ACM 231970 Chevrolet Chevelle MalibuWe spoke with Nick Williams at
OCS about the work he'd done on
this car. “It came to us just for
paint,” says Nick, “but it ended up
having a full rebuild. The engine
and 'box came out, and went over
to Dan at Williams Bros for a
rebuild. It was pretty good
internally, but leaked everywhere,
so it was rebuilt as stock with
new gaskets, a couple of bolt-ons
and a full detailing. Dan rebuilt
the transmission, too – again, a
stock TH350.
“The body had had some poor
repair work done, and a load of
8iller in the rear quarters and back
panel, so we repaired all the
metalwork and adjusted all the
panel gaps. Simon wanted Hugger
orange, and sketched the design of
the stripes himself, so Ashley
sprayed it, then lacquered out the
stripes to make sure there's no
ridge at the join. It's all done in
paint, by eye – not vinyl stickers!
The vinyl roof is the original one,
we just lifted the edges as required
and then re-laid it afterwards. We
8itted a stock new interior from the
States, but the rest of the trim was
pretty good. Simon supplied the
Ridler wheels, and we 8itted two-
inch lowered springs on the back
and two-inch dropped spindles on
the front to bring it down. It should
be coming back over winter for a
full Flowmaster system, headers
and pipes.”THANKS TO:
Nick at OCS Paint,
07572 096920,
http://www.ocspaint.comOCD at OCS
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