Disassembling a '70 Chevelle : Prepping for Refurbishment
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ค. 2024
- A week or so ago I bought this 70 Chevelle for a SMOKIN' deal off marketplace. I didn't do too much close looking- I just knew I wanted it. So today we actually take a look at how much of a basket case this thing really is.
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Being one of your dream rides, make this Chevelle your best build yet. It's got good bones.
That is the first car I've seen from that era with no rust around the glass . Most are rusted out bad . I'm looking forward to this build . Dan you picked a great car car for a keeper . They drove and rode great and were not not bad in the HP department .
My goodness! A quick 2 minutes of reading these comments convinced me of one thing.
Don’t listen to a single person who says “you should”.
@@joethepirate1 He never does!! Wait until he puts a big spoiler on the back!! 🤣🤣
@murrayhelmer8941 and lowers it and makes a ghotto car out of it.
I have a feeling this is going to turn out to be a special car. Dannie: your laugh is infectious. I was having a miserable day til I heard you. Thanks 🇨🇦
Looking pretty good. Lot less rust on it. Than anything you work that never stop you before. Keep up the great work.
The Chevelle is off to a great start and you didn’t break the glass. Nice work. Cheers!! 😎
Those front wheels will always have value as long as there is a scrap metal market.
Thanks for sharing this video with us, can't wait for this project to really get going
SHOP IS CLEAN!!!!!!!!
scott is doing a '59 impala-they used an a frame to hold the upper body.
Dan, Please get some ziplock bags to save your hardware as you take them off. Bag and tag is the key to simplify your reassembly.
Or just thread them back in the hole they came out of! That would NOT be the DD Speed Shop way, though.
Drives me crazy when people don't bag and tag and then can't find the right bolt or nut.
He sweeps his tools into a pile on the floor and you think he is going to bag and tag!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s always a wonderful surprise when there is no rust under the trim, those fenders didn’t look that bad to me!
Besides the movie vigilante.my friend had one we did a 400 small block out of chevy caprice swap. these were common in my youth came green or gold colored they were around every corner. and every one's mom had one with a straight 6 or 307.only when i got older i wanted one lol.ok.peace thanks for the show.
I love Chevelles, this one might be worth doing a gloss paint job. 👍
I just love this channel. Inspiration at its finest. Thanks for keepin me motivated D and D!!!
Her laughing about the jokes is what's so funny. She's genuinely laughing and HARD. Good shit.
Somewhere, someone could’ve possibly used those 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle trim pieces. Perhaps a momentary lapse of reason? Love you two! 😎
I think on the SS you only have 3 sides with nothing along the bottom of the door glass. That gold on gold interior GM (like the inset in the video) had back in the day was gorgeous. I remember a '67 SS 396 Chevelle and a GTO in the neighborhood with that scheme and those cars caught the eye.
Ya I probably could have. I have a 70 also. But that's neither here nor there. So keep up the great work.😊😊😊
Wow,
You guys are famous…
You got a shout out from Bad Chad. Always nice to support fellow Canadians…
Finally....more sheetmetal work to watch 😁 I'm surprised you don't have a couple of fans to circulate air in both of the shops. You should get a heat gun for stuff like taking out glass, it's a bit safer.
Borrowed a rotisserie and put it on and make life a lot easier coming along nice Dan
Love these videos,and both of you! FYI trunk pan will not fit through trunk opening.I did a 70 10 years ago,had to cut the rear section out ,and buy a new one.The trunk floor spot welds to the rear tail panel.Its not quite as drop in as it looks..lol
I worked in a Automotive Salvage yard for years pulling glass, a 3 - 4 foot length of piano wire and two pair of vicegrips worked every time.
Hood latch cable
I always break it half way through or right at the last bit! 😒
A professional glass guy came out and used a sawzall to remove my window. He used a [toothless] blade with a squared tip at a right angle to the window frame and a very slight angle to the glass. It easily stabbed the adhesive apart and the window was out FAST and undamaged.
Yup. Thats the only way we have done them. Always had good luck with it. We were doing it on painted cars.
X@@timjefferson2137 I have used a multi tool, interested in the sawzall blade.
You messed up man! I got a few hundred bucks out of a set of that malibu trim like you destroyed. They dont reproduce it so the guys that want it will pay up for them.
