1961 Chevrolet Parkwood "OLD GOLD" 108k original miles

Mr.1961

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It was a Bel-Air Parkwood.
Cool. :cool:
Seth man your 61 is nice hope my 62 turns out as nice :cheers
Thank you! I'm sure yours will, and even better. ;)

One of my buddies has a Tuxedo Black Roman Red 348 Nomad.

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Nice! :love

I love the color combo on the Bubbletop and his Nomad is what i'm looking for. Has that car always been out in the Pacific Northwest? Looks like a solid rock.

"Problemadic" will be up for sale soon as well. I've got her back together, but going to refinish the side stripe in all red, so a teardown is calling once again. :rolleyes Here's the balanced & blueprtinted 355ci/475hp with TCI 700r4 , Currie 9" 3.55, Wilwood 12" 4piston brakes, 605 steering conversion, RideTech tubular control arms, Qa1 shockwaves, Ridetech Muscle Sway bar. Some of you guys may recall this car from the cover of Super Chevy magazine in 2003, and never had the quality componets it does now. We Bought this car in 2005, and it was nothing but problems, from burnt up under dash wiring to a faulty chrome plated hood latch that resulted in a interstate accident (65mph hood goes flying up). Hence the name, "Problemadic". After endless dollars and hours redoing basically the entire nightmare of a car from the wiring to the driveline, she's a bad bitch now. I sold my part in this Wagon back in 2008, my father now owns it and will be sold soon as I am finished with it.

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Mr.1961

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I installed the Vintage Air SureFit system about 4 weeks ago and its real nice to have ice cold air blowing in this car, again....

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Dick MacKenzie

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Seth,

Looking great as usual! :clap Missed you hanging out around here with us. You need to stop in more often! :deal
 

Mr.1961

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Seth,

Looking great as usual! :clap Missed you hanging out around here with us. You need to stop in more often! :deal

I've been busy as ever building a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible (Pro-Touring) for a customer, so it's been really hard to get on here as of late.
 

Mr.1961

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OLD GOLD has been sold and now residing in the great State of New York, actually Tarrytown! It was hard to say goodbye, but time to pass the torch and build something new. ;)

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Mr.1961

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I've been working in the garage for the last eight months building this 68 camaro for a customer.

Recieved the car as a shell, from the body shop and began assembly. . . #'s matching Camaro Convertible wherein the 327 was stroked to 357. AFter trimming the car and hanging bumpers, it was time to roadkill the floors, install all new American Autowire, install brake lines, fuel, gas tank/sending unit, design the motor, design interior, vintage air, 4 link rear, 4way Air Ride with Qa1 Shockwaves, wilwood disc brakes, chop and reweld 10 bolt 2" each side and install new Moser Street Axles, Exhaust, Stayfast Black Canvas top, Billet Specialties Mags, the list goes on and on.
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Mr.1961

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I utilized a factory GM power window switch to control the four corners of the Air Ride suspension nicely placed where the seatbelt holster would have GONE! That was fun cutting up a new 800 dollar console. lol.
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My customer did not want Black interior whatsover so I came up with the idea of using 69 Camaro Orange, and 69 Hardtop inserts on a 68 seat. The door panels were also custom ordered in 69 orange in a 1968 pattern. I color dyed the armrests with a custom mix of SEM orange. Seat belts are from RETRO BELT.

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Mr.1961

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That's crazy man! Any ideas for your next build? I'm hoping you stay with an old Impala!
I am pretty mind set on a 1959 2 door Bel Air sedan or Biscayne, but who knows, another year just might come up. Been building 61's for 18 years now, and I feel its time to build a different year.
 

Mr.1961

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Would have never thought of that interior color. The guy must have really trusted you. It works! Very nice!
He totally did, he really wanted white, and I told him to come and pickup his car, because I won't be apart of this nonsense. HAHAHAHA! True story, and he said, well I can't envision it, so I will let you run with it.
 
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