1970 Chevy Chevelle: Arrival

It's a calm and quiet Sunday morning. Most of the driving population is either sleeping off a head splitting hangover from their St. Patrick's Day shenanigans, or is in church. I doubt it's the latter. At any rate, we headed north, followed by our friend Mike, his boy Yoshi, and Yoshi's grandpa in this dray truck. No one else on the road is aware that we are anxious and excited about procuring a new vehicular member of our home.

For today, we picked up the newest vehicular addition to our home, the Cinderalla, the 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle.

Even the cat of the house realized there was excitement in the air. "She's normally very shy, and skitters away at the sight of people and commotion," said the owner.

For years, this cat must have played in the recesses of the Chevelle's body, pawing the giant tires, and sniffing at the oily residues left in the sundry mechanical parts stowed in the shelves around the car. But today, we're taking all that home with us. The giant tires...

The power steering motor...

The window glasses...

All the bits and parts that the former owner has saved and collected over the years...

Mike, Yoshi, and Yoshi's grandpa strapped the Cinderella down, tight and secure for the journey on the Interstate Freeway.

5-Star and Palomino piled the miscellaneous parts into the pick-up truck bed with Lego-like precision. And we would avoid the freeway at all cost!

It was like Christmas Eve at our garage. As if these boys were waiting for the shiny red bike that Santa was delivering. And it was amazing how carefully they lowered and gently maneuvered the "scrap of metal" into the garage, as if it was indeed a brand spankin' shiny new car!

Well, I guess it would be like the arrival of a new baby... Everybody is so afraid to drop her, wake her up, or worse yet, make her cry. And just like the arrival of a new baby, the new arrival of this shell of a classic big block machine brought us all such joy and pride!

And we are all looking forward to see her blossom into the coveted 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle that she is.



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