I came to see a car build and heard a couple dad jokes. Nice car keep up the rescue of old cars for the youngsters. I still regret getting rid of my 1964 Impala on my first wife’s request i only kept her another 6 months after that move. Looking back i should have kept the car . It was an Arizona car with not much blue paint left but she drove like a dream!
Realy hoping you dont tire of this and build it to your full potential dude!!! take your time and please dont rip any more trim off espcialy the drip rail trims as there will be someone somewere in floods of tears knowing how hard trim parts can be to source and the upper drip rail trims look mint shinning with a "nice" paint job lol hint hint champagne gold with black stripes definitely sounds great! Great watch as always.. dani your laugh tickles me 😂 both of you stay safe and well realy look forward to the next part👍👌💯
I do trunk first with wheel houses , then quarters, screw everything together dont weld any thing till it is all lined up then outer rockers, brace across door opening and trianglelate across body, remove frame body only weighta 4 or 500 lbs . I use 2 2x4 on edge in rear wheel house and 2 2x4 on edge at front body mount . Cut out floor short of seams . Slide new floor under use cherry picker to lift up and fit cutting a little at a time. I do 66 and 67 cutlass on my 29th car doing it this way. This one i have is a vert so i will remove everything from the rear of door forward to slide floor in the then line back up . . Keep up the great videos
You work hard.I hope you get your property and homestead of your dreams.Good luck D and D
I am glad for you that the window frames were good that is actually mint because that can be a pain to fix. Maybe just cut the stuff off you need of the full floor and patch it in. Finally a car that you can fit in.
Hey Dan, your my hero buddy.All these floors n quarters,it's insane.Hard to find a body shop around here to do anything unless they are fixing a fender for an insurance company. RUST. forget it
Hey Dan .. this is the one to do a body off restoration .. make a lift to go up to the ceiling by using the roof .. brace the door pillars some .. and lift body with a hoist .. slide frame out and complete the frame .. sand blast it and detail it and build the brakes and all .. slide the new floor on top of frame and lower the body down after cutting the old floor out .. proceed to weld the new floor in ....the roof lift could be straps that fit through the roof and then hook to the hoist in the ceiling of your garage.. I have done this and it works great .. turns out to be a professional job you will be proud of ..
Alright, alright, alright !!! She`s a keeper !!! It`s solid in all the right places around the windows ect.; you can replace the rest !!! Biggish Block, wide ratio 4 speed, Champagne Gold with black stripes ..... well, you know the drill !!! Rave - On Danni and Dan !!!
I bought a 71 Malibu or Chevelle in 91. It came with a 306 that was just sitting in loosely, but I paid 500 for it. The body was so nice, but didn't do anything with it. Now you may find one that's rusty and beat up for 8 to 10 grand. It's so crazy!!
I like Danielle’s jokes - the grass one put a smile on my face - mostly because she got so “tickled” by it 😊
As retired auto glass technician that worked on many muscle cars the glass gods were with you lol. The first thing we did with our cut out knife, blades was too take them to the glass grinder and grind them down thin and as sharp and pointed as possible. First time I’ve ever seen a torch used to cut out a back glass lol. glad to see it all is well with the Back glass! Only DD speed shop could get away with a turbo torch and a glass knife😂
I love when Dan says "It's just that easy"....Yeah, for Dan! Amazing how quick you burn through these hot rods with full sheet metal replacement. Very impressive.
Can't Believe you destroyed that trim...lol!
There is a good chance my dad had a part in building that car. He was working at the Oshawa General Motors plant where this car was born. Think Dan said the car was built in December of 1969. My dad worked there from 1959, the year he came here from England, until he passed away suddenly in 1988.
Dani's jokes were brutal Bob Evans! But even better was Dan's reaction to them!
That trim would look good on chevelle when car is finished,to each is own. But why ruin it could've sold it as a package for $$$.
OCD trigger! Put those bolts into bags with label!!!
Your definitely the man to take on this challenge and bring this old girl back!!! Let er rip Dan!!!! 👍😎
Had the champagne gold on my nova, black vinyl top, black interior. Liked it
Hello Dan let's do your best work on this chevelle, these cars are getting hard to find, I would make this car one helll of a ride and drive it on weekends and keep for 20 30 years, by then it would be worth alot more, then you have extra dinner money to spend. Trying to find one of these in salt lake city is really getting hard, you got lucky, both of you have a great day, I will be watching😊😊😊
Can't wait to watch this Chevelle being worked on.Do it at your own pace. Don't listen to the complainers!
