My 72 SS454 had the build sheet on the gas tank, my 71 Malibu had one in the rear seat springs, my 70 Malibu was glued to the passenger side door skin. Nice video !
with Chevelles being so popular these days, anything Chevelle related is cool, but back in the day this was a cheap way to go and people probably didn't spend much money on them, thus they ended up in the bone yard pretty quick. Thanks for the comment, I hope you watch part two to this video, the paint job on it is awesome!
Very nice survivor Heavy Chevy find Mark! Good to see you are restoring it, the new paint and decals looking nice! My buddy, Smitty, had a Heavy Chevy in high school, paint code 14 14 Pewter Silver, and black striping with the rally type wheels and small center caps. H code motor 350 c.i. 2 barrel and the 3 speed manual floor shift. Vinyl floor, bench seat and raised hood with the hood pins. Believe his was a 1971, but maybe a '72. Cool cruising car! His brother had the SS 454 Chevelle black and white "skunk" w/ cowl induction and 4 speed that was super nice too (as of 2019 he still had his SS). His Dad and family always drove Chevrolets from Kizziers Chevrolet, located western NE.
Thanks for the compliment and thanks for the stories. I got the door panels put back on the end of this week. Watch my latest video, it was a nice day out so we got her out for a little rumble.
My 1st car was a Midnight Bronze SS w/vinyl top. That color was fairly rare and in 5 years I have only seen maybe 2 Chevelles on the market still that color. Seems everyone repainted them a different color.
Took your Great Tip and went to Summit Racing in Talmadge and purchased Stainless exhaust band clamps for my 1967 Chevelle SS 396 stock exhaust system .. Way better then crunching the pipes with the old style clamps! Probably run into you at Canfield swap meet next weekend. Thanks!
Being 60 years old, I have owned so many and missed out on many more! Wasn’t much rust in Oklahoma or Texas. Unfortunately we’ve hauled a few for scrap.
it was a good video i have owned a 72 heavy chevy for many years the vin number of the car is on the engine block its the only year they did that also there is a heavy chevy registry there are not many that survived mine is one of two the way it was equiped
Thanks for the comment. Actually there is only a partial Vin stamped on the engine block and they started that with big block cars back in the sixties. I think you meant that this was the first year that Chevrolet started putting the engine size code in the serial number of the car. Engine codes in the VIN were "W" for the LS5/454, "U" for the LS3/402, "J" for the L48/350-4, "H" for the L65/350-2, and "F" for the base/307-2 engines.
Heavy Chevy models were based on the 300 Deluxe Chevelle body and NOT the Malibu. This is evident in the trunk emblem delete, the rubber/vinyl floor covering as opposed to carpet, the absence of bright trim on the drip rails, the "non-parking" windshield wipers, no bright circular trim on the tail light lenses, and most notably, the door panels. As someone else noted, the grill emblem would say "CHEVROLET" instead of "CHEVELLE", or possibly have no emblem at all. Looks to me like the 70k or so mileage may be original mileage, what do you think? Its perfect just the way it is, right down to those Fenton wheels! In a past life (or it seems that way anyway), I had a '72 Chevelle Malibu which came out of the Oshawa Ontario plant (still had the customs sticker on the door jamb with a little maple leaf on it), that car had the plastic inner fender wells too. Thanks for sharing, this has to be one of the nicer Chevelle finds I have seen on YT in a while.
I have a 72 134 el camino, and unfortunately it seems the elcos never got Heavy Chevy status, but, my car could be a dead ringer for a Heavy Chevy....less the decals of course. Its an L48 car, purchased from the previous owner of 45 yrs....One quick observation...the interior door panels on the 134 cars almost appear very very similar to the Nova cars of the day? Have you noticed that too?
Absolutely it is. Remember this was a bare bones chevelle, no emblems at all. You could order the U 14 gauge package in a heavy chevy but most did not to keep the cost low
The young generations just want to go fast they don't care about character, history etc of the car the Boys would ride a Tampax if it makes them faster lol
@@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters SS cars could still get a 454 and they had 400 trans and 12 bolt rears. At least you could still get them then pump up the power when you got it..
