 Vette.
They're one of those cars that people remember and don't seem to forget. My father often spoke of his, though it was wrecked long before I was even born, but that peaked my interest in them as a "one day" car. This one checked all the boxes of what I was after, though maybe a little bit worse for wear than what I was originally hoping, but it's slowly coming along.
Thanks posting this vid. Excellent job. I miss my 72 Chevelle SS with 396. Car was amazing and sold it a couple years after i got married towards the purchase of my house. I miss the car and still dream about it often.
Man, it's awesome to have all that documentation! "A little bit sketchy" is just the right amount of sketchy. LOL. It looks like that LF wheel sits a bit far back in the wheel well, but that's probably because of the kink in the frame and all that welding work above the LF spring pocket. That area looks like it can be fixed, but might take a lot of work. Definitely worth it though, and I think it will likely bring the front end panel gaps in a bit better. Fit and finish wasn't all that great from the factory, so it kinda is what it is sometimes. The interior is looking WAY better, nicely done! You're doing a helluva job bringing her back from darn near dead, James. Definitely looking forward to more work and updates! Take care, man.
The wheel alignment looked a lot better with the new control arms installed, but I should probably try to take some measurements to see if that control arm is out of position. I suspect when I get it to a frame shop I'm going to learn all sorts of interesting things... I did notice that the passenger fender extension had the same high spot of the fender present on it, so I didn't feel too terribly bad leaving it on the driver side.
Thanks! It has certainly been a bit of an up and down journey, but in this video it all came together pretty nicely despite the issues I've slowly uncovered.
Doing a nice job years ago I had 70 Chevelle 454 cowl induction 4 speed Hurst it was awesome till I crashed it in 1974, your awesome car coming along well❤❤
Bringing her back to life one part at a time, you may want to swap out the old jets and metering rods out of the old q jet as they are tuned to specific engines. Excellent work
I may keep running on this Amazon clone for now until I get the L78 built that will be going in this thing. I'm planning on sticking with the quadrajet mounted to a Weiand Street Warrior intake manifold on the L78.
Darty..😂🤣😂You know it!! But what a Great survivor, a Happy Chevelle again back on the Road. Balljoints, bushings, steering rods, swaybar bushings, shocks, Bigger tires, steering box adjustment, Then that Ol Chevy will be Tight as a rustybolt!! Enjoy🤙🤙🏁🏁🏁🇺🇸
On those guage lenses. I have found that wet sanding with 1500, 2000, 2500/3000. Then buff with the foam pad and either headlight restorer or I prefer 3m step 1 36060 compound works extremely well. I usually use RC car body orange for the needles because it isn't gloss like regular testors model paint. Just some suggestions. Awesome project BTW. I'm helping on a friend's 72 right now
@@JamesSorenson while I'm thinking about it. Soaking it in warm water and bleach works good for removing the dirt/yellowing. Works on dome lights and turn lenses too. Also for cleaning interior Mr. Clean magic eraser sponges work awesome. It works on vinyl and plastic that have a grain pattern. If you didn't know already.
I knew they were never quite perfect, but didn't they would have been out by that much! I'm hoping once I have the frame straight I can come back and start trying to square up the nose more.
Jame Sorenson ,Hello I subscribed to your channel to follow the Progress on this beautiful Chevrolet Chevelle SS Muscle car that you are giving her a second chance of life !! I can still tell that were you showed were the frame was repair it looks ok but that left front wheel is off !! And i see that you replace all the front Suspension parts which is good !! So Definitely a full Alignment is do !! And you also Mention to replace the rear end Sway bar !! Hopefully that that frame of the car Doesn't has to be Straight ,but if it does it can be fix !! Plus when you was driving the car, i played the video back a Couple of times ,to listen too the Automatic Transmission Shifting and it's off !! I don't know if you recheck the trans fluid, but it sounds like it's not going through all it's gears, and it's not down Shifting !! Make sure that you check the shift cable and around the Carburetor ,because if that Automatic Transmission is still good you don't want to burn it up by it not shifting Properly ,i hope the helps you friend !! And good luck on the rest of this progress with the car ,and make sure to check the Actuator on the Transmission as well ok🇺🇸🇺🇸😃😃💪💪👍👍
I've moved it around again since and the 1-2 shift appears to be correct and it does downshift back into first when coming to a stop, but it is not shifting into 3rd at all. The TH400 has an electronic kickdown and I've disconnected it to make sure it wasn't causing the issue, but still no 3rd as of yet. Next I'll be going through the governor to see if it is stuck or having issues, otherwise it may be in the valve body. The left front is doing quite a bit better as of late as I took a few more shims out to get the camber more in line. I also measured the wheelbase and it is even from side to side, so everything is at least in line for now. I still need to get it into the shop to have them lower the front frame horn and get the caster dialed in. I recently discovered that the "darting" I was feeling was being caused by the rear end torque steering and was not coming from the front, so I'm stuck waiting for the rear suspension kit to show up so I can finally go through and replace everything back there. I suspect I'll find a few more blown out bushings, similar to what I found in the front.
