Interesting color combination. I had a ‘67 Nova that was Butternut yellow and Chevy had a similar (or was it the same with a different name?) color in 1964- Goldwood. This looks much brighter and what’s up with the red roof? Maybe a fleet build with special paint?
I was thinking red primer for under a vinyl top? Look around the tops of the windows where it's yellow. I have never seen a '64 this color before.
@noboD , I guess it could be waiting to be fitted with a vinyl top but it’s a Biscayne so that would be a unique combo in itself.
A great reference picture for the purist restorer......correct shine on suspension parts and notice the paint on the exhaust and muffler?
If you look you can see its going to be a white vinyl top car. The vinyl top is suspended over the car waiting to be applied.
The first shot looks to be Williams Grove. Pat Flaherty is in the second car and Tommy Hinnershitz is up high. Flaherty won there right after his 500 win. I'm not sure who is in the #6 car. Same thing with the second photo. I don't recognize the car or the driver. And I don't remember Riverside Tires on any Indianapolis cars but obviously I could be wrong. And the last photo is of Freddie Agabashian. I want to say this might be a Sacramento but that's just a guess. Thanks, Rootie!
That's shiny red paint on the roof. If that's a vinyl roof above it, why is it white on the top and color on the bottom? Might be a shield to keep stuff off the roof's during the body drop process. Looks more like a custom ordered taxi cab color combo.
Agreed- that's not a to-be-installed vinyl top if the rear window stainless is already on. Plus, I would think the top came soon right after the painting, and before all the trim/emblems were put on, not after the body drop. That's also not the one yellow Chevy had for '64; Goldwood Yellow. Too bright. It's a fleet car build.
Pretty sure it’s a taxi or some fleet order. The CD panel has a complete livery with insignia, as an example. Of course, it’s especially odd in that it’s also a Norco 4wd. [Edit - Napco, not Norco!]
The part that confused me about the Andres car is that the first picture shows the car with the empty tear drop body pieces on the sides of the cockpit. This was done on a lot of Indianapolis cars to meet the minimum body width requirements of the International Formula which came about in 1938. The rule specified that the width would be measured at a specific place at the cockpit. Did the Andres car somehow run as both a Championship car and a big car (without the required body pieces)? A lot of strange things went on during the 1930s so anything is possible.
C D = United States Civil Defense . 4x4 (Napco ?) makes sense, who knows the areas that poor truck had to go.
Here's another shot of the car with the side pods. I suspect you are right and it was raced as both a big car and Champ car with changes. Kinda like what Henry Meyer did with the Iddings car in the 60s.
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