@@cuzz63 you could still get a big block, 400 Trans and a 12 bolt. in a Heavy Chevy and do the same thing with a lighter Chevelle. not a 454 big block but just as easy to pump up the power on them.
@@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters yes you could. In fact if you were looking to buy a Chevelle back then to make into a race car, the big block Heavy Chevy would have been a great way to do it without spending more money on an SS car.
@@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters not that. There are 2 at our local meet Same number as malibus and ss. They are cool and yes, fewer productions, but I have a 1919 tractor that only had 106 made!!! And a friend has tractor that only 3 exist. So what I call rare is different lol. Peace
Patrick is a good friend of mine and has been very supportive, we occasionally cross paths and like to bring you some interesting facts on Chevelle's. When it comes right down to it, my channel is about restoring Chevelle's not certifying them. I don't expect the notoriety he has so why would you make such a negative comment?
For those of you wondering just WTF good is a heavy Chevy your right we think it was for the people what couldn't swing the insurance cost of the SS 454 So Chevy made some ;lame stripped down model with a decal and a wide strip for those few ..They are worth about as much as your willing to pay I myself depending on condition ..Nothing trick nothing collectable ..
You must have not been around in the 70’s. Every car guy knew this was a trick to get more air into the engine and make the car sound cool at full throttle
Yum, had a 1971 Malibu 350 small block back in the day. Love the small block Chevelles, great daily drivers. Drove mine 5 yrs.
Beautiful car! I almost bought an orange Heavy Chevy, 4 speed, bench seat but it was a north east car and in 1983 it was already totally rusted out.
Awesome find! I have a 1971 Pontiac GT-37, Pontiac version of a Heavy Chevy.
My 72 SS454 had the build sheet on the gas tank, my 71 Malibu had one in the rear seat springs, my 70 Malibu was glued to the passenger side door skin. Nice video !
Saw 4 or 5 of these in the junk yard in Grand forks ND back in the mid 80s
with Chevelles being so popular these days, anything Chevelle related is cool, but back in the day this was a cheap way to go and people probably didn't spend much money on them, thus they ended up in the bone yard pretty quick. Thanks for the comment, I hope you watch part two to this video, the paint job on it is awesome!
Very nice survivor Heavy Chevy find Mark! Good to see you are restoring it, the new paint and decals looking nice! My buddy, Smitty, had a Heavy Chevy in high school, paint code 14 14 Pewter Silver, and black striping with the rally type wheels and small center caps. H code motor 350 c.i. 2 barrel and the 3 speed manual floor shift. Vinyl floor, bench seat and raised hood with the hood pins. Believe his was a 1971, but maybe a '72. Cool cruising car! His brother had the SS 454 Chevelle black and white "skunk" w/ cowl induction and 4 speed that was super nice too (as of 2019 he still had his SS). His Dad and family always drove Chevrolets from Kizziers Chevrolet, located western NE.
Thanks for the compliment and thanks for the stories. I got the door panels put back on the end of this week. Watch my latest video, it was a nice day out so we got her out for a little rumble.
MY DREAM CAR, my brother had one 72-74 I don't remember which he had the S.S. version and I loved it.
Sweet old ride! Nice save! ✌️
Remembered one in my town early 90s already rusted pretty bad Pa winters. You have a nice one there!!!
Cool old Chevelle, survivor.
Cool Chevelle
I remember seeing a few of those in the 70's in my area.
My first car was a midnight bronze Heavy Chevy. Also they have the plain tail lights with no chrome rings. Nice car.
My 1st car was a Midnight Bronze SS w/vinyl top. That color was fairly rare and in 5 years I have only seen maybe 2 Chevelles on the market still that color. Seems everyone repainted them a different color.
