1970 Chevy Chevelle SS Archives

The owner has owned this car since it was just a year or two old. He did all of the work himself except of course, the body and paint. He even installed a new floor and sand blasted it underneath before I got it. Every nut and bolt was replaced or replated. It has been restored to completely stock. It is a beautiful car inside and out. My favorite part- it has a four speed.

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: Here is the car the way it started. It was in for some preliminary work on the front fenders.

: By doing the work on the fenders before it is completely disassembled, we insure a perfect body fit at final assembly.

: Overall it looks pretty solid.

: By the time it is media blasted, the repair areas have grown in size.

: It is not surprising to see that each section behind the rear wheel needs a larger repair.

: It was cheaper to buy a large quarter panel section and cut it to suit than to make the repair panel from scratch.

: This small repair was made by hand.

: This is the lower section of a front fender. Both sides were the same.

: The structure behind the body skin needed repair as well.

: The patch is made and a coat of epoxy applied.

: Top coat black is applied next before the outer surface is welded in place. There is no way to coat this area afterwards.

: Patch panel is fit in place, waiting for final prep and welding.

: A section of the front fender had to be sourced to repair a previous alteration on the inner fender.

: The hood looks perfect after media blasting.

: With a little blocking, numerous lows spots were found. This is not uncommon in long panels like this.

: Before stripping, a drawing was made to exactly duplicate the stripes as they were from the factory.

: Reference tape gets laid out first.

: Blue fine line tape is used to mask the paint lines. It leaves a perfect edge on the paint.

: The layout is complete. It may not look like much, but every dimension including the radius in the corners and over the cowl induction are right on.

: Mask the center and we are ready for paint.

: Painted, unmasked and cleared.

: The completed car.

: Every nut and bolt is like new.