It's been a busy week at work, so not much progress on the Chevelle.  The pile of parts is slowly getting larger, and I think about as big as it will get.  At least with old parts!  I removed the heater core early in the week, which hopefully if money holds will get replaced with a Vintage Air system.  It will be nice to have A/C on cruises in St. Louis.

I started ordering a few parts, like the radiator support and lights, but I'll mostly wait until the body is back to order the bulk of new parts.  There is a lot of trim on 50's and 60's cars, and I suspect that will take a large chuck of the budget, unless Hoss stored away lots of pieces in the garage in Marion.  Keep your fingers crossed he did.

Today I removed the dash, and hopefully will clean up a few loose end, parts with broken bolts we didn't get to last weekend.  We have a big load for the sandblaster to clean up before I can powdercoat. Olive came out for a few minutes to inspect the car. I don't think she is impressed at this stage, since it did not take her to the park.

 Here is the dash wiring.  Literally, this is 90% of the wiring in the car.  Only the front and rear lights are not shown.  Even with this little, I probably will only use the fuse box.  Everything else needs to be matched up to the LS1.  Isn't it amazing how little electronics were used in the 60's, but so much more than the 50's.  I find it interesting the mix of technologies showing up.  My '53 was all metal and bakelite, plastics weren't in use much at the time.  In '65, there is a mix of aluminum, stainless, steel, and plastics.  You find a few ribbon wires, but still made in a large scale. Nothing like you would see today.  The radio has to weigh five pounds, and it only gets AM.

Everyone asks me how will I get everything back together.  I often wonder that myself, but it's amazing how few parts are needed for a car.  This is all of the interior and some of the trim laid out in my basement.  It isn't that much, and most of it is cosmetic.  Of course, if anyone wants to know what to get me for Christmas - Chevelle trim parts is a good place to start :)

 Here is the interior with just about everything out.  Ready for the body to come off the frame, or at least very close.  Notice the manual vent in the driver's footwell.  If you want air, you don't just push a button.