Street, Strip, and Track – Muscle Car: Muscle Car Of The Week Episode 270 V8TV
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The V8 Speed & Resto Shop brought 3 hot cars to the 35th Anniversary Street Machine Nationals in DuQuoin, IL! Come check out the event and see the LT4 powered silver 1969 Camaro, the 5.0 Coyote 1972 Bronco, and the Big Block 1969 Chevelle in person. It was an awesome weekend of horsepower and hanging out with great people! Video below!
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A Dollar A Pound: Muscle Car Of The Week Episode 260 V8TV
Nobody could imagine how valuable certain Muscle Cars would become back when they first hit the streets, Continue reading “A Dollar A Pound: Muscle Car Of The Week Episode 260 V8TV”
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1966 Chevelle SS396 4-Speed with 10,700 Miles Video: Muscle Car Of The Week Episode 253 V8TV
If this 1966 Chevelle Super Sport 396 4-speed car looks showroom new, it’s Continue reading “1966 Chevelle SS396 4-Speed Video: Muscle Car Of The Week Episode 253 V8TV”
1965 Chevelle SS Convertible: Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode 233 V8TV
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The 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS was a hot car in 1965, and this 327 4-speed Continue reading “1965 Chevelle SS Convertible: Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode 233 V8TV”
Congrats to our friend Al on another car show victory with his ’69 Chevelle! It seems every time he takes it out he brings home some kind of award. This time, it was scoring 994/1000 in the Street Stock / Modified Gold class at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Chicago! He’s also taken First Place at The Hill Car Show in St. Louis, People’s Choice at the Waterloo Optimist Club Car Show in IL, and many other Best Paint, First In Class, and People’s Choice Awards at shows all around. Way to go Al, your Chevelle is one of the favorites we’ve restored here at the V8 Speed & Resto Shop!
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1970 Chevelle SS LS-6 454 4-Speed Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode 219 V8TV
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The V8 Speed & Resto Shop Crew is honored to have the blue 1965 Chevelle restored in our shop be chosen as the lead car on the http://www.chevelles.com website! Chevelles.com is perhaps the definitive Chevelle oriented website, and they would naturally choose a shining example of the great Chevrolet Muscle Car as their lead image, and we’re excited they’ve chosen our work. Very cool! If you don’t have a membership on their forum site, you are missing out on great information and a fantastic enthusiast community. Check it out today! http://www.chevelles.com
We recently did some work on this clean 1969 Chevelle for a cool customer who’s become a good friend over the years. The car came to us with most of the pieces in place, but just not playing that well together. In fact, it’s been a repeat visitor over the years getting better upgrades each time.
The first time, we did some driveline repairs, but the fun project was creating and installing a custom contoured firewall we made in our fabrication shop. It was made from 18 gauge cold rolled steel, and the design added strength and a style that didn’t look out of place on the Chevelle. Once that was body worked and painted, we moved on to the engine.
It originally arrived sporting a crate big block Chevy, but we eventually installed a Fast Times Motorworks built 460 cube torque monster for more laughs from the right pedal. This one started as a 454 with a 4-bolt block, but was bored and stroked to 460 cubes with Scat I-beam rods, Keith Black pistons, and ARP hardware throughout. The top end relies on a Howard’s roller cam and Edelbrock heads and intake inhaling the mix from an MSD Atomic EFI system.
It’s bolted to a Tremec TKO-600 6-speed manual transmission shifted by a Hurst stick and a hydraulic clutch for smooth action. We installed 3.55:1 Motive gears in the 12-bolt housing along with a Detroit TruTrac differential for better grip. We love the sound of a rumbling big block through the stainless x-pipe Borla mufflers.
Handling is improved with a QA1 tubular coil-over suspension system up front for adjustability, a nice ride, and a lowered stance. The upsized QA1 sway bar resists body roll when you whip the Grant steering wheel and Delphi quick-ratio steering box around. The rear is hung with more QA1 coil-overs, tubular arms, and sway bar. We added Wilwood disc brakes all the easy around, which hide behind 17” Rocket Racing Booster wheels. The calipers are squeezed by a Hydratech hydraulic brake assist unit.
Inside, you’ll find Dakota Digital Gauges, a tilt steering column, Scat seats, and a Vintage Air A/C unit with it’s compressor and belt held in place by a Vintage Air Frontrunner serpentine accessory drive system.
The Chevelle wears a handsome shade of metallic charcoal gray, but it really came to life when we added some custom-made silver SS396 stripes to the sides. It’s a sharp car that drives like a champ.
You can see more photos of the work on this one by clicking on the link in the description, and please don’t hesitate to contact us if your muscle car needs some upgrades, tuning, or a complete do-over… we’re happy to help!
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The V8 Speed & Resto Shop is a full-service classic car and muscle car restoration service ready to perform everything from simple maintenance on vintage cars to full frame-off restorations and modifications. Whether you are seeking a stock restoration, a pro-touring muscle car, or a custom restomod, the V8 Speed & Resto Shop in Red Bud, IL, can help. Contact us today to put the V8 crew to work for you. Transport services are available.
Contact the V8 Speed & Resto Shop with all your Classic or Muscle Car needs today!
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1970 Chevrolet Chevelle LS6 454 – The Last One? Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode #182
Our Muscle Car Of The Week from the Brothers Collection is a 1970 Chevrolet Continue reading “1970 Chevrolet Chevelle LS6 454 – The Last One? Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode #182”
