How To Repair A Bowed Hood On 1967 Chevelle

Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean Yous Should

Past Brian Brennan – Photography past John Jackson

How many times have you wandered the grounds of a pocket-sized or even a national effect and zeroed in on a car that you similar but after looking you lot come to realize it was overdone. This happens more times than 1 might expect. The old adage comes to listen, "Simply because you tin doesn't mean you should."  Well, I'm here to report that before you is a great case of letting the styling of decades past continue to live through with just enough of today's influence to really brand this '67 Chevy Chevelle better!

Terry Kervin from Georgia owns this corking-looking Chevelle. Merely for a time he but wasn't happy with the way it performed. There were a few bugaboos that needed attention. What started out as addressing an engine oil leak in the big-block Chevy (surprise!) turned into a picayune more than attention existence paid to the build, and here lies the finish outcome. Basically, an engine swap, some paintwork, an amazing interior, and a one-off-wheel alter helped modernize the '67 Chevy Chevelle at the capable hands of Jesse Greening of Greening Automobile Visitor (GAC).

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This projection began its redo with an engine swap. Out came the big-block Chevy and in went an LS2; a half dozen.2L motor sporting 376 ci. The all-aluminum LS2 was and so fitted with a Holley Terminator EFI throttle body setup drawing air through a custom Grand&North air filter. Removing the spent gases is a pair of Holley headers with fabricated two-1/2-inch mandrel-aptitude custom exhaust run through a pair of MagnaFlow mufflers. Other engine accessories include a polished Holley water pump and alternator in conjunction with a Holley serpentine belt system, SPAL electric fan, Don Hardy plug wires, and large-block Chevy valve encompass adapters, and a GM starter. The LS2 pumps out a respectable 480 hp and 460 lb-ft of torque. Making sure all of this usable power gets to the Strange Engineering 9-inch rear terminate with 3.73 gears and 31-spline axles is a custom driveshaft that links the engine and rearend through a 4L60E manual. The overdrive is then fitted with a custom shift linkage that hooks up to the stock shifter, which pokes up through the floor, surrounded by a custom heart console.

The chassis is based on a stock 1967 Chevy Chevelle frame with break upgrades from the likes of Classic Performance Products (CPP) through upper and lower control arms, CPP rear links and Panhard bar, stock spindles, QA1 coilover shocks, and Wilwood 13-inch rotors and calipers forepart and rear, along with a CPP chrome dual reservoir power master cylinder setup and Eddie Motorsports hood hinges. The modified chassis rolls down the highway on Khumo prophylactic (235/35ZR19 and 285/40R20) on Greening Car Company one-off custom machined aluminum wheels measuring 19×8 and twenty×eleven.

The sheetmetal is stock on this '67 Chevy Chevelle just it does feature a Glasurit Porsche Red that actually makes it pop. Only it'due south what'southward within the passenger compartment that tickles the eyes of the beholder. MTI Automotive Pattern and Upholstery received the nod for the full custom treatment but still keeping the original Chevelle influence. MTI designed and built the custom dash with center-mounted Classic Instruments custom guess cluster assuasive for a 3-way prepare of component speakers to be hidden backside the grilles that flank the cluster. The nuance, center panel, kick and door panels, and all seating is wrapped in Relicate leather. (Relicate works with a myriad of builders in many fields supplying custom-made and in-stock leather hides.) The color foundation for the leather components is based on Distressed Brown coupled with a blackness Mercedes carpet. (The extensive interior piece of work also continues into the truck area.)

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MTI also routed the wiring using an American Autowire harness that links the Classic Instruments gauges, a Vintage Air Air-conditioning system, and all other wiring leads. The Vintage Air AC controls are constitute in the center console along with the four-window controls, sound ability, and electronically-controlled exhaust cutouts. The stock steering column is topped with a Billet Specialties wheel featuring the MTI logo on the horn button. The interior seating is comprised of four saucepan seats all fabricated and stitched by MTI. Annotation the middle console that starts in front end and flows rearward, betwixt the rear buckets (housing a pair of cup holders) so ending in a "waterfall" appearance separating the rear seating. Although not readily visible, in that location are custom lap belts all the style around.

Well, there y'all have it. A slap-up-looking Chevelle that carefully has its by beauty blended with today'southward style. MR

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