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Well i had a lengthy talk with my buddy chad tonight, i met him through my good friend matt at my shop, chad helps matt out when he gets busy with his cylinder head shop, so i have known chad maybe 3 years now. he lives about a half hour away from me in hudson. he has been hinting to me about a paint job here and there, chad owns a 71 chevelle and right now its in a rolling chassis state. he just purchased a 468 big block for it, and tons of other parts, including trunk floors and floor pans, the body is solid, quarters were hung recently and semi finished. the rest of it chad says is very clean and in awesome shape, so, tonight he asked me again about paint, and i told him look, lets get serious, because i need to make some money and now is the time for me to work on it while its slow. so we talked for about an hour or so and it looks like i am going to have a 71 chevelle in the shop in the next week, possibly by this weekend. the best part is there is no drivetrain in it and no interior, just the frame, some wheels, body and glass. when i painted my buddies 93 dark cranberry mark, chad fell in love with the color, and it looks like this is the color the chevelle is going to be, good choice i think, this color would look killer on his chevelle. so, i'll keep a huge log of photo's on this one, because this is not going to be a 600 dollar respray, this is a huge deal for me, and probably going to be months long, he is even considering having us pull the body off and box in the entire frame because in the end its going to be around a 650hp street /strip car. i cant wait, but it will mean i probably wont be around here as much until im finished!!
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Posted by: k9t8m
A Chevy? Are you sick? j\p. Id love to see pics as you progress.
Posted by: ketyokeinnor
my dad had a 71 6 cylinder in the 70's, i think he got it slightly used in 74. It came in an ugly green(somewhere between olive and mint), he got it resprayed in really dark green. They are cool looking cars IMO.
