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About Us - Quality Chevy Muscle Car Restoration Parts
We're located in Northwest OH. in the small town of Maumee, which is a suburb of Toledo. I decided to build this website offering quality restoration parts for your Chevy muscle car, advice on restoring your muscle car or classic car and links to some of the best vendors in the restoration business. Our online Store specializes in Chevy Muscle Car Parts and is small right now, but we will be adding products. If you don't see it in our Store, then call us and we will make every attempt to locate your part.
My Passion
I'm a "Certified Muscle Car Nut". I've owned a 1962 Ford Sunliner convertible with a 390ci engine and "three on the tree" . My 1966 Dodge Charger was a 383ci with "four on the floor" and it was a very sleek looking car. In August of 1968 I ordered my first brand new car; a 1969 Chevelle SS396 Coupe. This car was Lemans blue with a black vinyl top and black bucket seat interior and a console. This was my first "Muscle Car" and boy did it have MUSCLE. The engine had 375hp at 5600rpm, but was actually putting out 425hp at 6500rpm. I ordered the Muncie "Rocker Crusher" 4-speed transmission and the rear end was the HD 4.10:1 positraction. With a few minor modifications it ran "B" stock in the mid to upper 12 second range at Milan Dragway in Milan, MI. This car never lost a race on the street or at the drags.
Ever since my 1969 Chevelle SS396 I've been hooked on "Chevys". My favorite car I've owned is the 1970 Chevelle SS396 & SS454. I've owned 8-10 of these cars and totally believe they were the pinnacle of the "Muscle Car Era". We will talk more on muscle cars when I get my blog started.
I'm a "Certified Muscle Car Nut". I've owned a 1962 Ford Sunliner convertible with a 390ci engine and "three on the tree" . My 1966 Dodge Charger was a 383ci with "four on the floor" and it was a very sleek looking car. In August of 1968 I ordered my first brand new car; a 1969 Chevelle SS396 Coupe. This car was Lemans blue with a black vinyl top and black bucket seat interior and a console. This was my first "Muscle Car" and boy did it have MUSCLE. The engine had 375hp at 5600rpm, but was actually putting out 425hp at 6500rpm. I ordered the Muncie "Rocker Crusher" 4-speed transmission and the rear end was the HD 4.10:1 positraction. With a few minor modifications it ran "B" stock in the mid to upper 12 second range at Milan Dragway in Milan, MI. This car never lost a race on the street or at the drags.
Ever since my 1969 Chevelle SS396 I've been hooked on "Chevys". My favorite car I've owned is the 1970 Chevelle SS396 & SS454. I've owned 8-10 of these cars and totally believe they were the pinnacle of the "Muscle Car Era". We will talk more on muscle cars when I get my blog started.
This was my 1966 Dodge Charger. It had a Magnum 383 engine and a 4-speed on the floor. The console extended from the front to the rear and it had four bucket seats. The entire rear section was carpeted, even the trunk. You could fold the seats and rear divider down and the entire rear compartment would be open all the way to the trunk. This car had a real wood grain dash and complete gauges. The interior was also trimmed in real stainless and not the typical plastic. It was a great car.
I thought I had spun a bearing so my best friend Dale and I decided to tear the bottom on the engine apart and inspect it. Well after we got it apart everything looked fine and when I went to put a main bearing back I dropped it on the floor of the garage. This garage only had a dirt floor and the bearing was covered in dirt so I just picked it up blew it off(no air compressor then) and proceeded to reassemble it. The car ran fine right up to when I traded it in on my 1969 Chevelle SS396. By the way the night before I was to pickup my new Chevelle SS396 I smoked a tree with the Charger. The dealership still took the Charger and the insurance check as a trade.
I thought I had spun a bearing so my best friend Dale and I decided to tear the bottom on the engine apart and inspect it. Well after we got it apart everything looked fine and when I went to put a main bearing back I dropped it on the floor of the garage. This garage only had a dirt floor and the bearing was covered in dirt so I just picked it up blew it off(no air compressor then) and proceeded to reassemble it. The car ran fine right up to when I traded it in on my 1969 Chevelle SS396. By the way the night before I was to pickup my new Chevelle SS396 I smoked a tree with the Charger. The dealership still took the Charger and the insurance check as a trade.
This is the only picture I could find of my 1969 Chevelle SS396. It was taken in the fall of 1970 and as you can see the undercarriage was getting cleaned. My aunt has an 8mm movie of it racing at Milan Dragway in Milan, MI. and I'll try to get it copied to DVD and post it to this site. The handsome guy in the picture is me when I was 22 years old, had dark hair and was 40lbs lighter.
This car by far was one of the fastest cars sold in 1969. The salesman and the parts person were both avid drag racers and we all sat down and poured over the options that would make this a go fast machine. Both the salesman and parts person wanted me to order the stripped down version to make it lighter for racing, but I insisted on bucket seats, console, radio and a vinyl top. We ended up with the L78 396/375hp with the L89 aluminum cylinder heads, the M22 Muncie heavy duty 4-speed, G80 positraction with G84 4.10:1 axle ratio, NC8 chambered exhaust system(got plenty of excessive noise tickets & warnings). The COPO Chevelle SS427 was not offered yet or I would have had one of them.
This car by far was one of the fastest cars sold in 1969. The salesman and the parts person were both avid drag racers and we all sat down and poured over the options that would make this a go fast machine. Both the salesman and parts person wanted me to order the stripped down version to make it lighter for racing, but I insisted on bucket seats, console, radio and a vinyl top. We ended up with the L78 396/375hp with the L89 aluminum cylinder heads, the M22 Muncie heavy duty 4-speed, G80 positraction with G84 4.10:1 axle ratio, NC8 chambered exhaust system(got plenty of excessive noise tickets & warnings). The COPO Chevelle SS427 was not offered yet or I would have had one of them.
