1963 Chev Belair help

[maloo_]

I have a 1963 Chev belair that i am about to start to do a restoration on.Car is my dads and has been in the family for 44 years. Just wanted to know if anyone on here can point me in the right direction for parts.Some of the chrome trims need replacing and a few other bits.Car is a white 4 door 283 with a glide and rally wheels.

[Curtis-R]

Howdy and nice project... First place I would try would be the Chevrolet car club of Victoria.. Talk to some members in the club and I am sure you will get pointed in the right direction.. cheers.

[maloo_]

Cool will check Chev Car Club out thanks.

[German Statesman]

Wayne Barber up here in QLD wrecks those old girls - he was a great help with my '63 409 'pala.

Google Late Great Chevys in the States, and there's a pre-70 wrecking yard site in my Favs in the old computer I'll try to post for you.

Nice car, miss mine heaps.

Also talk to Drysdale Auto Books - he tracked down a '63 assembly line manual for me as well as service manuals

[maloo_]

Thanks for that German Statesman great site Late Great Chevys.

[Boom]

Try finding Knudsons in Gila Bend Arizona. Met the old bloke years ago (now deceased) he had a wrecking yard over there, think his son still runs it. Had heaps of the old stuff.

[Nidz]

Nice but...

:worthless:

[German Statesman]

Just a thought, Maloo - if your car needs a few panels, it might be worth bringing in a complete car with the Aussie $ so strong.

Four doors are parts cars over there, and I was offered a pillarless sedan with a 327, glide and aftermarket under dash air con for $750. I toyed with the idea of bringing in a '63 wagon to chop down into a ute, but never got around to it and bought a '61 Cad instead. The Canadian RHD '61 to '64s used the '61 Pontiac dash and the American dash is a pain to convert.

Front disc brake kits are kiddy stuff to put in and really transform the braking. I had a '68 Camaro kit that bolted straight in and it pulled up so hard I hit my head on the steering wheel on the test drive and wore a semi-circular mark on my forehead for a little while...:)

Just for something different, you might want to google Mr 409 in California - this was the grandaddy of the big block Chevs, and was a little bit obselete in a short time (Mark V 396/454 big block we all know and love debuted halfway through the '65 model year), but nothing, and I mean nothing gives you a buzz like slamming a Hurst shifter through the gates with a bellowing 409 up front :smilesandbanana: mine was a tripower carb set up and even though a dual quad wouldve gone harder, Ive experienced nothing like it ever since - I had a chain from a head bolt on the pass side head down to the chassis rail and I snapped it clean off racing a '66 GTO at the Toowoomba swap meet a few years back.

Anyway :confused: if you don't want to go hardcore they look great slammed with a set of billets and faultless paint & chrome, and they never fail to turn heads.

Good score, half your luck :bawl:

PM me if I can help

[maloo_]

Thanks for your advice German Statesman.Love the 63 has to be one of my favorite models those 409's are some cars.Will take some pics of it tomorrow.