The installation.
Fresh 396 waiting to be installed.
My daughter Terry cleaning the block. (She's now a teen waiting to get her license)
Terry making some final checks.
Even the inner trunk lid was treated to pinstriping.
Chip doing his magic with 3 colors of pinstriping all by hand.
Finally painted and waiting for striping and assembly.
Primered and waiting for the black cherry basecoat.
Car was completely stripped ,mostly by hand with stripper used only in hard to reach areas.
The following pictures are a brief history of the painting and engine rebuiling and assembly done in 1991.
My Chevelle at Norwalk Drag Raceway before the 1991 transformation.
My old cars & friends cars