Rear End Questions

I bought a new rear sway bar for the Chevelle at the swap meet, and when I climbed under to see if it fit....I realized that my suspicion of this not being a Chevelle rear were true. There is no way the sway bar will fit, as there is a large bracket in the way. Now I need to figure out what rear this is from, and if I can get a bar to fit it. I took pics of my rear and Tommy's '72 and you can clearly see the difference. More to come as soon as I figure this out...

I then figured I would show Zach how to tear down a small block chevy, so we took the 283 apart to clean up the pieces. To my surprise, it was stuffed with TRW 11:1 pistons....WOW! I'm glad I didn't decide to use that for Sarah's Chevelle, but now I need to decide what to do with it.

Chevelle Wheels

This weekend, Zach and I went to the Spring 2010 Englishtown Swap Meet. We picked up a few items for the Chevelle, but mostly spent the bulk of the weekend working on the new 18" Coys wheels for the Chevelle. I took the tires and rims to Ace, but we could not mount them with the equipment there, so I went to see Cary at BC Tire. After a lot of effort to remove the tires from the wheels, he was able to get them mounted and balanced. Saturday, I mounted the front without problems, but the rears required new longer studs. I removed the rear brakes for more access, and after a few hours got them installed. They look and feel great!

R.I.P. Bob

Today we paid our final farewell to our friend, neighbor and car enthusiast, Bob. His '29 Ford pictured here was chopped and built by Bob and his son Bobby. Although Bob had spent the past few years living away from the neighborhood (and the '29), Jimmy and Tom made sure to get the hot rod cleaned up and running so that it could go to the service today to honor him.

A few years ago, I was talking to Bob about how the shifter ball broke on my Stingray while I was racing it, and the next day he called me over to give me a beautiful billet aluminum sifter ball that he machined at his shop. I fit perfectly! When I needed some good advice on my project car, or just wanted to stop by on the way home from work, Bob was always eager to talk about the cars.

We will miss you Bob.

At the track...

I've been spending some more time down at the track this year, both with Tommy and Chris. Tommy's wagon has been running very well, and has even dipped into the 10's! There are some new video clips posted on the SHC YouTube site.

Chris and the Ace Motorsports Altered has been getting things going at Atco, and although we ran out of brakes last week, we were able to throw a new set of pads in the front and go another round. Funny how you can burn through a set of brake pads in 20 races...that's only 5 miles! I guess trying to stop from 150 mph is the reason.