Does this have positraction,I'm not sure what you are feeling but sticking clutches and then quick release can do that I may be wrong but my 68 gran sport did a similar thing >t was in the positrac@JamesSorenson
Open differential. The rear suspension parts are supposed to be here Monday, so I may end up with enough content to put out another Chevelle video before it gets to the frame shop and hopefully it will take care of the torque steer.
RPO D88 is the stripe package. It would be listed on the buildsheet. All RPO's are in abc order. However, it could have been added at the dealer. Which would be listed on the original window sticker if you have that.
On your drive I think the "Knocking" is just you feeling th pops from running the car at speed when it has a bit of back pressure and it might be feeling like it's got a knocking in the body. I've felt that before on one of mine. But maybe I'm way off. LOL.
There was a lot going on during the drive. The exhaust was banging off the floor, the trunk was flapping in the wind, and I found that the caliper bracket was grinding on the rim, which made the horrible noise that caused me to pull over. I have a bunch of that fixed already, just waiting on some more parts again!
LENS clearing - try headlamp polishing kits or plastic polish needs to stay 'cold'. I have had success with rubbing compound too. Be careful of heat build. Alternatively, heat gun is a great way to bring the oil luster back on trim pieces not transparent items. For lens follow headlamp processes of restoring. You can probably bring back the one, the distortion is likely on the surface.
Yeah, the headlight kits work very well on stuff like this. I was too lazy to go find one and figured if I kept my drill speed down I could get it looking a bit better with just the compound. I've had some minor success with a little bit of heat, but it was getting late and I was trying to rush through things and should have been paying more attention before I went and melted the lens... The speedometer and clock both need some work and I'm on the fence over switching to the tach and analog gauges, so it may be easier at this point to just get the full assembly.
It almost appears that it was added in at a later point. From the wiring diagrams and pinouts I've been able to find thus far, it doesn't appear the wire should be there. I'm wondering if someone ran it themselves to some internal gauges or accessories.
I enjoy watching your progress on your (Oct 69) Atlanta built SS Chevelle. Im looking forward to your next video. I also own an Atlanta built SS Chevelle (Feb 70) I purchased in 1975. Is the tire pressure label still on the driver side door with a readable part number? It should be a BD coded label which would match your build sheet box 105.
@@JamesSorenson Shucks! There is a Chevelle enthusiast that is working on reproducing the BD tire pressure label. He has posted on The Yenko registry looking for anyone that may have a legible part # of the BD label. He has a presentable label with all the correct information but is missing the last digit of the part # 398218X of the original that he is working from. The BD code is unique to 70 SS Chevelles particularly 396 models that had RPO Code C60 air conditioning. Several different code labels are avaliable
available but are incorrect for a 396 with A/C. Hope you can keep all the patina and original exterior finish. Your Chevelle has earned every battle scar and blemish. My preference for my own Chevelle is to have a nice interior, clean windows and good mechanicals cause when your in the drivers seat with a fresh interior and its running well it feels like a new car to you and you can't see the exterior. 'Shiny paint causes stress' Thanks for your reply and checking your label. The search continues. Im looking forward to following your progress.
The new control arms should have added a bit of additional caster by themselves, but I do need to try to dial it in a little closer just to be able to get it to the shop. I'll try to get an angle finder on it and see what it looks like.
Forget what the Purists and Experts tell you,fix the worst spots make it road worthy,clean it up,enjoy your car!!.The people that will critique you are the ones that can't even change the oil in their own cars.Im building my own car right now,I've learned most 'Car People' are full of Buffalo Dung.I remember back in the late 80's when I first got interested in old cars,I was at the Butler Parts O'Rama in Butler P.A,someone was displaying a 1970 Chevelle SS there that had been sitting for awhile.The car was blue with black stripes,396/402/4 speed with console,and documentation in the glove compartment.The car was in a little better condition than yours,it was all original,nothing was missing,the interior was even fairly clean.The people that had it were debating on either parting it out or selling it whole for around $1500,what a shame,hindsight is better than foresight.
