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pause of the wagon build for this....


Wayne (pontitrac) and I took a break from the wagon build to find him a new daily driver.... well I spotted this and we went to have a look

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972 Impala Custom Coupe.... nice car with some potential it seemed. Belonged to a couple that bought it new, for some reason it was parked in their drive shed in 1980 and forgotten about. it sounds like the husband passed and in '06 the wife did too.  the property was sold and the car buried in the back corner of the shed went too. This year the new owner finally called a towing company to remove the car. While sitting a towing compound with no certain future and an offer to sell to a fellow that wanted to part her out but there was no ownership so no deal. the towing company obtained ownership of her and lost the contact info for the potential buyer. to cover costs they put it up for sale and timing and price was right for us. it had some rust on the lower doors and fenders where it was evident dirt road sand blasting had taken place. the exhaust was rotten but what a solid car.

here is 3 weeks later, new started and alternator, new brake lines and fuel lines (be cause we felt better that way) turned the drums and rotors, new pads and shoes, belts, hoses and a super duper wash. oh and we had to say good bye to the old brittle original polyglas tires for a set of nice new radials.

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the really neat thing was the glove box was stuffed with paper work. everything was in it from the day they traded it in on their 1965 Chrysler to the oil change in 1980 at 14,XXX miles. 350 2bbl TH350 in this unit with factory ATC air conditioning starts and runs like new. Barely $15,000 miles on the clock we saved this old girl and Wayne will drive her and should be able to for many years.

If anyone has or knows of wheel well trim for this car we would like to find some. 



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cool find-neat driver for sure

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Cool score! You also put dual exhausts on it, good.



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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.



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That there is a nice find. Love to see the lift squeezed into your shop also!

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Can't believe they still sold plastic seat covers in 1972

Remember as a kid sitting on those same patterned seats in 1960 (1960 Pontiac Strato Chief) and the family going to California in July

Black car,4 door sedan...and no air. Saved the seats,but did nothing for the body sitting on them.

Eight years later when my dad sold the car,he took off the covers and shook his head and said,

"Look, we suffered and I saved the seats for the next owner.....never again" 

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Nice score!

LOL about the seat covers.  I remember them as well - probably the most uncomfortable things I ever sat on.

By the late '70s - '80s, they were replaced with those fuzzy, wooly, 'velour' type covers that you could buy at Canadian Tire.  I recall my friend's dad had bought a '78 Chrysler Lebaron new and immediately installed those cheap-looking seat covers over the nice original interior.  I remember making a similar comment about saving the seats for the next owner...



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Greaser wrote:

Remember as a kid sitting on those same patterned seats in 1960 (1960 Pontiac Strato Chief) and the family going to California in July

Black car,4 door sedan...and no air. Saved the seats, but did nothing for the body sitting on them.


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Luckily my Dad didn't do the couch also!

To this day I call them assweaters



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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.



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Love the seat covers   if you take them off, I'd be interested for my 69 2 door post copo Beaumont 



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Great find and great story. They're still out there.

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Similar story on this one. Just happened to be at a wrecker when this one was driven in and left. Normally the heavy ones are tossed on the crush pile right away. I drive this one in the summer only so it should last me a long time.yard pics 2016 087.JPG



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That is one sweet ride love the color, stance and wheels. Congrats!

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I might as well confess now, I scrapped a virutal twin to that car years ago for the big block....

I know, nobody here is surprised.

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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles 

1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars



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These cars were new when I was in high school, 71 Caprice two door is on my to do list.yard pics 2016 051.JPGyard pics 2016 052.JPGyard pics 2016 053.JPGyard pics 2016 054.JPGyard pics 2016 055.JPGyard pics 2016 056.JPGyard pics 2016 057.JPG



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Lots of nice parts there

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Those wreckers look like sanctuarys, don't they? Nice finds, starting from the Impala (LOL to the plastic seat cover), but what called my attention was the 50's 4-door that appears in the first Caprice picture.

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i'd be a kid in a candy store in that yard lots parts.

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1964 Parisienne Convertible 350cui Powerglide

1996 GMC C1500 4.3 V6 power house!!!

2007 Geezer-glide HD



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Very interesting yard. Could spend a lot of enjoyable time there.

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what does the odometer say on the 72 ??

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1967  BEAUMONT   2 DOOR  POST  ALL NEW  283

1965  CHEV  BEL AIR   230   3 SPEED

I LIKE THEM PLAIN , I LOVE BENCH SEATS , POVERTY CAPS,NO TRIM.

I HAVE  THIS THING  FOR  A 4 DOOR 65  BISCAYNE  6 CYL  STD  DONT KNOW  WHY ?

 

 



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15,000. This time I didn't let auto correct add the dollar sign

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Great yard, I see a whole row of 56 and 57 G.M. cars and wagons.
Brian

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