Projects bought a 61 impala from craigslist

Brought this 61 home on halloween day '14. My dad wanted to go look at the car for himself and decided he already had enough going on with his 40 convert so I ended up buying it instead. funny how that works!

Anyways, thought i'd post a few pics of the project over the past 1.5 years. This was the first car i've painted myself so it was a huge learning experience for me. Fortunately, i had some local bodywork/painting experts that were willing to give me some valuable pointers along the way.

Car was originally 283/PG. It’s now a 331 with Canfield alum heads big Lunati roller cam and a muncie 4 spd trans. I kinda wanted that plain jane sleeper look so factory white paint with black steel wheels n drag radials it is! Sullivan upholstery did a great job on the interior.

I'll try to load some pics..

 

Waiting with baited breath.

 

here is the finished product or at least 90% finished

 

My first car was that color, turquoise interior, black 5 spoke mags. 1975 was aloong time ago. Love the car.

 

Wow! Nice job. Lookin' great.

 

beautiful. had a ragtop back in the day. does the heater "gurgle"? had a couple of friends with '61s and they all did that! noticed what looked like an "ss" wheelcover in the "before" pics! worth some bucks...

 

Car looks really good,
and it sits perfect. I'll bet it runs pretty good too, what gear ratio are you running?

 

Low and mean looking. Nice

 

Very nice! I have a soft spot for 61's and yours looks great.

 

^^^^^^^^^What he said.

 

Love the GM bubble tops

 

NICE job on the car!!!

 

Looks great from here!

 

I had a turquoise exterior/turquoise interior '61 bubble top when I was in college 40 years ago. Loved that car, never should have sold it.

 

Congrats! Nice work! The car looks great!

 

Beautiful car! Nice job!

 

Looks great. Had a Honduras Maroon 61 ragtop stick back in the mid 60's

 

Hail the bubble! Damn nice job! What did you use for a shifter/boot? Impala Bob's? Kinda hard to see in the one front interior shot.

 

ya done good - deserve to be proud

 

I've had a half dozen or so over the years - all two door hard tops - Impalas and Belairs and the last was a Belair two door post. Been on the top om y list for about 50 years.

Ya did a great job!

 

Looks great man.. I'm envious...

 

That's beautiful! When I was driving a '63 BelAir 4-door as a daily driver, I wanted a white hardtop with color accent stripe. Still do.

 

X2 on the pair of '61 SS wheelcovers. Those have value!

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Beautiful car, you done good!

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As they say here in East T.N. SON YOU DONE GOOD!!!!!Bruce.