Brent
07-25-2006, 02:33 AM
Hello all,
I just ran across the site a few days ago and liked what I saw. My dad used to own a '62 Impala SS 409hp/409 and I'm curious whatever happened to it since he sold it back in the 70's.
Here's what I know about the car:
My dad, Darwin Busch, bought the car used in, I think, 1963. When he purchased it he was living in Brooklyn, Iowa. He moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa shortly after. The car was white with a gold interior (dad says it's the only one he ever saw with that body/interior color combo) and had bucket seats. He used to race it at Cordova, IL mostly but also ran occasionally at Cedar Falls, IA, Union Grove, Byron and maybe one or two other close-by tracks from '1963 until approx 1968.
When he raced it it had a Potvin cam and Jes Tyree (sp?) headers. He towed it back and forth to the track with an aqua '63 Impala SS 340hp/409. The '63 was purchased new by my aunt, Caroline Busch (now Suzie Busch-Kugel) and she later sold it to my dad. I remember him saying something about swapping tranny's between the cars because the '63 T-10 had wider ratios than the '62's T-10 and worked better at the track. I don't know which tranny was in the car when it was sold. It also had a small hoodscoop but I can't remember much about it, just that it was a small 60's style front-facing 'scoop. Unfortunately that's about all I know about the particulars of the car.
Sometime in the later 70's he sold it to a guy named Brian Notch, also from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Brian kept it for a couple years and then sold it to somebody else, but I don't know who. I saw the car once or twice around Cedar Rapids shortly after Brian sold it and then it seemingly vanished.
I haven't seen the car in over 25 years and I'm just curious if it's still out there somewhere. If anybody has any info on the car I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks,
Brent
I just ran across the site a few days ago and liked what I saw. My dad used to own a '62 Impala SS 409hp/409 and I'm curious whatever happened to it since he sold it back in the 70's.
Here's what I know about the car:
My dad, Darwin Busch, bought the car used in, I think, 1963. When he purchased it he was living in Brooklyn, Iowa. He moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa shortly after. The car was white with a gold interior (dad says it's the only one he ever saw with that body/interior color combo) and had bucket seats. He used to race it at Cordova, IL mostly but also ran occasionally at Cedar Falls, IA, Union Grove, Byron and maybe one or two other close-by tracks from '1963 until approx 1968.
When he raced it it had a Potvin cam and Jes Tyree (sp?) headers. He towed it back and forth to the track with an aqua '63 Impala SS 340hp/409. The '63 was purchased new by my aunt, Caroline Busch (now Suzie Busch-Kugel) and she later sold it to my dad. I remember him saying something about swapping tranny's between the cars because the '63 T-10 had wider ratios than the '62's T-10 and worked better at the track. I don't know which tranny was in the car when it was sold. It also had a small hoodscoop but I can't remember much about it, just that it was a small 60's style front-facing 'scoop. Unfortunately that's about all I know about the particulars of the car.
Sometime in the later 70's he sold it to a guy named Brian Notch, also from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Brian kept it for a couple years and then sold it to somebody else, but I don't know who. I saw the car once or twice around Cedar Rapids shortly after Brian sold it and then it seemingly vanished.
I haven't seen the car in over 25 years and I'm just curious if it's still out there somewhere. If anybody has any info on the car I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks,
Brent