1965 Chevrolet Bel Air/150/210

Coupe

L78 - 425HP/396

Manual

155115L220066

Clear

Gasoline

This auction is for a 1965 Chevrolet Bel Air. The car came originally as a 6 cylinder with 3 speed manual transmission. It is factory Willow Green with Fawn interior. Included in this auction are parts I have been collecting for years to build this into an extremely accurate, numbers and date correct L78 4-Speed Clone Car. The parts I have collected for this are the "real deal". They are not reproduction nor are they re-dated unless they are marked as "New". The parts that are included with this auction are authentic 1965 L78 parts. My intention was to be a clone car that was absolutely correct in every way and with all original parts. Body:This car was built in the 4th week of July 1965The rear quarters both are rusty including the inner wheel housings. The trunk floor is also rusted through. That being said the interior floor pans appear to be solid as are the rocker panels. The roof, doors and hood are all pretty good. The front bumper, grille and right front fender are damaged. This car comes with another bumper, grille, and header panel that are better than the ones that are on the car now. The doors open and shut good and fit good as does the trunk and hood. Drive Train:This car currently has the original 250 six cylinder and 3 speed column shift transmission. This car runs and drives like it is. It is also currently licensed and insured. The brakes need bled and this is definitely not a daily driver. It has been sitting for a couple of years. It will fire right up and you can drive it, but a transport should be arranged rather than to try to drive it home. It has been sitting. L78 425HP/396:Block is a standard bore IE code real 425HP 4-speed Impala block (different than Corvette). It has little ridge and is in extremely good original condition. Never repaired, no cracks, no sleeves, never machined other than by GM when new.Block was cast in June 1965 and the built stamp is July 16th 1965, TO716IE (about 2 weeks before the car was built!)Cylinder Heads #3856208. This is a matched set both dated E225 (May 22nd, 1965). These heads have never been cut, machined, or repaired. They are the nicest original, matched castings I have ever seen and are exactly the right date and number for this car.Original steel crank.Intake #3866963. This intake has been professionally restored and is absolutely beautiful. Correct shine and texture. Dated 5.20.65. The plenum has been modified to a double bathtub. I chose to use this manifold because of the correct date and the fact that the engine will run better with this plenum modification. The modification looks factory and can't be seen when the carb is on.Aluminum water neck.Water Pump dated G-15-5. This is a rebuilt original GM. NiceThe distributor is out of a 1967 425HP/427 Impala. It is the correct cast iron housing for a 1965 L78 car like this one. There is no date on these, just a tag. These particular distributors are very rare and hard to find. Like Corvette but with no Tach Drive.Correct timing cover with tab for 8" balancer and no dowel holes. This timing cover is for a 1965 only, high horsepower only, big block. Very rare and hard to find.8" Balancer with bolt and washer. New.Correct Oil Pan (Original).Correct dripper type valve covers. Manual brake configuration. Painted. (Original).Correct dipstick and tube (Original)Cast exhaust manifolds supposedly off of a 1966 425HP/427 Impala. I believe these may be incorrect both in casting and more obviously the date.Motor Mounts. NewVarious NOS engine bolts. NewCorrect Holley 780 Vacuum Secondary Carburetor. #3869933EF, LIST-3130, 563 (third week of June, 1965). This is in very nice, unrestored, original condition. Also has a set of correct original fuel lines with correct junction block and correct brackets. Also comes with a nice set of reproduction lines and junction block.Correct oil filter canister. (Original)Original L78 Solid Lifter Camshaft. Used. I kept it for reference.Original dual snorkel air cleaner. This air cleaner base came on 425HP Impala/Belair/Biscayne and Z16 Chevelle. The Z16 Chevelle had a chrome lid where Impala/BelAir/Biscayne were painted black. This one has a black lid which is correct for this car. This air cleaner was really, REALLY hard to find. It has been metal finished and completely restored. It is very, very nice. The stickers for it are questionably correct (so-so reproductions). I have over $2500 invested in this air cleaner.NOS GM original Engine Stop Lift kit #325875 still in GM box!TransmissionCase #3851325. Very nice original. Incorrect surface textureBellhousing #3866983. This is the Ultra rare bellhousing that is 1965 409 and 425HP/396 Impala/BelAir/Biscayne, and Z16 Chevelle only. It is the only sand cast GM bellhousing and has a unique shape. This bellhousing has been repaired from a clutch explosion. The repair is very good. Incorrect surface texture. Looks very good and matches the transmission texture exactly.There is a shifter (handle only) that may or may not be correct for this car. It is a nice, chrome, bench-set type and has the finger pull for the reverse gate.GaugesORIGINAL 7000 RPM in dash Tachometer! This is L78 Impala/Belair/Biscayne only. Very few of these cars came with this tach. Most had either a column tach or none at all. The value of this tach alone is $3400 IF you could ever find one. It was in extremely good original condition when I found it. It was sent out to Redline Gauges and was completely gone through and re-calibrated. The facing on this tach is still ORIGINAL and is super nice!Speedometer has been sent out to Redline Gauges and completely rebuilt. It has been refaced and the odometer zeroed out.Original gauge cluster has also been sent out to Redline Gauges and completely rebuilt. All gauges were refaced and re-calibrated. Also have the original gauge wiring harness.Comes with a spare instrument cluster and pretty nice plastic bezel. Used.NOS Radio Delete PlateVacuum Gauge. This is original and unrestored. It is pretty nice. I believe this would go in the dash where the above tach is going to go. You cannot use both but I thought it was kind of neat to have with the car.MiscNOS Dog dish Hubcaps. These caps are original and have NEVER been on a car. There are maybe some very slight finish imperfections because they are from GM and they were never perfect even new. That being said these are the nicest original hubcaps you would ever hope to find.Used 4:11 Gears and open Differential (12 Bolt). These may be Richmond Gears.Please call me if you have questions about this car. Bret (509) 220-8684 I was not able to post as many pictures as I wanted to. I will be happy to email you as many pictures as you need. Please note there are some parts that will still be needed to complete this car. This is NOT a real 425HP L78 car. This is a very correct "Tribute" car. Have clear Washington Title. Happy bidding and Good Luck !!!