The Chevelle is my personal favorite muscle car. Because of its compact size, footprint, and proportion. But that rebuild is a badazzed tweak.
I like the earlier Chevelles….before the fast back….like 1966. I had a buddy in Calgary who had the first Beaumont 396 in the city (the Pontiac version of the Chevelle). Four speed, 4:10 gears and man did that thing move. Aztec Bronze with a black vinyl roof and black interior.
Agreed … the simpler old school look was the best. The ‘look’ betrayed what was under the hood.
Agreed. The 1970-72 body was as good as that era got. The 1970 rectangular taillights were dumb. The 1972 black grill was a giant leap forward from the funny bridge grill on 1970-71. Unfortunately the 1972 engines were inferior
Yeah, the engines went downhill pretty fast. I had a 69 GTO….loved that car and it moved. In the 70’s, the “muscle cars” were only badges on the cars with nothing inside.
I agree that by 1972 engines had lost a whack of horsepower but they were still reasonably fun to drive and and were easier (economically) to fuel. 1972 and later cars can still be driven today with modern pump gas. Pre-1972 performance cars cannot. Necessary lead replacement and octane additives restrict their use substantially. At one point a number of years ago I was interested in a nice 1970 Thunderbird fastback and it had the big 429 ThunderJet engine of course. High compression that required very premium fuel that isn’t even available now. The seller told me that although he loved the car he hardly ever drove it because it would not run even close to the way it should without several fuel additives. The cost of those additives combined with the car’s terrible fuel economy made the car prohibitively expensive and inconvenient to drive. Could you imagine trying to run a dual quad high compression engined car with those fuel demands? Yikes! Most post 1972 engines run just fine on modern regular (or midgrade) fuel due to their lower compression ratios.
If The Carney Clown has his way, we’ll all be driving electric Chevettes in the near future!!! LOL
Let the roasting begin.
Bringout Yer Dead
Well if Carney has his way, we might be, but you won’t own it….you will be forced to lease it from a company he is connected to.
Carney is a classic fascist.
“Carney draws inspiration from, among others, Marx, Engels and Lenin, but the agenda he promotes differs from Marxism in two key respects. First, the private sector is not to be expropriated but made a “partner” in reshaping the economy and society. Second, it does not make a promise to make the lives of ordinary people better, but worse. Carney’s Brave New World will be one of severely constrained choice, less flying, less meat, more inconvenience and more poverty: “Assets will be stranded, used gasoline powered cars will be unsaleable, inefficient properties will be unrentable,” he promises. Peter Foster – National Post
My father had a 68 Chevy Malibu. Also had a 76 at one point. The 76 was slow as **** but it was pretty. I wrecked it slamming into a telephone after the brand new tires lost grip on a slight curve. Somebody told him that new tires have a bit of an oily residue or something. That, coupled with the fact that it had rained a little earlier, probably didn’t help. I took the windshield taste test and got a little scratch on my head. Otherwise, I was fine. I wore my seatbelt every day after that.
Surprised you could get it up to a speed that it would slip on anything. I think the highest horsepower rating for those things was just over 200 HP in a 454.
Just…no.
From the front it looks like a Chrysler 300. From the side it looks like a Challenger. From the rear it looks remotely like a Chevelle, but only because of the tail lights. Is it a bad looking car? Nope. But it bears little resemblance to a classic Chevelle.
Ackstually, I prefer Chynese EVs. Too soon?
The Chevelle is my personal favorite muscle car. Because of its compact size, footprint, and proportion. But that rebuild is a badazzed tweak.
I like the earlier Chevelles….before the fast back….like 1966. I had a buddy in Calgary who had the first Beaumont 396 in the city (the Pontiac version of the Chevelle). Four speed, 4:10 gears and man did that thing move. Aztec Bronze with a black vinyl roof and black interior.
Agreed … the simpler old school look was the best. The ‘look’ betrayed what was under the hood.
Agreed. The 1970-72 body was as good as that era got. The 1970 rectangular taillights were dumb. The 1972 black grill was a giant leap forward from the funny bridge grill on 1970-71. Unfortunately the 1972 engines were inferior
Yeah, the engines went downhill pretty fast. I had a 69 GTO….loved that car and it moved. In the 70’s, the “muscle cars” were only badges on the cars with nothing inside.
I agree that by 1972 engines had lost a whack of horsepower but they were still reasonably fun to drive and and were easier (economically) to fuel. 1972 and later cars can still be driven today with modern pump gas. Pre-1972 performance cars cannot. Necessary lead replacement and octane additives restrict their use substantially. At one point a number of years ago I was interested in a nice 1970 Thunderbird fastback and it had the big 429 ThunderJet engine of course. High compression that required very premium fuel that isn’t even available now. The seller told me that although he loved the car he hardly ever drove it because it would not run even close to the way it should without several fuel additives. The cost of those additives combined with the car’s terrible fuel economy made the car prohibitively expensive and inconvenient to drive. Could you imagine trying to run a dual quad high compression engined car with those fuel demands? Yikes! Most post 1972 engines run just fine on modern regular (or midgrade) fuel due to their lower compression ratios.
If The Carney Clown has his way, we’ll all be driving electric Chevettes in the near future!!! LOL
Let the roasting begin.
Bringout Yer Dead
Well if Carney has his way, we might be, but you won’t own it….you will be forced to lease it from a company he is connected to.
Carney is a classic fascist.
“Carney draws inspiration from, among others, Marx, Engels and Lenin, but the agenda he promotes differs from Marxism in two key respects. First, the private sector is not to be expropriated but made a “partner” in reshaping the economy and society. Second, it does not make a promise to make the lives of ordinary people better, but worse. Carney’s Brave New World will be one of severely constrained choice, less flying, less meat, more inconvenience and more poverty: “Assets will be stranded, used gasoline powered cars will be unsaleable, inefficient properties will be unrentable,” he promises. Peter Foster – National Post
My father had a 68 Chevy Malibu. Also had a 76 at one point. The 76 was slow as **** but it was pretty. I wrecked it slamming into a telephone after the brand new tires lost grip on a slight curve. Somebody told him that new tires have a bit of an oily residue or something. That, coupled with the fact that it had rained a little earlier, probably didn’t help. I took the windshield taste test and got a little scratch on my head. Otherwise, I was fine. I wore my seatbelt every day after that.
Surprised you could get it up to a speed that it would slip on anything. I think the highest horsepower rating for those things was just over 200 HP in a 454.
Just…no.
From the front it looks like a Chrysler 300. From the side it looks like a Challenger. From the rear it looks remotely like a Chevelle, but only because of the tail lights. Is it a bad looking car? Nope. But it bears little resemblance to a classic Chevelle.