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Curtis & Marci McClellan's '66 |
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Car info: We found our Chevelle in July of 2005, at a Pawn Shop/Car Dealership outside Offutt AFB, where I work. I was coming in late one day because I had an Eye Doctor appointment and it was sitting in front of the Pawn Shop. It didn’t have a sign in the window but I knew the owner had classic cars for sale on occasion so I had to stop and ask. Sure enough it was for sale so I talked to my wife, arranged financing and by the end of July it was ours. From the research I have done so far the car was originally a 327 Malibu, 4spd with a 12 bolt rear-end, and it was red with red interior. The car had factory A/C, bucket seats with center console. In 1999, according to the receipts I found in the extra parts box, the owner who lived in Mississippi cloned it into a SS 396 and painted it blue with a black interior. According to the Pawn Shop owner the 396(402) is of an early 1970’s vintage, I haven’t pulled the casting numbers to verify, it has stock Rectangular port heads and is pretty much a stock looking motor for that era. The body and paint are in good shape, paint has a couple of dings in it from sitting in the previous owner’s garage. Interior needs some work, the previous owner had striped the entire heater and A/C system from the car so that all needs to be replaced. Also it needs numerous small items to finish and refresh the interior. Today the car sits just as we bought it 4½ years ago. We took it to the H&H All Chevy Show in 2006 and have showed it once at the local car show in Glenwood, IA. We took 2nd place in our category the day we were there. Now that we are close to paying it off the plan is to start working on some finishing touches. By the time it appears at the 2010 World of Wheels plans are to have several of the small interior items installed along with Vintage Air Heater and A/C components in the interior. Future plans include new wiring harness throughout, disc brake conversion kit, upgraded suspension components, and replacing the stock looking 396(402) with a high-performance 396(402) that came with a big block 1985 IROC project I have been working on. The current motor has been sold to one of my coworkers (future HCC member) for his 69 Chevelle SS 396 Project.
Model: Chevelle SS 396 (Clone)
Type: Sport Coupe
Engine: 396 (402)
Transmission: 4 Speed
Rear End: 12 Bolt Posi
Paint: Blue
Interior: Black with Bucket Seats