That's so cool
Took your Great Tip and went to Summit Racing in Talmadge and purchased Stainless exhaust band clamps for my 1967 Chevelle SS 396 stock exhaust system .. Way better then crunching the pipes with the old style clamps! Probably run into you at Canfield swap meet next weekend. Thanks!
I had a chance to buy one years ago with 327 definitely born heavy Chevy beautiful car congratulations
Was that 327 put in later, 327 wasn’t available in 71-72 Chevelles
327 last year was 69
Nice
Thanks for the comment - we just took the car to the Northern Ohio Chevelle show and won a top 50
Maybe a very rare car. I had a 1971 malibu with a 350ci and auto bench seat
I often see a late model Chevy truck that somebody has put decals on the tailgate that read “ Heavy Chevy”. I always wondered what that represented
Being 60 years old, I have owned so many and missed out on many more! Wasn’t much rust in Oklahoma or Texas. Unfortunately we’ve hauled a few for scrap.
Used to be one running my town when it was new. Had mags and jacked up. Had the Heavy Chevy sticker on it, which I thought was cool
it was a good video i have owned a 72 heavy chevy for many years the vin number of the car is on the engine block its the only year they did that also there is a heavy chevy registry there are not many that survived mine is one of two the way it was equiped
Thanks for the comment. Actually there is only a partial Vin stamped on the engine block and they started that with big block cars back in the sixties. I think you meant that this was the first year that Chevrolet started putting the engine size code in the serial number of the car. Engine codes in the VIN were "W" for the LS5/454, "U" for the LS3/402, "J" for the L48/350-4, "H" for the L65/350-2, and "F" for the base/307-2 engines.
My dad would let us drive all the cars to school. 49, ford, 57 bel air 64 tempest. My brother destroyed a 67 galaxy deer hunting at 14
Heavy Chevy models were based on the 300 Deluxe Chevelle body and NOT the Malibu. This is evident in the trunk emblem delete, the rubber/vinyl floor covering as opposed to carpet, the absence of bright trim on the drip rails, the "non-parking" windshield wipers, no bright circular trim on the tail light lenses, and most notably, the door panels. As someone else noted, the grill emblem would say "CHEVROLET" instead of "CHEVELLE", or possibly have no emblem at all. Looks to me like the 70k or so mileage may be original mileage, what do you think? Its perfect just the way it is, right down to those Fenton wheels! In a past life (or it seems that way anyway), I had a '72 Chevelle Malibu which came out of the Oshawa Ontario plant (still had the customs sticker on the door jamb with a little maple leaf on it), that car had the plastic inner fender wells too. Thanks for sharing, this has to be one of the nicer Chevelle finds I have seen on YT in a while.
Wow thanks for the comment.
Heavy chevy came with a rubber mat in the floor
Pretty sure I said that in the video.
Yes they were built cheap to sell cheap to college kids
I'll stay with my 66 Chevelle SS 138
My brother had a orgne 72 real heavy chev bench seat no carpet sorry to say rolled it totaled yard art
I have a 72 134 el camino, and unfortunately it seems the elcos never got Heavy Chevy status, but, my car could be a dead ringer for a Heavy Chevy....less the decals of course. Its an L48 car, purchased from the previous owner of 45 yrs....One quick observation...the interior door panels on the 134 cars almost appear very very similar to the Nova cars of the day? Have you noticed that too?
Thanks for the comment, Your el camino sounds pretty cool. If you mean the fake wood grain on the door panel - Yes they look similar.
I love it ❤
Thanks - we just got the car back from the painter - it looks awesome - check out the video I posted
It was just a trim option yf3.
You are correct - a trim option that changed the whole car
The poor man's Chevelle SS. The Chevelle SS 454s were expensive even back then.
I want it.
Glorified plain jane Chevelle - a NO performance Chevelle, just like the GT-37 Pontiacs back in the day.
I think you could option the 454 and you could definitely option up the GT37 Pontiac to be a sleeper GTO with the same engine, trans. etc.
@@charlesatwell6658 Not to mention you could order a T37 with an H-O 455. With standard transmission.