I grew up at the race track and car shows, but for a while we were too poor to have anything nice of our own and wrenching was a necessity to keep the family cars on the road. It wasn't until my teen years that my dad was able to get back into some of the classics he would always talk about growing up, but his mentality of enjoying what you had and getting things out on the road and enjoying them even if they weren't "top of the line" show cars has really stuck with me. Lost him way too soon and I was too young to really know what I was doing, so I got away from classics for a bit, but it has come full circle and they're about all I'm interested in now.
I passed up on buying a 1970 SS 454 LS5 with a TH400. White with blue interior....guy wanted $1300 for it back in 1986.....I heard it got cut up as a circle track car the next year
Cool looking video. I would suggest very strongly that you invest in a Bluetooth microphone for yourself because it's incredibly difficult to hear you. Especially on that test drive, but if you had a clip-on Bluetooth microphone that would be a non-issue and it would improve the quality of your videos. And maybe you could do some follow-ups on some of the things that you talk about but then don't address in the next frame.
Thanks for the advice, it's on my list to pick one up. I've got a few new gadgets, such as better mounts and a legitimate tripod now, so hopefully things will get a bit better down the line.
It would have been nice to see it broken down by the option choices, but it is a bit of a mystery at this point. I know that the A/C, TH400, and tape player would bump it by a good bit, I don't know that they would have got it there by itself. I'm not sure what the freight charge was back at that time?
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You bought this from my dad, you’re doing exactly what we wanted to do to it. Keep up the great work
Nice! I sent him a few pics and videos of it shortly after I got it running again. If I recall I believe he said he let this one go because he had one that was a little bit better candidate for restoration?
Do tell about your pops car.
Why the hell is the documentation preserved but the car looks like s***??? This car was special and y'all let it turn to s*** 😢
@@MarcusSandoval-kx2th wasn’t us. Car clearly sat outside for many years. Shit happens
@@TravisSchmidt-c9f I thought he said you all owned up until 2022
yup I'm jealous, the perfect project from now through retirement! I cant wait to see your ss on Patrick Nichols review video. keep up the videos love'm..
Does he review videos from other people or does he only do requests and in-person inspections? If he's ever in the area, I'd gladly welcome a visit -- however, with all of the documentation I have already, I'm not sure I'd pay for such a service at this point. 🤣
Thanks for taking us along for the journey. IMHO the best way to dial in any carburetor once the ignition is set is to use a manifold vacuum gauge and set the mixture screws to obtain the highest reading at curb idle. Miss those days, take care back there and God bless.
That's exactly how I was dialing it in. It was a bit inconsistent at first with the cylinder dropping out, but once I got that taken care of it came around pretty nicely. I am still quite shocked at just how well that Amazon quadrajet performed.
@@JamesSorenson for 40 years I lived the same as you there, everything automotive. Built, bought and restored cars...it was my life. I retired to the Philippines some years back, everything here is from China. Some are good quality and other things well, you know. Nice it's working well for you. Thanks again for posting, it's nice to see your progress.
This is just a hobby for me at the moment. I wish I could find a way to make a living out of it, as I enjoy it quite a bit more than my daily job.
@@JamesSorenson wishing you all the best. Look forward to seeing how far you go with the SS.
Very nice find with this chevelle. A diamond in the rough but definitely a jewel! 😊. Your channel is my new DD Speed Shop version, very down to earth and not so crazy like the others.
Hah, and here I thought DD was pretty crazy with some of the things he undertakes!
Some great mechanical and visual wins in this episode. Keep it up, im here for the duration.
She's coming along nicely thanks for sharing
I really enjoyed the paperwork and the ride! What a supercool muscle car. Ive always wanted to bodywork a chevelle. I' so jealous!!! Congrats on saving her shes great!
Great classic car. Bought my SS in May 1970 and kept it 14 years before I had to sell it due to my job changing. Miss it more than any other car I’ve had, including my 73 Vette.
They're one of those cars that people remember and don't seem to forget. My father often spoke of his, though it was wrecked long before I was even born, but that peaked my interest in them as a "one day" car. This one checked all the boxes of what I was after, though maybe a little bit worse for wear than what I was originally hoping, but it's slowly coming along.
