As nice a car as this is, i would prefer a 1959 over a 1960 any day of the year. The price is optimistic selling it here in Canada and Canadians will not spend that kind of money for this car. This car would have to be sold to an American or over seas to some of those other country's that pay good money for nice cars. I really hate to say it but we Canadians are cheap and we always have been................ there i said it. Cheers. George
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
'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.
Nice car but it looks restored to me. It has a set of American 348 tri power valve covers(look at the low profile spark plug looms). No Canadian built Chevrolet or Pontiac 348 or 09 cars had bowties. The shroud looks tampered with. Nice car. It won't sell for that. However it is a beautiful 60 Impala Convert! They sure look nice with the top down.-- Edited by mr409 on Friday 5th of February 2016 10:52:52 PM
-- Edited by mr409 on Friday 5th of February 2016 11:14:31 PM
I was going to say that a factory 348 would have had orange valve covers; a Canadian car would not have the bow tie as was mentioned above. When it comes to reading the firewall on these things, some of you out there are experts on this. As was noted, this would have been a 283 car. I never would have known it was a 283 car. I would have thought that a 348 in 1960 would have used a Turboglide . The Turboglide was a 1-speed, 3-stator automatic. I'd rather have a Powerglide than that.
The car looks really nice. So the car festered a bit as it sat for most of its life, then somebody saved it.
348 is nice as an oddball engine. I wonder what you could build one into using that block?
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Cam, Toronto.
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348's have been built to 650HP, without a supercharger. But, relatively easy to get them to 450HP and run on pump gas.
I think you could get a powerglide or turboglide with a 348, or 3 on the tree, 4 speed in the US. Many turboglides were replaced by PG's, GM even sold a kit for that purpose.
Don
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Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
. The Turboglide was a 1-speed, 3-stator automatic. I'd rather have a Powerglide than that.