Christopher M’s 1969 Chevelle

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Christopher M’s 1969 Chevelle

This 1969 Chevelle was Christophers’ dad. His dad left him the car in his loving memory. He passed away on October 8th, 2018. His dad built this car himself and, Christopher helped him here and there as he was younger. Christopher and his dad would have owned it for around 8 years altogether now. Since he passed away the car has been in Christopher’s garage.

The heart of this 1969 Chevelle beast is a 396-big block. The main mods for this motor are pretty much everything re-done from pistons main bearings etc. It has a 615 lift cam from comp cams. Hydraulic lifters. 1.8 ratio rockers. Pistons 11 to 1 compression. A 4-speed Muncie standard shifts it.

The car used to be automatic but was converted. Has QA1 air shocks. Also has front-end tubular control arms. The rear is a posi unit with 333 rear-end gears. Pure muscle! All up-to-date rear-end suspension box end. The car was also a dual quad set up running 2 Edelbrock 600 cfm carbs.

His dad also made an L88 hood from a corvette using plastic to mold it into shape to make it fit a Malibu hood. For rims, they are using the Jegs 5 star style rims that almost look like welds. Used to have an MSD ignition but it’s now converted to points ignition.

The special thing about this 1969 Chevelle is it has see-through valve covers. They are in an aluminum case with a Lexan glass to see through all the rockers. The valve covers came off a show truck back in the 1970s and were on the cover of hot rod magazine.

His future goals with the car have been to get it drivable as it hasn’t been drivable in 5 years. The future plans are his best friend, and he is going to convert it to a T5 Ford 5 speed transmission to see how it does on the highway. They are also changing it to a single plane intake as it is currently a double. Ultimately they are trying to make it a streetcar and reliable if anything. They are also doing bodywork. Currently, they are going to repaint the car a different color to make it really stand out.

2023 Update

The combination is now a big block 396. Built from bottom to top. Bored .040 over. 11:1 pistons. Heavy cam. The car now has an MSD atomic efi kit. Comp cams hydraulic lifters cam. The transmission is an sn95 t5 trans out of a Ford mustang.


A couple of features that are unique about this car are see-through valve covers, you can see those rockers making some noise, and also the transmission moving the car is from an sn95 for mustang it is a t5 transmission with 5 speed. Using an adapter plate we manage to merge the t5 to factory bell housing into one unit. Also a sick crown royal bottle for a coolant reservoir.

His future plans are to get it back to being the car it was known in town for. Being a very sick build. The car was loved by many and he wants to bring it back to being on the road again.

"I mostly choose to shop with you guys to keep up to date with the most factory oe replacement parts as this car is still missing alot of parts. So I am searching more for more parts to keep it as close to factory as much as I can to without converting to much. I like the most how easy at times it can be to find parts. "

-Christopher M

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