And so it Begins! 65 ss hardtop

[Harry Vanderveen]

Born a v 8 car in the Oshawa plant, spent most of its life I believe in British Columbia before finding its way to Ontario. I purchased this as a stripped and media blasted project with all the componets ( or most of them) boxed up or piled up, it is from the tags a V8 car with a 2 speed power glide, 10 bolt rear end, mederian maroon paint with a fawn interior. I am not sure if one of the 3 engines that came with it is the original (I am assuming) 283 or 327 as it has a canister oil filter , that I have not rolled over to check the numbers. Does not mater anyways because it would be a OUTRIGHT SHAME! to see this with anything but a big hp 409 in it! Pretty solid for the most part except rear quarter skins and outer wheel houses, and front fender rear dog legs that are rotted. The rear trunk and drop offs are solid but passenger side door and front fender may have had some collision damage at some point so I may be looking for replacements for those as well. Colors? don't like the original maroon and fawn, so I will be changing that to something in an original correct year and model. Please chim in and give me any of your opinions on color combos as well as the reason for your choice or choices. The car will appear original and period correct except for aftermarket rims and tires say in the , uhm, 17 or 18 " range! Feel free to offer any suggestions or thoughts on my Project. Cheers Hairball

 

[Don Jacks]

I'd go with the brightest,loudest "Arrest Me Red" to go with that big bad 409.Just sayin'.

 

[Jeff Olson]

So....is that a selfie of you?

 

[Harry Vanderveen]

409 not in hand at the moment, but am working on it

 

[Harry Vanderveen]

that's what I looked like when I first found out what a 409 is worth! that's my buddy behind me saying, "i dun told ya so"

 

[Jeff Olson]

Not cheap but no sense stopping a couple (or few hundreds) bucks short of a good time.

 

[BSL409]

Looking Good

 

[Rickys61]

I vote Evening Orchid with a black interior...

 

[1961BelAir427]

Also thought about Evening Orchid....and bright Red....always partial to black cars.....out of them all I think I like the factory blue on the '65 & '66 models though. Was it Marina Blue or was that slightly different?

 

[Jeff Olson]

66 had Marina blue and I always liked that color as well. If it were mine it would be black.

 

[Harry Vanderveen]

any opinions on Tahitian terquois with white interior and black carpet, I like the orchid also.

 

[Jeff Olson]

Not a turquoise fan but hey, this is America and if you like it that's all that matters.

 

[Don Jacks]

If you're gonna go turquoise,go with the color on Rays 60.It's flat out fantastic!

 

[tripower]

any opinions on Tahitian terquois with white interior and black carpet, I like the orchid also.

That would be my vote. What ever color you do go with the 65's look awesome with white interior.

 

[tripower]

If you're gonna go turquoise,go with the color on Rays 60.It's flat out fantastic!

It's not correct for 65...

 

[tripower]

any opinions on Tahitian terquois with white interior and black carpet, I like the orchid also.

That would be my vote. What ever color you choose 65's look awesome with white interior.

 

[63impalass409]

Nice start to a good project, when you go with the 409 are you going to build headers or try and find the 65 only exhaust manifolds? keep in mind the oil pan is 65 only also but Show Cars makes a re pop pan for it but I have not tried one as I found an original for my car.

 

[63impalass409]

As for colors I would go black outside with silver blue inside, my favorite.

 

[jim_ss409]

Here's a few colors...

 

[Jeff Olson]

Gotta love the black one. The stance in great but maybe a tick too low in the back, car looks flawless.
Of course like I said, I love black, it is a slimming color...