[Chevelle-list] Superbowl Saturday - Good Day For The Chevelle

[Thomas Ringlein]

Folks-
I lurk a lot – just because I am busy as hell most of the time.  I see that
lately the list creator has worked his way back to the list, welcome back
Mitch.  I have only been a member for a year or so, but thought I would say
a few words.
Today was my most productive day on the Chevelle in years.  I pulled the
right front fender, headlight assy, inner fender (which is trashed), battery
tray, battery, full factory A/C system (sans compressor – which came off the
engine 10 years ago).  I also got the remaining 20% of the interior stripped
– the only thing left is a drivers seat, steering wheel, and dash.  I also
sanded all the crud off the right rear quarter and discovered the rest of
the carnage.  A little history – the right rear quarter was slapped back
together and repainted sometime in the very early 80’s when my family
acquired the car.  I have a weld going from the upper corner of the rear
window, back towards the rear of the car about 14”, and then straight down
to the wheel opening.  Add about ¾” of bondo, and you have crappy, early
80’s, “buy a wreck and flip it” kind of body work.  Thanks to Goodmark, I
have a date with a good body man to get the right rear quarter replaced in a
few weeks – hence my newfound time to spend on the car.  I actually
surprised myself a bit.  I am fairly mechanically inclined – but have never
really worked on cars before besides the occasional fuel pump and I dabbled
in auto electronics in a past life.  I have some newfound confidence to fab
in an LS2/T56 combo this summer (what the hell am I thinking), and tear into
the chassis when the body is on the rotisserie next winter.
Wish me luck.
If I had a website, I would love to show you what the front of my house
looked like a few hours ago.  Under all the car parts and rust was a pad of
concrete somewhere.

T.J. Ringlein
US Air Force
Clovis, California
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