@@charlesatwell6658 you could order a 396/402 but the 454 only came in SS cars.
Steel housing on the transmission? That makes it a Saginaw. I bet it has a Muncie in it now.
I can remember the Heavy Chevy Decal was on the Back fender well does anyone else know that
I had a green one.
Light chevy
Isn't that a standard chevelle dash ?
Absolutely it is. Remember this was a bare bones chevelle, no emblems at all. You could order the U 14 gauge package in a heavy chevy but most did not to keep the cost low
Heavy chevys breakdown to like any other car
your exactly right, just like a SS Chevelle, Convertible Chevelle, Station Wagon, El Camino... its just a car.🤣
Most Heavy Chevy’s were 402’s I thought? It’s a shame young people can’t find some of these cars. To many people with to much money buying them up.
The young generations just want to go fast they don't care about character, history etc of the car the Boys would ride a Tampax if it makes them faster lol
Very cool! Malibu gauge cluster?
This has the standard swept speedometer dash but the U14 Instrument Panel Gauges could be ordered
Surprised these aren't listed among rare cars. Muscle cars.
What list are you referring to?
@@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters lists in general. LISTS. This is the First time I even Heard of this model.
@@leegoddard2618 www.hemmings.com/stories/article/1971-72-chevrolet-heavy-chevy-chevelle
@@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters very cool. 👍
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What do a heavy chevy run price wise now a days
All over the place just like any other Chevelle
Heavy Chevy is still a Chevelle.
How much???
Since I know you so well…..$100,000
In 1972 it was over. A heavy Chevy was nothing but a couple stickers.
Same as an SS Chevelle right?
@@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters SS cars could still get a 454 and they had 400 trans and 12 bolt rears. At least you could still get them then pump up the power when you got it..
@@cuzz63 you could still get a big block, 400 Trans and a 12 bolt. in a Heavy Chevy and do the same thing with a lighter Chevelle. not a 454 big block but just as easy to pump up the power on them.
@@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters yes you could. In fact if you were looking to buy a Chevelle back then to make into a race car, the big block Heavy Chevy would have been a great way to do it without spending more money on an SS car.
On the west coast these were the butt of a lot of jokes "back in the day". Thought to be just another lame marketing name.
They were poor mans chevelle just stickers mostly
Meh, not rare, cheap ss. Unusual but not rare, especially 350 with a peg leg
What do you consider rare?
@@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters not that. There are 2 at our local meet
Same number as malibus and ss. They are cool and yes, fewer productions, but I have a 1919 tractor that only had 106 made!!! And a friend has tractor that only 3 exist. So what I call rare is different lol. Peace
Dude you ain't got shit on Pat's videos
Patrick is a good friend of mine and has been very supportive, we occasionally cross paths and like to bring you some interesting facts on Chevelle's. When it comes right down to it, my channel is about restoring Chevelle's not certifying them. I don't expect the notoriety he has so why would you make such a negative comment?
@@MarkMeldrumChevelleHunters Sounds like another hater. Jelly lol 😆
For those of you wondering just WTF good is a heavy Chevy your right we think it was for the people what couldn't swing the insurance cost of the SS 454 So Chevy made some ;lame stripped down model with a decal and a wide strip for those few ..They are worth about as much as your willing to pay I myself depending on condition ..Nothing trick nothing collectable ..
The only performance heavy Chevy stock from the factory would be the bb LS3 402.
They made factory special 3 speed 327 cars 350 bench ect. Probably what this was says it had a 3 speed manual
327 was discontinued after 69
The Chevelle emblem wasn't on the grill on the heavy Chevy.
probably a factory mistake
Small block Chevelles ......yawn.
your comment.... yawn
Nothing better than a big block Chevelle.
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It’s amazing how there is always someone that has to be mr negative about everything.
Flip the air cleaner cover back over ....ahhh...daaa
You must have not been around in the 70’s. Every car guy knew this was a trick to get more air into the engine and make the car sound cool at full throttle