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Hello from Wisconsin 73 ss 454

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Post by mattdbal Sun Jan 06, 2013 10:57 pm

Hello everyone, my name is Matt, I'm 18 and I'm from southeast Wisconsin. My dad and I purchased a 73 Chevelle ss about a year and a half ago and have been working on it ever since. The car is a factory SS with a factory 454 and Auto trans. Has electric bench seats as well. So far we have redone front suspension, brakes, rebuilt motor, rebuilt trans, rebuilt rear end, redone interior, fixed radiator core support from rust hole (couldnt find a different one), Fixed front end damage, fuel pump, SS 396 wheels, tires. Needs body work on the fender and new paint. Only major part in need of replacing is the roof, well just above the windshield and we have a full different roof. I'm sure I am forgetting something, but that is the most of it. All the work was done by my dad and I along with the help on the transmission and rear end from a friend. I'll hopefully be checking around here more often and will appreciate any help needed. Thanks for lookin! afro

Detailed car specs as follows:

454, 030 over
kb small domes, should be around 10:1 cr
rpm airgap
781 heads, bigger valves, port/polish
comp cams xtreme energy
274/230 @ .050
286/236 @ .050
750 holley dp
3.73 gears
27" tire 275/60/15 (Nitto 555r..Great tire for street/track little loud on road)
TH400 with 2200 stall.
Stock exhaust with stock manifolds (very temporary) Have hooker long tubes waiting in the trunk for spring.

Tried posting photobucket slideshow of the car so far, but have to wait 7 days. If you are interested pm me and I can send you the link

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Post by JB2wheeler Sun Jan 06, 2013 11:24 pm

Welcome Matt. Sounds like you have a real jewel there. Good luck with your build. JB
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Post by badtemper44 Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:31 am

Welcome Aboard! We Like Pics! Beer
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Post by 77mali Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:42 am

Welcome to the site.
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Post by Wallyuph Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:55 am

Welcome
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Post by alleyball4 Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:19 am

Welcome Matt .... looking forward to seeing pictures of a cheesehead 73 Chevelle SS 454 Very Happy
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Post by 1973 454 MONTE Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:13 pm

welcome aboard

we like pics
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Post by Landonus Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:38 pm

Welcome to the forum! Sounds like an awesome ride. Can't wait to see some pics. When you post you can upload pics by clicking on the 6th icon from the left. Click browse, find your pic, click host, wait a few seconds and copy paste that link in the text box.
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Post by dragons_lair59 Mon Jan 07, 2013 1:56 pm

welcome
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Post by mattdbal Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:09 am

Alright, Ill try and get some pictures up here! Enjoy! Thumbs up

First getting it with the front end damage
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Hauling it away for 3500
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Motor before the goods
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After
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As it sits now
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Post by dragons_lair59 Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:29 am

sweet ride
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Post by BK-75 Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:53 am

Great looking Chevelle! Keep up the good work! happy bowtie
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Post by mattdbal Tue Jan 08, 2013 3:37 pm

Thanks, will be getting more work done once the cold is away
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Post by LSANTI76 Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:23 pm

Very Nice Matt! Gotta love the factory 454 SS cars! Cool Welcome aboard.
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Post by 1973 454 MONTE Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:24 pm

those SS wheels look right at home.
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Post by JiMi_DRiX Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:35 pm

Cool! and its nice to see some other younger guys around here, no offense to anyone else. Laughing
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Post by 77mali Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:42 pm

*sits back with hand to left ear* What? Eh?

What'd he say?

Oh...No offense taken, sonny....

lol!
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Post by Graham Perkins Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:28 pm

Nice car Matt! Welcome to G3Gm, I wish my malibu was a factory big block. Mine was originally a 305 now has a 454 .

Thanks Graham.
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Post by RossK73 Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:57 pm

Beauty, eh!! Keep it up!
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Post by HDHugger Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:08 pm

You are in Elkhorn? I am in West Bend. Maybe I will see you at a show this summer!

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Post by mattdbal Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:00 am

HDHugger wrote:You are in Elkhorn? I am in West Bend. Maybe I will see you at a show this summer!

No, Muskego. What are some planned shows around here? I'll definitely be at Great Lakes this season using the season pass :<P Hopefully gonna get some lowish twelves Thumbs up Maybe it will be faster than my turbo awd talon..maybe.
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Post by HDHugger Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:52 am

When the schedule comes out, I will have some shows on our club website. www.khcruisers.com It's not been updated for a few weeks but the 2013 shows will be up sometime in April.

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Post by JiMi_DRiX Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:56 am

77mali wrote:*sits back with hand to left ear* What? Eh?

What'd he say?

Oh...No offense taken, sonny....

lol!

Hahaha. I love all the people here, but I've noticed over the years that the guys my age are usually intonewer stufff. At least that's how I remember it when I was 18/19. I'm 27 now and it still seems that way lol
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Post by onedayjake Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:49 am

Nice SS! That motor should rip pretty good in that! Almost the same set up I had in my 47 Chevy 1/2 ton pick up before I swapped the 5.3 in. It ran 7.80's in the 1/8th and 7.04 on a 150 shot before they kicked me out for no cage, lol.

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Post by SSTOOLMAN Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:17 am

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/pts/3665842261.html Here's a cheep front end header panel if your interested.
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