The Chevelle Build Update: A New Frame!
Since it’s been a while since my last update on the Chevelle build I thought I’d take a little time to document what has happened since I last wrote about it. In my last installments I’ve documented that: The Chevelle made it to Allison Customs in New Mexico Was disassembled and examined Required a truckload […]
The Chevelle Build: Detroit Speed Suspension Time!
I mentioned in Podcast Episode 84 that Detroit Speed and Engineering is now on board with the Chevelle Build, and I could not be more excited about it. It was their ’65 Chevelle test car that really inspired me to go the route of using their equipment, specifically because that car is what I want […]
The Chevelle Build: NPD Parts are here and it’s a Hot Rodders Christmas!
Well, the Chevelle build is going at warp speed over at Allison Customs! The car is completely torn apart, the frame has been sandblasted, the massive shipment of sheetmetal from National Parts Depot has arrived, and it’s time to start cutting, welding, and fixing! As I wrote last week, the amount of rust damage that […]
The Chevelle’s Sheetmetal List; Everything Must Go!
Well, as I reported to you in the Chevelle Teardown post, Jeff at Allison Customs has the entire Chevelle torn apart and has completed the inspection of what we’re going to need. Without going into great detail, we’re going to need to replace every chuck of sheetmetal under the car from the toe boards (where […]
Chevelle Teardown
As a follow on to the previous blog entry titled “The Chevelle Build Begins,” this week’s blog post is a photo documentary courtesy Jeff Allison at Allison Customs. He’s got the teardown of the Chevelle completely done now and has done the initial inspection. The good news is that I didn’t lie to him in […]
Road Trip to New Mexico!
As I wrote last week, the Chevelle Build with Allison Customs is officially underway! On Friday March 25 by brother in law Greg and I loaded the Chevelle up on a friends trailer, hooked it to the back Greg’s F-250 Powerstroke, and began the 2240 mile road trip from Ames, IA to Bloomfield, NM and […]
The Chevelle Build Begins
For the longest time I’ve always wanted to redo my Chevelle. My dad and I had restored it when I was a high school kid, and while it’s a good “20 foot” car it’s always had it’s issues. First off, we began with the worst shape car to restore that I’d ever seen. It was […]
I Want to be a Race Car Driver
The Daytona 500 was this past weekend, and America (and the world) can now look in the record books and see that 20-year-old Trevor Bayne has become the youngest winner in the history of the race. That’s right. The youngest winner, ever. To top it off, he did it in only his 2nd start in […]
The MuscleCar Place Podcast – Episode #72 – Jeff Allison is Starting His Own Shop!
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