Thanks posting this vid. Excellent job. I miss my 72 Chevelle SS with 396. Car was amazing and sold it a couple years after i got married towards the purchase of my house. I miss the car and still dream about it often.
Should have lived in the Chevelle! They're pretty spacious compared to most of the cars I seem to drive!
Hey James your doing a great Job by Taking care of the body work other then that the car is still in wonderful condition
Man, it's awesome to have all that documentation! "A little bit sketchy" is just the right amount of sketchy. LOL. It looks like that LF wheel sits a bit far back in the wheel well, but that's probably because of the kink in the frame and all that welding work above the LF spring pocket. That area looks like it can be fixed, but might take a lot of work. Definitely worth it though, and I think it will likely bring the front end panel gaps in a bit better. Fit and finish wasn't all that great from the factory, so it kinda is what it is sometimes. The interior is looking WAY better, nicely done! You're doing a helluva job bringing her back from darn near dead, James. Definitely looking forward to more work and updates! Take care, man.
The wheel alignment looked a lot better with the new control arms installed, but I should probably try to take some measurements to see if that control arm is out of position. I suspect when I get it to a frame shop I'm going to learn all sorts of interesting things... I did notice that the passenger fender extension had the same high spot of the fender present on it, so I didn't feel too terribly bad leaving it on the driver side.
Great job!! Beautiful car and you’ve done a fabulous job of bringing her back to life!!
Thanks! It has certainly been a bit of an up and down journey, but in this video it all came together pretty nicely despite the issues I've slowly uncovered.
Doing a nice job years ago I had 70 Chevelle 454 cowl induction 4 speed Hurst it was awesome till I crashed it in 1974, your awesome car coming along well❤❤
The fate of many of these old Chevelles it seems... Now it's about the only way to get your hands on one for a reasonable price.
My old man crashed his '69 yellow SS 😢
Bringing her back to life one part at a time, you may want to swap out the old jets and metering rods out of the old q jet as they are tuned to specific engines. Excellent work
I may keep running on this Amazon clone for now until I get the L78 built that will be going in this thing. I'm planning on sticking with the quadrajet mounted to a Weiand Street Warrior intake manifold on the L78.
She's a beauty!!
Great Work 👍
Darty..😂🤣😂You know it!! But what a Great survivor, a Happy Chevelle again back on the Road. Balljoints, bushings, steering rods, swaybar bushings, shocks, Bigger tires, steering box adjustment, Then that Ol Chevy will be Tight as a rustybolt!! Enjoy🤙🤙🏁🏁🏁🇺🇸
On those guage lenses. I have found that wet sanding with 1500, 2000, 2500/3000. Then buff with the foam pad and either headlight restorer or I prefer 3m step 1 36060 compound works extremely well. I usually use RC car body orange for the needles because it isn't gloss like regular testors model paint. Just some suggestions. Awesome project BTW. I'm helping on a friend's 72 right now
Yeah, wet sanding definitely works faster than compound by itself. Good tip on the orange!
@@JamesSorenson while I'm thinking about it. Soaking it in warm water and bleach works good for removing the dirt/yellowing. Works on dome lights and turn lenses too. Also for cleaning interior Mr. Clean magic eraser sponges work awesome. It works on vinyl and plastic that have a grain pattern. If you didn't know already.
The gap from the rht and Lft Headlite Bezel is that way out of the factory my 70 Chevelle SS had the same gap at the hood !
I knew they were never quite perfect, but didn't they would have been out by that much! I'm hoping once I have the frame straight I can come back and start trying to square up the nose more.
Jame Sorenson ,Hello I subscribed to your channel to follow the Progress on this beautiful Chevrolet Chevelle SS Muscle car that you are giving her a second chance of life !! I can still tell that were you showed were the frame was repair it looks ok but that left front wheel is off !! And i see that you replace all the front Suspension parts which is good !! So Definitely a full Alignment is do !! And you also Mention to replace the rear end Sway bar !! Hopefully that that frame of the car Doesn't has to be Straight ,but if it does it can be fix !! Plus when you was driving the car, i played the video back a Couple of times ,to listen too the Automatic Transmission Shifting and it's off !! I don't know if you recheck the trans fluid, but it sounds like it's not going through all it's gears, and it's not down Shifting !! Make sure that you check the shift cable and around the Carburetor ,because if that Automatic Transmission is still good you don't want to burn it up by it not shifting Properly ,i hope the helps you friend !! And good luck on the rest of this progress with the car ,and make sure to check the Actuator on the Transmission as well ok🇺🇸🇺🇸😃😃💪💪👍👍
I've moved it around again since and the 1-2 shift appears to be correct and it does downshift back into first when coming to a stop, but it is not shifting into 3rd at all. The TH400 has an electronic kickdown and I've disconnected it to make sure it wasn't causing the issue, but still no 3rd as of yet. Next I'll be going through the governor to see if it is stuck or having issues, otherwise it may be in the valve body.
