TMCP #545: Bonus Episode – Todd Liebelt and his Amazing Corner Carving ’65 Chevelle!

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Robert Kibbe

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week on The Muscle Car Place is an extra "4th-of-the-month" bonus episode that I simply could not wait until next month to share! I spoke with Todd Liebelt who not only races autocross (as I like to do) but has built an almost identical in appearance Chevelle to mine. I say almost because Todd was able to make the changes in his car, that after years of ownership I now wish I had made to mine. Our paths have never crossed before, but somehow we have generated two cars that are certainly really close siblings!

Ten years ago I made some decisions on how to build my Chevelle. Since the car has been built I have had some great driving opportunities but I have wondered how it would have been if I had built it just a little differently. Specifically, I've always been curious about the chassis and if it would have been better to go with a full replacement instead of (as we did) modifying the factory GM frame and then adding great bolt-on suspension options on.

I also wonder how would it have handled on the track if I had bigger tires, especially up front where I've run out of grip time and time again? Well, luckily for me I have been presented with the unique opportunity to talk to Todd who has an almost identical car ....except that he made the choices I did not and has the inside scoop on if it was worth it. Basically, by speaking with Tood I have the chance to go back in time and learn what the "other path not taken" would have been like (and if I should take it now).

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0:00.0	The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 545. This week, Todd Leibelt joins us to talk about
0:08.2	building his dream pro-turing 65 Cheval. It's white, it's clean, it's rolling on 315s on all four
0:14.6	corners, and it's fast. It's my kind of guy. Now, Todd and I have never met, but we've seen each
0:20.6	other's cars from across the
0:21.8	country thanks to social media for years, and they do have a lot of similarities. He went the
0:26.7	route of a full speed tech chassis on his car. And frankly, I just wanted to know what all that
0:31.4	meant and to see if I should do it. A chassis swap can be a lot, but for Todd, it was all worth it.
0:36.8	And it just got to be way up there.
0:39.8	Now, it's still cheaper than the way I went, but not a lot.
0:48.4	This is the Muscle Car Place online podcast.
0:52.4	Brought you by National Parks Depot.
0:55.2	This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars.
1:01.5	If you're buying, selling, restoring, even racing them, this is the place for you.
1:07.8	Now here's your host, Rob Kibby.
1:13.7	Yes, indeed, I am Rob Kibby, and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast. Well, here we are, everybody. You are now halfway through 2023. Oh, about that.
1:20.2	I have a very fun show for you. Sometimes the biggest benefit of doing this show is I get to interview
1:26.0	someone who has done something specific that I
1:29.1	personally want to know everything about, and I can just turn that into a great interview for
1:33.4	everybody because they're good, not me. You're going to hear an interview shortly with Todd Lee Belt.
1:38.7	Like me, he loves the early boxy Chevelles. He likes 65s. I like 64's. Well, as you know, 10 years ago, my Chevelle,
1:46.0	this year, 10 years ago, debuted at Seema 2013. And during the build of that car, we didn't go
1:52.8	with an aftermarket chassis swap. Always wonder if we should have, but we didn't. It had Detroit
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