61 impala bubbletop
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59K9, read my last post on this link http://www.348-409.com/forum/threads/bucket-seats.41648/#post-452803
Don't feel guilty just enjoy and don't cut the body up, just change out the drivetrain and enjoy the 61 hotrod
Don't feel guilty just enjoy and don't cut the body up, just change out the drivetrain and enjoy the 61 hotrod
Is yours a 2dr Biscayne? I think that's what he wanted in the first place.Butch, I can trade you my 61, that needs a whole lot of work. Then you wouldn't have to feel guilty about gutting this one!
We don't have your kind of money!!!I'm really suprised one of you mid westerners didn't know about this car...it is sitting in kansas city, kansas...it feels lie a year since I got the car and I have a week to go...
With my luck I'd find one for $200 then spend $22K fixing it up 
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Hey wait, I've got one just like that now!
.Hey wait, I've got one just like that now!
You are going to have a fun couple of days doing the discovery thing .
I hope it turns out to your liking!
TomK
.I hope it turns out to your liking!
TomK
got the car, nice as I expected...the brake light is on and the pedal is dangerously close to the floor...I'm assuming the "booster" on the firewall is a power booster, looks kinda odd to me...so much for original paint...it's been resprayed mebbe 30 years ago, it was done right, trim was removed...lots of molding dings, look like I'm gonna learn how to straighten it all after removing all the dings...all there and very minimal rust but it's all surface rust...a very solid foundation for a hotrod...
Looks like a nice strat for a hot rod. 
phil, the sellers name was charles leapheart...it seems he bought it at an estate sale and got it running, barely, and flipped it...his name was never on a title as the one I got was from the previous owner assigned in 1990...the warranty card, book, and manual were in the glovebox...the warranty was specific to that car due to having the vin and dealers info stamped on it...
I forgot, what is that exterior color called?
That's what I thought. I have a 61 Belair that was originally Corona Cream over Fawn interior. Not sure if she's going back those colors (if I ever get on it...).
Have fun with it as it is cosmetically, mess with the mechanicals to make it a reliable driver, then make it yours after getting to know it for a while.
Have fun with it as it is cosmetically, mess with the mechanicals to make it a reliable driver, then make it yours after getting to know it for a while
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