73 chevelle rear end

Trust me... they're all a work in progress. After looking at the pictures she sent me, IMHO, it didn't look like a true SS, and that's what I was looking for. The price seemed pretty decent though, but then I ran across the Laguna and thought that it would be good enough, at least it had the items I was looking for.

Your engine is looking pretty good, she run out pretty good?

I threw in a battery and she started with alot of smoke and was running excessively rich. So i put the intake and carb on. The old carb was crap. Doesnt smoke now but i havent got the carb adjusted right and it still runs too rich. I havent been able to drive her. The second time out I put it on the car lift and saw that the whole front end is dangerously shot. I have been geting peice by peice to get it drivable.

ant7377 wrote:The 73 has no shocks in the back for the bumper. Just brackets. Get your drill and a grinder and get that mess outa there before it rots the rest of the car.

There is surface rust thru out the inside to this car. I have my work cut out for me. I need to get a good rust converter. I am planning on buying a welder and then strart peice by peice from the bottum up. Since this is not close to being stock i plan to do alot of small custom touches that wont take away from the basic looks of this car.

Rago wrote:

Jedediah wrote:...What would the vin be for an SS....

2nd digit will be "D" signifying Malibu. No real way to identify from VIN, just have to find the build sheet. Not sure if there are any other ways to get 100% positive identification.

Ok i have the D in the secound digit. I do beleive i may have the SS front grill though.

SS & Malibu grilles were identical other than color & badge. I say check above the tank, behind the back seat, & under the carpet to find out if there is still a build sheet. Best bet is the tank, but you will likely have to drop it & carefully remove the sheet. They can be a pain to remove without destroying. Sometimes you luck out with finding one in the seat.

Rago, I though the plain Malibu grilles were 'chromed' and the SS grilles were black...?

Not chrome. The Malibu grilles were argent/silver colored, while the SS was black. That's the only difference besides the emblems & they are removable.

Same difference. The Malibu & SS grilles still had a different finish, which is what I was getting at the whole time.