Let the work begin. Really looking forward to this build Dan. Keep jamming on it. 👍😎✌️
Dude, somebody might need that piece of trim for their project. Don't ruin the trim
I’d drill out the spot welds on the quarters and do them proper. Once you do one like that you’ll see it’s a whole lot less body work which is something you said you hate.
Damn ... the Trim Boss the Trim! My Aunt had her Malibu rebuilt about 8 years go or so. She had a hard time getting the trim for it that was damaged , found some somewhere in the States NOS ...it was a fortune . Likely wasn't that piece that Dan destroyed though haha...maybe.
Fkn stupid to destroy the trim the cars back then the chrome made the car is pretty easy to see why your destroying the chrome all one has to do is look at some of your other videos and how all your chrome trim turned out.
People complain is because it's not old school. A 70's car requires old school everything. That includes, the stance, wheels, interior, engine and gauges.
Big wide tires in the back, air shocks to jack it way up, cragars, side pipes, a little chain steering wheel and an 8-track player, what more could anybody want!
@@Jimschrbr I have all that exactly in my 68 mustang. No chain wheel and 8 track other than that I agree especially with the air shocks
Danielle Cracked me up with the Grass Joke! You ROCK girl!
I like the idea of welding all the new floor together and bolting it to the cleaned up and painted frame. Then work your way up, wheel tubs and quarters.
DAN!!! I know you know what you are doing tho if you can just do the lower 12 inches of the quarter leave it all in ...that old yank steel is far better quality than the stuff you'll be putting in...The stamping is sharper and thicker metal by probably .3 of a mil. There is no need to go nearly as high as you are around the window etc..it's only crispy along the bottom, and the louvres next to the back light will be so much sharper on the original panel. You can stitch it along the belt line, and the rest of the quarter will be schweet. like you said the doors/trunk shut great. Leave as much of that stuff as poss. You know it will be easier. Great as usual...;D
I guess he's trying not to add more body filler than he has to.
He welded the rear quarters on the green Plymouth that way. It looked good to me.
You Made My Eyes Hurt Using The Torch On The Rear Window 😬👍🤠
Dan and Dani we've already talked about this 1970 GTO orange! Black straps and black interior! Now that settled...
Vise Grip, built a gold one with black stripes in his earlier videos. Looked just like the picture you showed. Beautiful car.
Here we go again 👍👍
Between this Chevelle, Cold War Motors "Biscala" Summer Splice and Carter Automotive's Chicken Truck project the Canadian contingent is out there "getting it DONE"! 👌 Great episode and can't wait for the next one!!
Carter auto restyling can actually take something and make it straight without buying all new parts.
@@user-yp8ky8us3s agreed. No disrespect was intended. However, there are many different approaches to builds. I appreciate them all.
Dan don’t go up any higher on the quarter. The c pillar is fine. Why do all the extra work. Weld the panel on right where you have just cut
I'm a tri five guy, but am enjoying the chevelle build.
Dan, Brian here. Chevelle back window pinch welds ALWAYS rust out. Butyl is the old school adhesive that they were OG glued in with. Cuts out easy. Urethane, like what is used now, does not. Urethane sucks.
When Danielle said she felt the gloves would catch on fire and Dan put the torch to it... I could only picture the glove in a ball of fire and a surprised look on Dan's face.😂
Dan, throw the bolts around. I never wanna see any zip lock bags.
Ruin the trim. Immediately, if you hate it!
Put those front wheels on every car.
Don’t run an air filter on anything.
Never have a rad cap.
Say no to a rotisserie when offered… lol
I Love This!
It makes the comment section much more fun for me 😂
Keep up the good work.
👌✅👍
I've had a complete back bumper with lights in beautiful condition for a 72 chevelle...ive been saving it for years hoping to build on it to a complete car someday...but not likely going to happen.i have too many tri 5s to make room for a chevelle..if you we ever out east or had someone visiting pei I would send it out to you as a gift..id include a picture of it hanging in my garage if I could add a picture on here
This Chevelle is gonna be epic Dan!
At least you don't have to worry about anyone stealing those wheels. : )
BWAHAHAHAHAHA
Dani your jokes were funny and your laugh is great.
