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Restoration / Re: 1969 RSSS L78 Project

« on: December 02, 2019, 03:34:08 AM »

Was this car sold by Mike Kaiser of Arizona Musclecars a few years back?

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=142652&highlight=Kaiser

Yes we bought the car from him. Is the car added into your data base? If not, I’d love to add it in!

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Restoration / Re: 1969 RSSS L78 Project

« on: December 02, 2019, 02:01:33 AM »

Wanted to add this in a separate post:

The car was sold new at Appleway Chevrolet in Spokane Washington. I recently took a trip to where the car spent 90% of its life outside of Spokane. I talked to 3 of the old owners of the car and met with 2 of them!
Even got some vintage pictures! These guys owned the car from 1978-1990s

One of the pictures is from November 1983.

The other shows the car in full street machine form. It has a 1967 Chevelle L78 motor in it with a
tunnel ram and hood scoop!

Check out the pics below:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/V7vQ4V6gckLgADHz9

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Restoration / 1969 RSSS L78 Project

« on: December 02, 2019, 01:54:00 AM »

My dad and I acquired this 1969 RSSS L78 about a year ago. I thought I’d share progress and pictures with everyone!
Restoring the car in our garage!
Car has original motor and was originally an automatic. Got converted to a 4 speed very early on.
Fathom green with a black vinyl top and green deluxe interior.
Options: Tilt, U14 gauges, fold down seat, 8 track player, and rear antenna.
Car was repainted at some point in the 70s and hasn’t been painted since. Car was last on the road in 1982. Going to keep the black paint but interior is getting redone. The front end has been powder coated and the floors painted. A lot of original parts are getting rezinc plated. Restoring it original or with a little day 2 vibe.

We started with wet sanding and buffing the old paint job. Someone had put black primer all over it!
Then redid the whole front end and underside of the car. We cleaned, rebuilt, and repainted the rear end.
Now we are focusing on the interior!

Enjoy the photo album below!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/bPMeanukCdHVfQz28

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Decoding/Numbers / 1969 L78 3959164-GE Holley date code

« on: December 02, 2019, 12:57:24 AM »

Picked up this carburetor body the other day in the wild and actually need it for the 1969 L78 I’m building. It has an interesting date code on it of: 1A3. Wondering if this was potentially an error? Having trouble finding another GE carb with this date. Thanks!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/TCnDnLRyrzdBoHAX6