Noticeably abscent
 

Hi Guys,

Just want to drop in to let you know I'm still here and reading everything. Just have not had time to post much due to family, holidays and tons of new projects.

The latest being a new site for www.chevelleforum.net

My wife and I love these cars and its a big part of our families hobby.

No need to worry, I will be back here soon, annoying the shit outta ya'll :)

grumpy

Cool, friends dont let friends drive fords:D

You do stay busy. And a good looking site.

Then again, I always was partial to all things GM...other than the Vega.

Chas

The Vega was an awesome car!!!

No sections on there for old conversion vans....bah! :mad: :D

Well ya know... We could always start another :)

I didn't care much for the chevette. Most uncomfortable car I ever drove in my life. Should have been used as a planter. I love my 88 firebird gta and 86 corvette.

lmao

great post :)

I'm back to having some free time too. Can't think of any better way to use it than poking libs with a sharp stick.:D

I knew I felt something in my ribs.:cool:


:D

Only when you shoehorn a 600HP V8 in one. :cool:

Sorry, been absent for a long time. I missed you folks and our chats.

We're more than happy to welcome a prodigal grump back. ;) You in Texas yet?

Regards,

D-Ray

Welcome back. We've been holding the fort down for ya.

Nope just the hospital. :(

Ouch, get outta there fast.

How long you in for? Get better soon, OK. Thing's aren't the same around here without the Grumpy world view.

Regards,

D-Ray

+1 on that. Those place are full of sick people!

John

But then, so it this place. ;)

Regards,

D-Ray

Well im back home now but have to go back. Pretty much been incapacitated for the past 3 plus weeks.

Getting any relief from the migraines?

Wow, that is tough.

Don't they have wireless in the hospital for when you are up to talking?


Be well.

Only slightly but something is still seriously wrong.

Grumpy, I sure hope they Dx-ed and treated ASAP! Hang in there!

John

Hope everything works out for you, grumpy,
I used to own a '69 chevelle malibu, white with a blue landau roof, bought it in 1980 for $250 without a motor. Went to the wrecking yard and found an old 4 bolt main 350 block from a truck and had it punched out .30 over. Ended up spending about $3000 on the engine and about $1500 on the transmission. With 11.5:1 compression she was a gas hog, you could literally watch the gas gauge move goin down the hiway over 70 mph.
During the course of gutting the interior I removed the carpet, tar paper and insulation from the floors and in the drivers side rear floor I found a manila envelope with the assembly line sheet in it detailing what was wrong with the car when it came off the line (drip rail on driver side window leaked and the downshift cable was sticky) Also came with the sheet that gives all the GM part numbers and codes for the accesories and standard parts and the bill of lading due to the fact it was a special order car being sent to a dealer in Dallas Texas. It actually had the exact moment of the cars "birth date" punched in the sheet with the time clock of the Fremont California plant where it was built, and incidentaly, I went on a field trip while in the cub scouts to the Fremont plant the summer of that year. Who knows, I might have even seen that very car passing by on the line!
Also, on the floor on the passenger side was a small envelope with an extra set of keys in it. Tell all your friends at your chevelle forum to keep a sharp eye out for that stuff while gutting interiors. Its kinda neat to have, especially for determining OEM parts, as it was for me while trying to determine the tail gear ratio (turned out to be a 2:.56 tail gear, some real hi steppin gears!)