The left front is doing quite a bit better as of late as I took a few more shims out to get the camber more in line. I also measured the wheelbase and it is even from side to side, so everything is at least in line for now. I still need to get it into the shop to have them lower the front frame horn and get the caster dialed in.
I recently discovered that the "darting" I was feeling was being caused by the rear end torque steering and was not coming from the front, so I'm stuck waiting for the rear suspension kit to show up so I can finally go through and replace everything back there. I suspect I'll find a few more blown out bushings, similar to what I found in the front.
Does this have positraction,I'm not sure what you are feeling but sticking clutches and then quick release can do that I may be wrong but my 68 gran sport did a similar thing >t was in the positrac@JamesSorenson
Open differential. The rear suspension parts are supposed to be here Monday, so I may end up with enough content to put out another Chevelle video before it gets to the frame shop and hopefully it will take care of the torque steer.
Awesome Job!!!
RPO D88 is the stripe package. It would be listed on the buildsheet. All RPO's are in abc order. However, it could have been added at the dealer. Which would be listed on the original window sticker if you have that.
Hey, I’ve been following your videos. Very cool! Some nice Cragar ss mags would look sooo much better
Hope they can straiten the frame for you . I know it would be a big job but maybe you can find anther frame . The car looks so much better .
You gotta get Dust/Grease covers for those front wheel bearings ASAP!! Otherwise looking good man👍
Yeah, they were supposed to be here at the start of the week, but are still MIA unfortunately.
Nice car.
I have one in mist green !! Enjoy!!
Awesome!!
Runs good needs the big block springs back in it. It sits to low in the front.
Once again nice 🇺🇲
On your drive I think the "Knocking" is just you feeling th pops from running the car at speed when it has a bit of back pressure and it might be feeling like it's got a knocking in the body. I've felt that before on one of mine. But maybe I'm way off. LOL.
There was a lot going on during the drive. The exhaust was banging off the floor, the trunk was flapping in the wind, and I found that the caliper bracket was grinding on the rim, which made the horrible noise that caused me to pull over. I have a bunch of that fixed already, just waiting on some more parts again!
LENS clearing - try headlamp polishing kits or plastic polish needs to stay 'cold'. I have had success with rubbing compound too. Be careful of heat build. Alternatively, heat gun is a great way to bring the oil luster back on trim pieces not transparent items. For lens follow headlamp processes of restoring. You can probably bring back the one, the distortion is likely on the surface.
Yeah, the headlight kits work very well on stuff like this. I was too lazy to go find one and figured if I kept my drill speed down I could get it looking a bit better with just the compound. I've had some minor success with a little bit of heat, but it was getting late and I was trying to rush through things and should have been paying more attention before I went and melted the lens... The speedometer and clock both need some work and I'm on the fence over switching to the tach and analog gauges, so it may be easier at this point to just get the full assembly.
Very 👍
Red wire, possibly for interior light switch for either the headlight switch or for the door itself
It almost appears that it was added in at a later point. From the wiring diagrams and pinouts I've been able to find thus far, it doesn't appear the wire should be there. I'm wondering if someone ran it themselves to some internal gauges or accessories.
I enjoy watching your progress on your (Oct 69) Atlanta built SS Chevelle. Im looking forward to your next video. I also own an Atlanta built SS Chevelle (Feb 70) I purchased in 1975. Is the tire pressure label still on the driver side door with a readable part number? It should be a BD coded label which would match your build sheet box 105.
It's just barely hanging on. I can't quite make out any numbers along the top, just the individual tire pressures and part of the size.