Love the videos guys
Love it guys. You guys and Chad and Jolene rock
Dan mentioned Champagne gold in this video it alright but Corvette medium gold metallic is off the charts! Dani check this color out!
Man a rotisserie if you have the option, would make it soo much easier for your patience and your back will thank you when you can flip it on its side to put the pan in. I just went through this with my 80 Trans Am. Great job and keep on keeping on!
Going to love this build!!!!
Hey Dan&Dannie
Great episode.
Take care 😊
smokey you got this i know sgt preston would be proud of you thank you so much.😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Go for it Dan !
Skinning the quarter the way you plan allows you to keep the factory numbers on the top of the quarters just before the trunk seal.
Those FrontRunner you have on the front of the Chevelle would look great on Dani's gasser they'd look like Gasser Wheels...
Just so you know, the front control arms interchange with F and X bodies, they're oriented backwards compared to A bodies tho
Those full quarters go out to the edges so you can spot weld them at the pinchweld front and around the window and trunk opening
american racing outlaw rims look like centerlines and some 15 x 15 x 29 mickeys on the back . 15 x 10 on the back 15 x 7 rims on the front
Good job! I'm building a Chevelle as well. The '70 is my dream car too.and I used to own a '70 SS-454 Chevelle years ago. Kick myself every day for selling it. Keep up the good work. Can't believe people actually complain about your roller wheels. Pretty silly this early in your build. BTW: I kinda' miss your podcast's with Mur.
🇺🇸👍 You build how you like it, because you own it and will be driven it ! If you sell it the new will like it or they won’t buy it, any changes will be on them !
Looking forward to a rock solid, full tilt, ass kicking build.
Dan, Daniel my brother... Excellent work! I was surprised by the lack of rust around the front and back windows when you pulled them. In my experience, most Chevelles are very prone to this. It makes me think this car is rusted from sitting somewhere in a field or a barn, and not from winter driving. It would also explain the strange rust patterns around the quarters. This is gonna be a nice one and I think it'll go easier than expected. 😊 Signed - Your friend, the Cancer guy! 😊
Dan do not cut it in the door jam that way because you will be measuring your azz off because it’s so easy to end up with a rear body that isn’t square. It will look like a unibody car going down the road unless your measurements are perfectly dead on in length on each side. Inner and outer wheel houses are toast replace them and save yourself the trouble down the line. Really base model Malibu as it doesn’t even have green tinted glass. The piece you’re talking about for the back of the trunk is the tail panel that goes between the rear quarter panels.
Dark blue 70 Chevelle with white stripes has to be one of the coolest Hot rods ever
I think it’s time you bring up the topic of tractor paint again. Maybe Alice Chalmers Orange with black racing stripes for this car?
Yes Sir!!!
Good times 🎉glass channel is better than I would have thought 🎉
I’m so excited about this chevelle build. I hope you don’t cut corners and really build it. These cars deserve it. I hope there are allot of videos on this car, you are so lucky.
I don't get why people complain about the wheels, it's a "roller", a "Roller", wait till the end, then complain, if there's a need to? ;-)
Watching you deal with the windshield and back glass (they both look fine), my first thought is buy a couple blankets from a thrift store, wrap them up and store them somewhere out of the way.
I always spray a generous amount of soapy water or glass cleaner on it so it doesnt just stick back together
Wheels looking cool 😎
You saw how you cut the bottom piece they sell that half piece all the way to the door don’t go all the way to the door. Just cut it like you said and that’s the way I did it in my Chevelle. I never did the whole full quarter I did it one time but, not again when my second car so I think you should do that look into it
Dan please put those gm quarters on complete. I have done many in my autobody career. Please for the love of god do not hack those wuarters dont be a bad chad one hackers enough. Thanks for the video.
Wizkey
He will hàck em up ....Lmao
Dan - I know you don't like the chrome beltline trim. But you never see them with that trim. Might reconsider keeping it.
The slicing and grinding begins. This is going to be good.
Bad Chad gave you and Dani a shout out twice today. It would be cool to see a collaboration between you guys.
It would look a lot better green with white stripes with black interior
I had a 71 that was worse than that it turned out decent
Leave those two front rims out side the garage so they can disappear,an for God sakes don't look for them
The grass joke cracked me up 😂
Never seen the fire to remove rear window before