Fred Koss is a self-proclaimed “car nut.” He’s been one his entire life. His love for cars started with building model cars and racing slot cars, and later in life he spent weekends drag racing in NHRA’s Super Gas class. Immersed in the car world, this one-of-a-kind ’69 Chevelle is his latest, but before that he owned a host of other hot rods, including his first car that just so happened to be a ’69 Chevelle SS as well.
But this here Chevelle build didn’t happen overnight—not even close. “I searched for years looking for a solid, rust-free example to start as a project, but dozens of leads ended up being rusted-out hulks,” Fred explains. “I finally located one in satisfactory condition, with the plan being to restore it and then arm it with a big-inch big-block and a Turbo 400 to have some fun. I figured
