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Hi guys.. Only my 2nd post, but I thought I'd come to this area because I'm a huge classic car fan. I have a couple work in progress cars. Currently just dropped a new motor in my 1967 Chevy Impala Fastback, and have my grandmothers' 1950 Chevy Deluxe in my garage that I hope someday will be a project for me instead of it holding all my junk metal. Just ordered some interior parts for it, but need to get the body done first and keep that overspray away from the new cloth...
 
RosePickupsKen said:
Hi guys.. Only my 2nd post, but I thought I'd come to this area because I'm a huge classic car fan. I have a couple work in progress cars. Currently just dropped a new motor in my 1967 Chevy Impala Fastback, and have my grandmothers' 1950 Chevy Deluxe in my garage that I hope someday will be a project for me instead of it holding all my junk metal. Just ordered some interior parts for it, but need to get the body done first and keep that overspray away from the new cloth...
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Pictures?

My father in law's uncle still has the 1967 Impala that he bought new in 1967...they were going to sell it and I was considering buying it but it was too much for my budget....clean car, though...
 
Mark Wein said:
Pictures?

My father in law's uncle still has the 1967 Impala that he bought new in 1967...they were going to sell it and I was considering buying it but it was too much for my budget....clean car, though...
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Here they are in need of attention.. But they will.. New crate motor in the 67 even though it doesnt look like it. The 50, poor thing is my personal junk drawer currently.
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They'll both be pretty sweet once you get them done.
I've been working on my 1965 Chevy truck off and on for over 2 years now, so I now how it goes :)
 
Mark Wein said:
They'll both be pretty sweet once you get them done.
I've been working on my 1965 Chevy truck off and on for over 2 years now, so I now how it goes :)
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Yea, for the 50 chevy, that had a straight 6, I spent a good amount of time (pre-junk drawer), figuring out how to run the steering linkage. Finally went to a good guys show and tracked down and talked to everyone their with a 49-53 chevy seeing how they were able to do the steering with a 350 in it. Funny, everyone knew the problem and could understand that frustration.
 
RosePickupsKen said:
Yea, for the 50 chevy, that had a straight 6, I spent a good amount of time (pre-junk drawer), figuring out how to run the steering linkage. Finally went to a good guys show and tracked down and talked to everyone their with a 49-53 chevy seeing how they were able to do the steering with a 350 in it. Funny, everyone knew the problem and could understand that frustration.
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did you put something other than the straight 6 in the 50?
 
RosePickupsKen said:
^ definitely. Having 2 projects is slowing me down though.. I should be concentrating on one.
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I've had a couple of near purchases since I got my truck....they are usually great deals until I start thinking about what I am going to spend on the projects as a whole and the fact that I can't even get one truck done at the moment...
 
Nice thread.............I reckon it's all about the shapes...............like, real shapes, from the days when people knew about shapes. Not like now, when shapes are shapeless, and not shapes at all.

I wonder if there will ever be a return to the world of interesting shapes. Much the same problem with the women in the public eye......stick creatures, for the most part.

Maybe it's time for a song about the demise of the shape.
 
the Bel Air in the top pic is a '66 Mark, "67 tail lights come to a point on the inside...

Ken, get a shot of your '67's tail lights...

the impala is my favorite car, i used to have a '63 4door hartop... sold it for a woman:(... my favorite year is the '63, but i like them all from '58-'69. i can spot one from the road sitting in the middle of a pasture and tell you what year it is usually. coincidentaly, bel air, biscayne, caprice, and impala are all pretty well the same car...
 
I saw an awesome car on the road the other day but couldn't get a pic of it. It looked like the Batmobile.
 
Nice 1967 Chevy Ken.

Reminds me of a story......:facepalm: :wink:

I took an auto body course in Jr. college (I actually have a diploma in Auto Body Refinishing, don't know what i'd ever do with it) and all the guys in the class had thier cars in there. One dude had a Caprice just like yours, same color and all. He spent months on it, especially those loooong ass quarter panels. Finally the big day comes and he rolls her into the booth. He's nervous, so he lights up a hooter to calm his nerves. Big mistake. He laid the paint on too heavy and the paint on those huge quarters sagged from one end to the other. We all would've died laughing had it not been so damn sad.
 
This thread totally hooks into my recent train of thought!

I've been thinking about old cars since moving out of Manhattan last month (after a twenty five year stretch without owning a car). NYC is one of the few places that a car is more a liability than an asset. Now I'm out in the boondocks of Jersey and a car is looking more like a necessity.

I randomly picked up a copy of Hotrod Magazine to read on the commuter train. The way these guys turn rusted hulks into works of mechanical art is just amazing to me.
After going through a bunch of automotive publications I think the cars that appeal to me most are the pre 1960 ones with modern drive trains installed.

I'd really like to get involved in that hobby but you need time, money, and know-how. None of which I have a lot of.
 
BlackCat said:
This thread totally hooks into my recent train of thought!

I've been thinking about old cars since moving out of Manhattan last month (after a twenty five year stretch without owning a car). NYC is one of the few places that a car is more a liability than an asset. Now I'm out in the boondocks of Jersey and a car is looking more like a necessity.

I randomly picked up a copy of Hotrod Magazine to read on the commuter train. The way these guys turn rusted hulks into works of mechanical art is just amazing to me.
After going through a bunch of automotive publications I think the cars that appeal to me most are the pre 1960 ones with modern drive trains installed.

I'd really like to get involved in that hobby but you need time, money, and know-how. None of which I have a lot of.
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Definitely. Also, on your coast you have the weather to content with....just finding a vehicle locally that isn't completely rusted out would be pretty difficult.
 
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