I BOUGHT a 1970 Chevrolet CHEVELLE! ISSUES with the Purchase and FUTURE Plans.. I couldn't resist the opportunity to buy a 70's muscle car..Let me know what you would do with on this one! LS swap? Stock rebuild? Auto or manual?
Great to see another video of a new car rebuild series! Yes, LS swap would be cool. Say, do you still have the Z28? If so, would love to see an update and see/hear it running! Happy Thanksgiving, Ryan!
Personally, I would keep it stock and rebuild any and all components to make it a really great driver. Of course upgrade the brakes ! The car looks good in blue and with rally rims. Love the understated simplicity of the base car. Too many loud and annoyingly overdone cars out there. This is a fantastic survivor !!
LS3 and 6 speed will be a great combo. If it were me, from the outside I'd make it look like a stock-ish SS 454, but with the LS3 and 6 speed driveline. I look forward to watching this one.
What a great find Ryan, they sure seem to come your way. 1970 was the end of an era for Chevrolet and GM for that matter. This is a great , mostly unmolested template for your vision. I would agree, clean it up, do some maintenance , drive and enjoy it. You will be amazed how people will be drawn to it as is. I suspect the transmission seals are hard and take time to build pressure. Sometimes additives will soften seals and garner success. You have a lifetime of projects as I can so relate. Good luck, best wishes.
Cool Find Ryan! I enjoy your relentless pursuit. You know me, I'm more of an "original" guy so you know my answer already. But I'm looking forward to your LS build!
Nice, I was going to say it looked like it was a vinyl top at one time and you mentioned it. I always like the vinyl tops. Transmission I'd throw 2 or 3 bottles of lucas Transmission in it. It wont hurt it any and may save you from pulling the Transmission out and after the valves all get working change the fluid and filter. But it's your car just some ideas. Goodluck with it.
I would do the LS and I do think it be worth more as a resto-mod since it is not an SS. love what you did with the Camaro watched every video on that one.Will be watching this also thanks for the video
Hey Ryan, I haven't talked to you in a while, sorry about that. Nice Chevelle !! I got one when I was 21, but it was no where in that shape, yours is practically cherry. Mine I traded a 87 short bed Custom Deluxe Chevy with a fuel injection 305 for it. I had wrecked that thing 3 times and it needed about everything replaced on it so I figured it was a good trade. Mine was a 70 Malibu like yours, the guy let me piece it together from 3 Chevelles he had to get the best parts. It had no engine or tranny. Corvette rally wheels, and it was complete except for no engine or tranny. Red with black vinyl top. I kept it for a few years, cleaned out the interior and trunk, peeled off the vinyl top, things like that. In the long run I didn't have time to work on it so I just sold it in the end. Wish I had of kept though. Good luck with your new project bro. Thanks for the video and God bless you and your family.
LS3 & TR6060 is going to have constraints. If doing all the work to convert to a manual trans, I'd prefer the Magnum. Of course, if the price is right it can be the best choice. Bench seat isn't staying though.
This car would look soo good "maroon". Deep maroon. I mean it looks great as is. Great car. And I'm telling you. These Malibu's are great cars. Always was partial to Malibu's.
Check the vacuum line to the modulator if you have 1 gear and reverse but not the others my guess would be the vacuum line or a bad vacuum modulator the transmission needs that to calculate engine load and without it you won’t shift. I have had my Camaro for 30 years and let it sit for 15 and the line deteriorated and so I had the same problem
First of all I have to say the 1970 Chevelle is THE car to have, my holy grail car is a ‘70 LS6 Chevelle SS with Muncie 4spd. and they bring huge money. Being that yours isn’t an SS I would do it the way you want. Everybody and their brother are building LS swap or rebuilding clones. I would do a Carousel Red car with the black SS stripes, 396 or 454 the 6spd trans. stock style low back buckets an SS style but not a tribute or a clone car.
I would stick a 454 in there and rebadge it as an SS and paint it a solid blue. Get rid of the vinyl top. Throw a couple bucket seats and a 4-speed Muncie.
I would clone it into a SS396 Chevelle with the ZL2 flapper cowl induction hood with a manual TKX 5 speed with 3.55 posi gears. Everybody does the LS swap. Why copy everyone else?
Ryan, it’s your soap and you body so wash it as fast and however you want to! lol If it was mine I think I would check the numbers on the tranny and engine. If it’s a numbers matching I would rebuild the tranny, clean it up real good and drive it some and put a little more thought into it. If it’s not numbers matching, a LS would be a cool build for a body in that good of shape! If it was mine and not matching numbers I would do a LS or build a 396 or 427 and give it what it could have been back then. I had a 67 SS 396 Chevelle in high school in 71 & 72 and I’ve always liked the big blocks from the muscle days. What ever you decide to do I will watch all of the videos that you post on it because I know what every you do that you’ll do it right!
In the trunk , what your pointing to are called drop off panels , they just keep everything from falling into that crevice. AS for the BUMPERS , THEY are very adjustable. Losen the bolts and move around , get some help.
I was thinking LSA with a six speed, but I guess I’ll allow the LS3 instead! Ryan, that’s gonna be a killer set up! That car is in great shape! Gotta go blue with white SS stripes, or white with black stripes!
I actually recently did that with the Camaro and love it. Didn’t have to cut a thing. Mainly thinking the 6 speed instead since it holds more power and would come with the LS3 my buddy has already as a package deal👌
