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427carl


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The red Impala SS  427 with 4 speed had been waiting its turn for 3-4 years...  

A Texas  body was sourced for some sheet metal panels

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OldGold.ca    Sackville N.B.   35 miles south Moncton...

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The pictures sure are loading BIG  biggrin      car is being restored to the owners specs    The vin can't be remove..  I presume they will cut out the firewall and re-weld..

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Very neat car, CDN built car??? 



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I think it is    I will ask Peter



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Would be neat to see the GM docs for the car??, but with the owners name and VIN covered over of course. 



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Canadian tissue dispenser at least.

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

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So this is going to get rebodied?

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65post wrote:

So this is going to get rebodied?

 I'm wondering that as well.  Is this accepted practice in the GM world?  I know the mopar guys are stongly opposed to this type of activity even though it happens all the time.

Nice car, though!  smile



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Ya, and not to offend anyone but most Mopar guys aren't right in the head anyways-LOL........

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A Texas body was sourced, to use to replace panels, not reproduced... Car will still be mostly original...lol  

 If you replace most panels on a lot of cars, Are they still original?    

 My buddy down the street wants to keep his 67 Chevy II "all original"  Its needs "every" panel except the roof  wink  

We had a fellow do a nice job using a lot of 4 door parts (cowl) on a two door Acadian   (wish it was hers car?)  

Using Texas/southern/Western  parts, is nice to be able to, weld in original stamped metal smile



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LOL! Some of them sure are different!
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Ya, and not to offend anyone but most Mopar guys aren't right in the head anyways-LOL........

 



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rebelrouser wrote:

Ya, and not to offend anyone but most Mopar guys aren't right in the head anyways-LOL........

 Ha ha! biggrin

True... but if you look into it closely you can say that about most "car guys" on the whole (including me)... that's what makes this hobby interesting!

Remember to the rest of the world we all look quite insane, devoting most of our free time and spare $ to fixing a 40 or 50-year old car... wink

Even moreso to the greenies...  aww



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..........cool car.......nice shape - particularly like the rear hips..............the more chassis shots I see, the more I can pick thats the same with the Aussie versions..........



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Glad to see it's being brought back to life. I tried unsuccessfully to buy this car from the previous owner before he passed away. I only learned of the estate sale long after the car had been sold.



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It is a Canadian car sold new in Halifax, NS at the Chevy dealer (Forbes maybe??) that used to be downtown on a street just below the Citadel (whose name I now forget). It intersects with Spring Garden Road. The dealer was still there when I worked in Halifax in the 80s.  



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someone has deep pockets.Nice car

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ya like to see the numbers too ! Neat car for sure !

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gparis7 wrote:

It is a Canadian car sold new in Halifax, NS at the Chevy dealer (Forbes maybe??) that used to be downtown on a street just below the Citadel (whose name I now forget). It intersects with Spring Garden Road. The dealer was still there when I worked in Halifax in the 80s.  

 I used to talk to Joe McDonald in NS and his brother had 1 or 2 68 SS427 cars. Do you know of them??



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these guys?  

 

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I'm not sure if they are related to the dealer or not??? I used to talk to joeseph alot but he had cancer and dropped of the face of the earth, I hope he is alright. The last time I talked to him was a couple years ago. Joeseph had a 66 impala 427 car and 70 chevelle ss454 car. His brother was a 68 SS427 guy. 



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2qwik2c wrote:
gparis7 wrote:

It is a Canadian car sold new in Halifax, NS at the Chevy dealer (Forbes maybe??) that used to be downtown on a street just below the Citadel (whose name I now forget). It intersects with Spring Garden Road. The dealer was still there when I worked in Halifax in the 80s.  

 I used to talk to Joe McDonald in NS and his brother had 1 or 2 68 SS427 cars. Do you know of them??

Yes, Joe used to post on the SS427 Impala site until 3 or 4 years ago, then stopped suddenly. Joe's brother bought the black 68 SS 427 Custom Coupe that was in Super Chevy magazine in 1983. It was previously owned by a guy named Rick Nelson, who is a noted Chevelle restorer in the US. Joe's brother bought it from Rick 4 or 5 years ago.



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427carl wrote:

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 Yes that was the dealer; I'd forgotten the name. I think they are still in business.



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The dealer down by Citadel Hill was called Citadel Motors, which was a Pontiac dealer (also Buick and Cadillac?  My memory is failing...).  Ashmore's beautiful '67 4-door Beaumont was sold there new.

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Also, here's a thread about it:

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Bob McDonald's was on Kempt Road.

Sorry for the thread derail... smile



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