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FEATURE INTERVIEW:
Jeff Allison
In this week’s episode my long time pal Jeff Allison (owner of Allison Customs) came on the show to chat about the remaining items left to get my Chevelle on the road, taking it from a really sexy (but non running) booth babe car to a running and driving street machine. It’s hard to believe that three years ago Jeff came on the show to make me the offer of a life time, and reflecting back on the challenges, changes, and miracles that have occurred to get us from that point to where we are today is somewhat staggering. During the show we chatted quite a bit about that, talked about the burnout of SEMA we both encountered, and how now we’re rejuvenated to finish the task at hand.
The list below is one that Jeff came up with just after SEMA of the items left to complete, and while it seems lengthy it’s (believe it or not) really pretty doable and is more a task of time than money. Our goal is to get the car on it’s new set of wheels asap (more on that in a future post), fix the exhaust issues, then make it run. If all goes well, by early summer I’ll be tooling around Iowa in a white Chevelle again!
As a quick aside, both Jeff and I are pretty pumped up about the next chunk of magazine coverage for the Chevelle. I got official word that it will be featured in Super Chevy next month (May issue)! Subscribers will have it in their hands the first week of March, and it will be on news-stands by mid month.
-Rob Kibbe
Kibbe Chevelle
Work List – 11/24/2013
- Install Battery Cables
- Install Manual Battery Cutoff Switch
- Install Clutch Switch – (need to Order one)
- Bleed Front Brakes
- Bleed Rear Brakes
- Shim & Tighten All Calipers
- Find Location for & Build Coil Mounts
- Coil Wire
- ReCover Center Console Cover
- Install Hidden Stereo Unit
- Recondition Passenger QTR Window Regulator
- Order and Install Rain Gutter Chrome – Passenger Side
- Have Exhaust reworked to clear rear suspension
- ReWork and Install Headlight Rings
- Install and Wire Controllers for Headlight rings
- Epoxy Headlight Ring LED Array
- Form & Install Fuel Tank / Rear End Vent Lines
- Make a spacer for passenger side front control arm to eliminate need for shims
- Chin Spoiler / Air Cleaner Bracket
- Dash Speaker mount
- Front Speaker mounts
- Wire Dash
- Add Wire lead from Coil for tach
- Shorten Bias Control cable
- Front and Rear Seat Belt Bolts
- Install E-Brake
- Remount Front Sway Bar
- Cut Dash Bezel for A/C Vent
- Order and Install correct dash vent on passenger side
- Wire and Install Delay Wiper Switch
- Order and Install correct Headlight
- Install A/C Dryer
- Design, Order and Form A/C Hard lines – under hood
- Wire Fans
- Wire A/C – under hood
- Order and Form Heater Lines – under hood
- Install Rear Seat Mounting Brackets
- Install Front and Rear Dome Lights
- Wire Reverse Lights
- New Wheels
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This interview sponsored by our pals at National Parts Depot – your premier source for muscle car restoration parts!