[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by Avatard

I've had 3. I've owned Chevelles all of my life (since 18). Two '70s, and a '71 (now rusting peacefully in the back yard).

I'm liking the fully frenched one. The lights could go behind the grill. To me, it looks very RS-like, yet unmistakably Chevelle - perhaps a show car of the era. I dunno...I've always loved hidden headlights.

This came off my head as a doodle last night because, I was considering building my 3rd Chevelle (a 1971) back up, and I started thinking...I have to redo all the panels anyway; should I just make it cosmetically a '70 SS tribute car instead? Then I started thinking some more, and realized that I kinda like the '71 front, and the '70 rear the best.

The fact is, the back of the '70 has single, square tail lenses, and quad round headlights.

Where the '71 has single headlights in a square bezel, and quad round tail lenses (?).

It seems almost like the stylists got those two years fronts and backs confused.

So I thought about making it a mutt; '71 front, '70 back bumper...then I started thinking about maybe making hidden headlights...

I am not a fan of the 70's lights. I prefer the front end of the 71-72 best(then the 68-69)