@@JamesSorenson Shucks! There is a Chevelle enthusiast that is working on reproducing the BD tire pressure label. He has posted on The Yenko registry looking for anyone that may have a legible part # of the BD label. He has a presentable label with all the correct information but is missing the last digit of the part # 398218X of the original that he is working from. The BD code is unique to 70 SS Chevelles particularly 396 models that had RPO Code C60 air conditioning. Several different code labels are avaliable
available but are incorrect for a 396 with A/C. Hope you can keep all the patina and original exterior finish. Your Chevelle has earned every battle scar and blemish. My preference for my own Chevelle is to have a nice interior, clean windows and good mechanicals cause when your in the drivers seat with a fresh interior and its running well it feels like a new car to you and you can't see the exterior. 'Shiny paint causes stress' Thanks for your reply and checking your label. The search continues. Im looking forward to following your progress.
How the steering is real "darty" is usually not enough caster. Add a couple shims to the rear upper control arm bolts and see if it mellows out.
The new control arms should have added a bit of additional caster by themselves, but I do need to try to dial it in a little closer just to be able to get it to the shop. I'll try to get an angle finder on it and see what it looks like.
Forget what the Purists and Experts tell you,fix the worst spots make it road worthy,clean it up,enjoy your car!!.The people that will critique you are the ones that can't even change the oil in their own cars.Im building my own car right now,I've learned most 'Car People' are full of Buffalo Dung.I remember back in the late 80's when I first got interested in old cars,I was at the Butler Parts O'Rama in Butler P.A,someone was displaying a 1970 Chevelle SS there that had been sitting for awhile.The car was blue with black stripes,396/402/4 speed with console,and documentation in the glove compartment.The car was in a little better condition than yours,it was all original,nothing was missing,the interior was even fairly clean.The people that had it were debating on either parting it out or selling it whole for around $1500,what a shame,hindsight is better than foresight.
I grew up at the race track and car shows, but for a while we were too poor to have anything nice of our own and wrenching was a necessity to keep the family cars on the road. It wasn't until my teen years that my dad was able to get back into some of the classics he would always talk about growing up, but his mentality of enjoying what you had and getting things out on the road and enjoying them even if they weren't "top of the line" show cars has really stuck with me. Lost him way too soon and I was too young to really know what I was doing, so I got away from classics for a bit, but it has come full circle and they're about all I'm interested in now.
I passed up on buying a 1970 SS 454 LS5 with a TH400. White with blue interior....guy wanted $1300 for it back in 1986.....I heard it got cut up as a circle track car the next year
Didn't sound like it ever went into 3rd, is the modulator valve vacuum line hooked up
Yeah. I replaced the modulator and the line a few videos back.
You've got your work cut-out.
Seems to me someone without maybe the owner permission swapped out the cluster and wheel with a Monte Carlo sometime down the line.
The cluster is correct for the car. It was not optioned with the tach and analog gauges. I'm not sure why it has a 71/72 wheel on it though.
This car should have a factory tach looks like a 70 monte Carlo dash these cars had the same dash
The tach and analog gauges were an option (U14), otherwise the SS came with the round warning lights as the car is equipped with presently.
@davidmcmahan276. It's all about the option package. I had a 1970 Monte Carlo SS ... W/ tach, gauges, and clock
Cool looking video. I would suggest very strongly that you invest in a Bluetooth microphone for yourself because it's incredibly difficult to hear you. Especially on that test drive, but if you had a clip-on Bluetooth microphone that would be a non-issue and it would improve the quality of your videos. And maybe you could do some follow-ups on some of the things that you talk about but then don't address in the next frame.
Thanks for the advice, it's on my list to pick one up. I've got a few new gadgets, such as better mounts and a legitimate tripod now, so hopefully things will get a bit better down the line.
@@JamesSorensonthings will always get better. Keep at it!
What are your goals for this car?
What about the AC vents?
I had ordered some replacements, but they haven't shown up yet.
Alabama did not become a Title state until 1975.
Thanks for that info. I figured that was the case when they had used the registration to title it, but hadn't actually gone and looked it up myself.
Wonder why it was 5k+ when the MSRP was just under 3k to over 4k
It would have been nice to see it broken down by the option choices, but it is a bit of a mystery at this point. I know that the A/C, TH400, and tape player would bump it by a good bit, I don't know that they would have got it there by itself. I'm not sure what the freight charge was back at that time?
How much?
I have a bad habit of not selling the cars I pick up... 🤣
People always trying to say a car is not a real ss 🇺🇲
Steering wheel is incorrect.
Why did the stupid factory put these sheets in such shity places... Why not put the damn thing in a syllable plastic bag and throw it in the glove box