[Chevelle-list] Chevelle-list Digest, Vol 58, Issue 6

Fri May 9 21:04:08 MDT 2008

Sorry Brad and the rest of the gang.

  My computer and internet service have been down for a week. 

  In my case all cylinders had been sleeved in each bank. With small blocks being so common, I could not imagine sleeving a gas engine either, but I guess that Jasper was trying to put these engines together for the lowest cost possible.

  Larry
  St. Joseph, MO

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Today's Topics:

1. Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69 SS396 in good
shape (Jim Hunter)
2. Re: Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69 SS396 in
good shape (Chuck Speake)
3. 69 Chevelle Question (Craig and Cerena)
4. Re: 69 Chevelle Question (Dan Rachlin)
5. Re: Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69 SS396 in
good shape (Dan Rachlin)
6. Gene's General Restoration Parts Newsletter
(Gene's General Restoration Parts)
7. Re: Crate Engines (Brad Olson)
From: Jim Hunter <jrh60 at juno.com>
To: chevelle-list at chevelles.net
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 18:00:25 -0400
Subject: [Chevelle-list] Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69 SS396
in good shape

Hi,

I've been a lurker here for the past 11 years and I have a 69 SS396 in
good shape (NOT mint, but not a beater by any means - a low 2 or high 3
on a 1-to-5 scale) that was excellently restored by someone else in the
early 90s (including new paint & rebuilt 72 402 Crate engine, etc.) and
then driven for a few years daily by that person until he got into
Corvettes and I bought this from him in 1997 and have garage kept it & it
runs FINE.

It is NOT a #'s match and is now Dover white instead of the original
Marine blue, but everything is period correct (correct interior, all
correct body pieces & rims).

I only put a few hundred miles on it a year for fun and I had intentions
of making it a project for me & my dad to restore it to MINT shape (I've
slowly acquire a BUNCH of new parts for it: new gas tank, new radiator,
new brake lines, new Flowmaster exhaust system) but now that he's
developed terminal cancer and I really don't have the time or interest to
do it by myself, I'm thinking of selling it this summer along with all
the new parts

I'm trying to figure out what a fair price is for it (I paid $8k for it
locally in 1997 and the new parts I have for it list for well over $1000
new.

Anyone have any opinions or ideas what I should ask for it? I'm NOT
looking to make a killing but if I do decide to sell it, I would like it
to sell and not sit with a sale sign on it for months & months.

Thoughts?

Jim -69-SS396- H.

From: "Chuck Speake" <chuckspke at dslextreme.com>
To: "'The Chevelle Mailing List'" <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 18:08:29 -0500
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69
SS396 in good shape

Hi Jim,
I am sure it is not, but I see in your email address Juno. That isn't Juno
Lighting is it? I just wondered as Juno Lighting is one of my accounts.
I am not sure what you should ask for your car, but if it hasn't deteriated
since you bought it you should be able to get more than that now, especially
with the new parts that you also have now. I am sure that someone on the
list can direct you in the right direction, and who knows maybe one of them
will be interested in taking it off of your hands.
Sorry to see you get rid of it. Good luck and my sympathy to you regarding
your father.

Chuck Speake
1970 Chevelle Malibu
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
chuckspke at dslextreme.com

-----Original Message-----
From: chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net
[mailto:chevelle-list-bounces at chevelles.net] On Behalf Of Jim Hunter
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 5:00 PM
To: chevelle-list at chevelles.net
Subject: [Chevelle-list] Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69 SS396
in good shape

Hi,

I've been a lurker here for the past 11 years and I have a 69 SS396 in
good shape (NOT mint, but not a beater by any means - a low 2 or high 3
on a 1-to-5 scale) that was excellently restored by someone else in the
early 90s (including new paint & rebuilt 72 402 Crate engine, etc.) and
then driven for a few years daily by that person until he got into
Corvettes and I bought this from him in 1997 and have garage kept it & it
runs FINE.

It is NOT a #'s match and is now Dover white instead of the original
Marine blue, but everything is period correct (correct interior, all
correct body pieces & rims).

I only put a few hundred miles on it a year for fun and I had intentions
of making it a project for me & my dad to restore it to MINT shape (I've
slowly acquire a BUNCH of new parts for it: new gas tank, new radiator,
new brake lines, new Flowmaster exhaust system) but now that he's
developed terminal cancer and I really don't have the time or interest to
do it by myself, I'm thinking of selling it this summer along with all
the new parts

I'm trying to figure out what a fair price is for it (I paid $8k for it
locally in 1997 and the new parts I have for it list for well over $1000
new.

Anyone have any opinions or ideas what I should ask for it? I'm NOT
looking to make a killing but if I do decide to sell it, I would like it
to sell and not sit with a sale sign on it for months & months.

Thoughts?

Jim -69-SS396- H.

From: "Craig and Cerena" <crobertson19405 at comcast.net>
To: "Chevelle List" <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 19:22:32 -0400
Subject: [Chevelle-list] 69 Chevelle Question

    st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                Hi gang;

        I have two questions

  First
 does anyone know if you can purchase covered Sail Panels and if so where?

  Second
. Can anyone forward me a diagram of the correct way the wiring should be on the horn relay?  Thanks a million.

  Craig
  Maryland

From: "Dan Rachlin" <rodie40 at gmail.com>
To: crobertson19405 at comcast.net, 
"The Chevelle Mailing List" <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 23:25:30 -0400
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 69 Chevelle Question

What year and model?

  On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Craig and Cerena <crobertson19405 at comcast.net> wrote:
        Hi gang;

        I have two questions

  First
 does anyone know if you can purchase covered Sail Panels and if so where?

  Second
. Can anyone forward me a diagram of the correct way the wiring should be on the horn relay?  Thanks a million.

  Craig
  Maryland

From: "Dan Rachlin" <rodie40 at gmail.com>
To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 23:29:41 -0400
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69
SS396 in good shape

I would bring it to a dealer of old cars or a body shop near you that could look at it and help you decide the value. It's almost impossible to value a car by description. From: Gene's General Restoration Parts <genes.generalstore at verizon.net>
To: chevelle-list at chevelles.net
Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 11:17:47 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Chevelle-list] Gene's General Restoration Parts Newsletter

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From: "Brad Olson" <bdo_chevy at att.net>
To: The Chevelle Mailing List <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 16:46:34 +0000
Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Crate Engines

-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Larry Hickman 
> Has anyone ever had a good experience with a crate engine ? I bought a small 
> block Chevy, crate engine, through Jasper several years ago to put in my boat. 
> It seemed like an economical alternative to rebuilding the one I had. Long story 
> short, it failed about 30 days out of warranty. When we took it apart to see 
> why, it had been over-bored and sleeved. Who sleeves a small block gas engine 

Was the failure directly related to the sleeves? Or is it just
something you noticed during teardown?

Had every cylinder been sleeved? The only reason I can see for
doing that would be for a rare, numbers-matching restoration;
otherwise, saving a good block with 1 or 2 sleeves isn't
necessarily a bad thing but SBCs are so commonplace I can't
imagine doing even that.

Brad O.

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