{"id":84393,"date":"2026-04-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/?p=84393"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:09:06","slug":"bob-rs-1969-chevrolet-chevelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/bob-rs-1969-chevrolet-chevelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob R&#8217;s 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-6663e5e9\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">This 1969 Chevrolet&nbsp;Chevelle was Bob&#8217;s&nbsp;first car, which he got&nbsp;in 1983 when he was 15. He has gone through 4 engines,&nbsp;3 transmissions, and&nbsp;2 frames before this final build!<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The engine is a crate&nbsp;408cid 595hp LSX from Blue Print. It has a&nbsp;Gearstar 4L80E transmission attached to it, and it is all linked to a&nbsp;Ford 9&#8243; with 3.73 gears and an Eaton True trac diff. So it is a powerful, yet reliable package. The braking duties are handled by Baer discs at all four corners, and this all sits on an Art Morrison chassis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bob&#8217;s wife let him remortgage their house to build it, and while it is basically done, he does have a few things he would like to do in the future. Bob would like to upgrade the interior to leather and add some sort of paddle shift setup.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great looking 1969 Chevelle, Bob, enjoy it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 1969 Chevrolet&nbsp;Chevelle was Bob&#8217;s&nbsp;first car, which he got&nbsp;in 1983 when he was 15. He has gone through 4 engines,&nbsp;3 transmissions, and&nbsp;2 frames before this final build! 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It has a&nbsp;Gearstar 4L80E transmission attached to it, and it is all linked to a&nbsp;Ford 9&#8243; with 3.73 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":84386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,194],"tags":[179],"class_list":["post-84393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chevelle","category-customer-cars","tag-1969-chevelle"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20210102_170135-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20210102_170135-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20210102_170135-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20210102_170135-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20210102_170135-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20210102_170135-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20210102_170135-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ryan Minn","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/author\/ryan-m\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"This 1969 Chevrolet&nbsp;Chevelle was Bob&#8217;s&nbsp;first car, which he got&nbsp;in 1983 when he was 15. 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