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Tom Kochtanek
02-24-2006, 10:41 PM
Wow!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevrolet-Impala-1962-CHEVROLET-IMPALA-SS-409-409-4-Spd-Convt_W0QQitemZ4614865215QQcategoryZ6169QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem


$85,600 and still climbing, Reserve not met yet...
Old School
02-24-2006, 11:07 PM
I asked the seller for a picture of the cowl tag or the details on the tag and he blew me off! Told me not to waste his time... Something fishy!!:scratch
Impalaguru
02-25-2006, 12:36 AM
BIG $$$ spent on that restoration and it still doesn't have the right master cylinder! Kind of a stand out item under the hood.
Ross
models916
02-25-2006, 08:30 AM
Not having an original car, I'm wondering. Is it correct to have the screws showing on the bottom of the door panels or were there just clips? Check the photo.
Tom Kochtanek
02-25-2006, 08:47 AM
Models:

My '62 car was from Van Nuys (CA) and it did have the three (or was it 4?) screws in the bottoms of both front door panels. I put 'em back that way, but mine is a driver, not a $85K car :).

I showed that auction site to my wife last night and guess what she said? ("Sell yours when you get it done"!). I told her ours was not comparable in terms of "collectibility". The only thing we have in common is clean titles :). Wait 'til she gets a ride in it and she has to change her panties :) :) :). Then she'll REALLY want me to sell it !!! (No way!).

Cheers,
TomK
CHEV601234
02-25-2006, 09:55 AM
anybody notice the 348 valve covers?:doh
skipxt4
02-25-2006, 12:31 PM
If this car was so meticulously restored, why would anybody paint the underside of the trunk ORANGE.:dunno I'm missing something here. $80,000 plus. It must be a Hemi-orange thing.....:rofl Skip
droptop62
02-25-2006, 12:47 PM
If this car was so meticulously restored, why would anybody paint the underside of the trunk ORANGE.:dunno I'm missing something here. $80,000 plus. It must be a Hemi-orange thing.....:rofl Skip

That is the correct finish for an original restored car.
The underside of the floors and trunk pan were red oxide from the factory.
A lot of the chevrolets were that way for quite a few years.
Not sure about all of them but many were this way.
wrench
02-25-2006, 02:32 PM
anybody notice the 348 valve covers?:doh

Yeah, but they are the right color......that makes up for it....:rofl
4onthefloor
02-25-2006, 05:59 PM
Hard to get the right red oxide primer color...many are too orangy...
SS425HP
02-25-2006, 08:12 PM
At $90,000.00. Reserve met. More money than I would put in it.
skipxt4
02-25-2006, 10:36 PM
To droptop62: The floor pans and trunk on my 64 conv. were undercoated when I bought it. The inside floor pans were painted red oxide. Actually, all the interior metal was painted that way.:)
Old School
02-26-2006, 01:17 AM
Red oxcide is what was used during assembly inside and out on the underside. You can buy a pretty good match from Classic Industies. Red primer doesn't match. The orange bottom trunk pan on that $90K clone doesn't even come close. Actually, it was ugly....
oldskydog
02-26-2006, 01:38 AM
Documented dealer installed tach??????
jim_ss409
02-26-2006, 01:55 AM
If I remember right the primer on the underside of my 62 convertible wasn't exactly what I'd call a red oxide color. I think it was closer to a redish-carmel looking color. I think they painted that car Hemi Orange underneath to add to the value.:deal:rofl To be fair though, sometimes colors don't came out quite right in a digital picture.