Well, it's been a few weeks and I have not done as much as I would like to do but Jared is now driving his V8 car with the donor engine and radiator from my car and Joe Buckles car is almost ready to go to the paint shop. Here are some pictures of how the welding is going and the major drawback I found on the drivers rear quarter panel. I am going to cut the quarter panel off and weld in a new one. The damage is just too much and the fender is too far off for me to deal with. It will be cleaner and better if I just weld a new panel on and make it straight from the get go. Pictures of that to follow.



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Well, I picked up the 327 and brought it home to take it all apart for machining. This engine is from a 1965 Chevelle. The numbers on it say it has a 2 barrel carb and a manual trans. It was rated at 250HP. Let's see what I can get out of it with a few modifications.

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Well, it is now almost a year later and the Chalon project has been sold/traded. I now have a 75 914 with a steel slant nose conversion, it is the factory white color now but after I get done welding in all the stiffening kits and doing what body work needs to be done, I will of course paint it YELLOW!, It came with a crate 350 motor half installed, I have removed that and I am building a 327 for it and will be running that with a modified transmission. I am hoping to have it done by around the end of summer if my schedule permits, so far it has not been very accommodating. I will update this more frequently now, or at least try as a secondary way of tracking my progress. I started a thread also in hopes it would give me motivation but the replies are not what I expected so it has not been much help. However, it too gives me a chance to track what I have done over time. We will see how it goes. Today I had to pull an engine out of someone elses car to ship across the country and then went to work at the port to check in but did not get dispatched. So it looks like I will be working the day shift tomorrow for sure which means I will get nothing done on my car this weekend. I probably wont work again till mid week so on Monday afternoon I can come home and work on my car and see if I can get some of the welding done and start pulling dents out. Here are some pics of what I have done so far.



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I figure it has been about a 8 months since I updated this and Brad is wanting people to use these so here is an update. Much has happened in my life over the last year. I divorced my Russian bride and hooked up with a wonderful woman who gives me moral support in every aspect of my life. I had not worked on my car since last year and it was just sitting in the garage acting as a catch all. I started working on it again just recently and it is just about ready to roll out of the garage again. I welded in the Engman inner long stiffening kit and repaired the transmission problem I was having. Today I am starting on the roller bearing rear suspension. I am hoping to have it done by the weekend and take the car out for a drive since the weather has been so nice. So without further delay, I am off to work on the car. I will post pictures later.

Wow, been a long summer, as many of you know, I sold the white car to Dan Root after the WCC where the car did quite well on the track. I will attach a picture of it coming around the final turn at Streets of Willow where many cars lost traction and spun out. Mine didnt however, it stuck like glue with the new Falken RT615's installed. It was very impressive. Dan converted the car to a Porsche 6 and is now thinking of keeping the car for himself. As for the Chalon, I replaced the transmission in it after destroying the first one. The new one has a billet intermediate plate, Quaiff LSD and different gearing for the V8. It is much nicer however the speedo never worked in it and after inspection we found the gear in the tail cone was not connected to anything so that is the next order of business. I have not had much time to work on the car at all in the last few months but I am hoping to get things going again so I can drive the car a little more before winter. I need to have a garage cleaning party so I can pull the car into the garage and work on it over the winter time where the elements wont be a hinderence. More to come later. Here is a new picture of the Chalon also. It is now in all white primer.


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Well, its been a month since I updated this. I guess I am slacking. Been working on the car every oportunity I get and it is getting close. Today I installed a new drivers door because the one that was on there was about 15 pounds of bondo and there was no way I was going to just rebondo it. I had a spare door and when I stripped off the paint, it turned out to be bondo free. None at all, I was amazed and very happy. I installed it and got it lined up and I am very happy with the fit. Of course it was a bare door so I need to take all the stuff out of the old one and put it in this one. Still lots to do yet to get it ready for the WCC. I want to also drive this car down to San Diego next Saturday to meet up with Lawrence so I will be busting my butt on it all week every chance I get. Here is a picture of where it is now. I have been busy with the BBQ and helping others with their cars so now I have to really work on mine and tell others I cant help them till after the WCC. More pictures later. I have to take them yet.



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No progress today, I didnt get to work on it at all. Actually had to go out and do some work. Busines has been really slow the last few weeks. I take everything I can get at this point. Tomorrow is another day.

Well, it was a long day today. I got the white car running pretty good and it handles fantastic, a little rough for a daily driver ride wise, it will beat the hell out of you on the freeway. Pulled out the Chalon to get some work done on it. Installed the gauges under the dash after I installed the dash, then I glued in the carpet on the passenger side door rail. Put in the speaker pod to test fit everything. Then I wanted to try to install the front lights in the front bumper. Cant figure that one out yet but I am working on it. Steve and Clayton came by today along with a new member named Geoff. He bought the rootbeer car that Clayton had me selling for him. Matt wanted it but Clayton said first come, first served. Clayton was supposed to bring the Aubergine car over for me to run some tests and take some pictures of it to send to an interested buyer. He promised me he would bring it tomorrow. I went ahead and installed the front bumper/spoiler on the Chalon and took it out for a quick ride to see if it would clear the driveway in and out. Wouldnt do it before. I parked it in front of the garage and did some more work on it. Sat down in my chair and couldnt help but notice how great the car looked to me and reminded myself why I built the Chalon in the first place. The bumper is not quite all the way on but it is close enough for me to see what it will look like. Life is pretty good right now, tomorrow I will get a lot more done.


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Spent yesterday working on a few cars. Mostly the whitesoontobeyellow car. Replaced the shifter bushings and found the rear one on the transmission was pretty worn and the ball cup was totally missing, replaced those and then Aaron and Matt showed up to help. We finished the rear sway bar, Aaron has the rear drop link bushings down to a science. Got the 2.0 liter heat exchangers and 2 liter banana muffler installed with new gaskets. Went to fire up the car after replacing all the pushrod tube seals and finding a set of the retaining wires and installing them and there was no compression, I figured since I didnt change any of the geometry it would be fine. Nope! So I adjusted the valves in about 20 minutes and it fired right up. Way quiet, I like it. Adjusted Aarons valves for him and now his is quiet too. The valve train is anyway. Went to SuperMex for dinner with a bunch of the guys and a few women too. It was a good productive day. The car handles so much better now. I just need to replace the tires on it and it should be ready for a little AX time.

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Typical weekend shot of my driveway. Working on these cars. This is an old picture, The Chalon now runs, drives and stops. Next is paint. I will update this when I get a picture of both of the cars side by side in the driveway. Should be soon if it ever stops raining here.

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