LDG3 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Just stumbled across this thread. Great looking car Dennis. I am in the process of restoring a similar 70 SS454. Like yours, it is Champaign gold with saddle interior. Mine has a gold vinyl top rather than black. Glad to see you are saving it and not parting it out. Dan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 30 minutes ago, LDG3 said: Just stumbled across this thread. Great looking car Dennis. I am in the process of restoring a similar 70 SS454. Like yours, it is Champaign gold with saddle interior. Mine has a gold vinyl top rather than black. Glad to see you are saving it and not parting it out. Dan Thanks Dan. I’m still not 100 percent yet. We will see. Glad to see another Ohioan on the group. Your just north of Columbus, I’m just east of Cincinnati. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 Great group of people here, always willing to help other members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Dan that is Great!!! Post some pics of her and i will give you some dancing bananas and Dennis some just for the heck of it!!!! LOL here you go Dennis Get 'er done!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71SSclone Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 This will be a great looking car restored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted September 14, 2022 Author Share Posted September 14, 2022 See here’s more options. I think it started life as a 69 build and got finished in April due to the strike. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 History, History, History!!!! Keep on truck in Dennis!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 I will put my new purchase here since I bought it for parts for the pos 70, if I decide to do it. It’s a 71 and was, and is pretty much rust free. Then came “ the accident “. 35 mph crash ( ya I lied when I was in trouble too when I was a kid). Insurance company paid out almost 15,000 and it came with a salvage title. Roof is perfect, that may be already sold, but the back half of the car is very nice. So I got all my patch panels now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC1of80 Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Aaahaaaa! The plot thickens!!! That snowball is a rollin! Lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 Missed these. They completely stripped the car to build another one. But I did get an extra real nice passenger door, a very fixable 71/72 passenger( I think) fender and a partial fender that they cut apart. O and an extra deck lid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, MC1of80 said: Aaahaaaa! The plot thickens!!! That snowball is a rollin! Lol This one no doubt. This will be the snowball from hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1970mcss Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Looks like you're going to fix the pos70. Wouldn't the snowball from hell just be water??? LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 What a shame no rust at all. Nice find!!! Hey Dennis as i said many times, get her done!!! Ohh and you have till June 2024 to have her done!!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71SSclone Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 That steering wheel..... Ouch!! That must have hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob 71 Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 and the floor and fire wall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Well I finally got the title issue all taken care of, big thanks to the unnamed club member who helped me, printed copy in my name and put in the folder. As I would not decide the fate of the car until this was done. Now I will officially say “ it’s go time”. Let the restoration commence. I’m sure most of you assumed that anyway. But this project will not be quick, so don’t expect it in Carlisle any year soon. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1970mcss Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Dennis, that great to hear. Looking forward to all the progress updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 Nice going Dennis!!!! I knew you were going to do her!!! (not that you had a choice). The rooms in the house are looking very empty at this point I spoke to Karen and she said she would be more than happy to help as long as you take her on a vacation far away. See how lucky can one man be!!! Ohh wait i forgot something Good Luck Dennis, and we are here for you!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 I’ve never had the honor of actually finding a 51 year old build sheet on a car. Found on top of the gas tank. Kansas built car, shipped to Hodgenville Kentucky and I bought the crashed remnants 51 years later less than 25 miles from the dealership it was bought from. Too bad, but hopefully it will donate a lot of parts to help keep others alive. Well not actually “ donate “ persay lol 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71SSclone Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Great news. Glad to follow this along. Might be done before mine gets finished John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC1of80 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Unfortunately we have the same luck. The "parts cars" we find the build sheets and the "keepers" not so much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted November 6, 2022 Author Share Posted November 6, 2022 I haven’t been really working on the pos 70. But I did get the engine back in the 55 and fired that up yesterday. Ran pretty good. The owner finally got me the torque converter so I guess I’ll get the transmission back out and put that in. Then rid myself of that so I can have my garage back. I do have a little catching up to do on the pos 70 front. I have some bad body mount holes in the frame so I cut these off the donor car and will cut them apart to fix the holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted November 6, 2022 Author Share Posted November 6, 2022 I have a very nice back section of frame that I might be parting with later. It is now completely stripped of any parts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted November 6, 2022 Author Share Posted November 6, 2022 I picked up a grill off marketplace, not perfect but way better than my original. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dtret Posted November 6, 2022 Author Share Posted November 6, 2022 I think I may have posted this elsewhere but it belongs here. Front clip pickup up in North Carolina. I paid 400 bucks for it and he gave me I nice extra tailgate for my truck. ( I cleaned it up put new latch and bezel and sold it last Wednesday for 200 bucks. ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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