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29 Jun 2024
Remember Me?

Hi, remember me? I'm that Chevelle that's been waiting patiently in the driveway for 15+ years (see update from 9 March 2006)

Today is the day the Chevelle goes back into the garage.

Three of the four tires I bought in 2009 for the "Chevelle Challenge" still held air when I tried them... and by "held air" I mean for roughly ten minutes.

The front wheel here is the spare from the BMW that I sold in 2009 or 2010... but it held air (and still does)

The rear tire here held air until I jacked up the car to do <something>; wheel turned and suddenly it wasn't in a spot to hold air anymore.

Hired a tow truck driver. He had to abandon the car in the alley to get turned around.

The rear tire had started to come off the rim by this point.

Realign for the final push.

Its new home!

Front sheet metal removed and stored in the attic. The hood did not survive being covered with a cloth car cover - it's rusted worse than the El Camino's hood. Pass fender may also need replaced.

I'd drilled holes in the floorpan for drainage while the car sat. Here all the holes I drilled - and the holes nature made - have pink flags in them so I can identify all of them.

Flags denote places I need to weld; blue spraypaint takes the place.

Only had to create one patch, on the pass side where I guess I didn't create enough drainholes.

Done for the day, the cab would (in theory) hold water now (guess it did before too, and that's why I needed to create the patch).

I've been tasked with de-rusting first, then worrying about the mechanicals. Good enough, I was having a hard time deciding where to start.

Now if it weren't ~110 in the garage.

I imagine I'll tweak the timeline frame of the website to denote which vehicle is being shown.

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	Hi, remember me? I'm that Chevelle that's been waiting patiently in the driveway for 15+ years (see update from 9 March 2006) Today is the day the Chevelle goes back into the garage. Three of the four tires I bought in 2009 for the "Chevelle Challenge" still held air when I tried them... and by "held air" I mean for roughly ten minutes. The front wheel here is the spare from the BMW that I sold in 2009 or 2010... but it held air (and still does) The rear tire here held air until I jacked up the car to do <something>; wheel turned and suddenly it wasn't in a spot to hold air anymore.
Hired a tow truck driver. He had to abandon the car in the alley to get turned around.
	The rear tire had started to come off the rim by this point.
Realign for the final push.
	Its new home!
Front sheet metal removed and stored in the attic. The hood did not survive being covered with a cloth car cover - it's rusted worse than the El Camino's hood. Pass fender may also need replaced.
	I'd drilled holes in the floorpan for drainage while the car sat. Here all the holes I drilled - and the holes nature made - have pink flags in them so I can identify all of them.
Flags denote places I need to weld; blue spraypaint takes the place.
	Only had to create one patch, on the pass side where I guess I didn't create enough drainholes.
Done for the day, the cab would (in theory) hold water now (guess it did before too, and that's why I needed to create the patch). I've been tasked with de-rusting first, then worrying about the mechanicals. Good enough, I was having a hard time deciding where to start. Now if it weren't ~110 in the garage.