The Rodding Roundtable
Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: Ohio Blue Tip on June 23, 2013, 10:25:32 AM
Got a new summer ride!
It's a 1965 Impala with 66K on the clock, never been messed with except new paint and top.
Look's good on me.
Riding in style! Enjoy, it looks like fun and reminds me of one someone in my past had.
You sure do keep coming back to RED don't you? :wink:
Mike
Best looking year of Chevy IMO. Had a '65 Caprice and a BB SS Impala, wish I still had the Impala.
Welcome to the 65 club
Beautiful!! Had a co-worker who had a '65 Impala 396 with a four speed, loved that car.
Quote from: "Rrumbler"Beautiful!! Had a co-worker who had a '65 Impala 396 with a four speed, loved that car.
That made me remember a USAF pal that had is blue '65 SS 409 4 speed convert at Clark Field in the Philippines in'67. He had to go home on compassionate leave and I had the car in my care for a couple weeks. It's the only 409 '65 I ever saw.
Charlie
very nice :T)
I had a shot at one of them and I let it go by. Not very smart. :shock:
I have one in storage I bought 25 years ago, with all the parts to build a BB SS car out of it.
Nice car for sure. The older convertibles were way better than the ones today. They had a whole different aura about them.
That made me remember a USAF pal that had is blue '65 SS 409 4 speed convert at Clark Field in the Philippines in'67. He had to go home on compassionate leave and I had the car in my care for a couple weeks. It's the only 409 '65 I ever saw.
Charlie[/quote]
The blue 65 convertable I was in at the Ohio Mile last year was a 409 car. It belongs to a buddy of mine. He is a 409 nut. He owns 6 409 cars. His 32 roadster has one. He has a nostalga super stock with one (currently out for rebuild).
Quote from: "Charlie Chops 1940"Quote from: "Rrumbler"Beautiful!! Had a co-worker who had a '65 Impala 396 with a four speed, loved that car.
That made me remember a USAF pal that had is blue '65 SS 409 4 speed convert at Clark Field in the Philippines in'67. He had to go home on compassionate leave and I had the car in my care for a couple weeks. It's the only 409 '65 I ever saw.
Charlie
Charlie,
There are 3 409 65 Impala's in Great Falls a town of 70k about 90 north of here. One is a convert. There were more 409 Impala's than 396 Impala's in 65.
Nice car Ken.......My favorite year Impala.I have been looking for a 65 for a while......I have a fresh 65,409 425HP dual quad motor sitting in the shop just waiting for a ride.
Quote from: "40"Nice car Ken.......My favorite year Impala.I have been looking for a 65 for a while......I have a fresh 65,409 425HP dual quad motor sitting in the shop just waiting for a ride.
Mine has 283, would you like to sell that 409 ???
Ken
Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Quote from: "40"Nice car Ken.......My favorite year Impala.I have been looking for a 65 for a while......I have a fresh 65,409 425HP dual quad motor sitting in the shop just waiting for a ride.
Mine has 283, would you like to sell that 409 ???
Ken
Oh no a bidding war on the '09. I'm in!
I have a wife and 2 daughters I will give you for it, plus a new 355 SBC. In fact, if you take the wife I will give you some cash too.
Sorry about hijacking your thread, Ohio Blue Tip
Very nice! Ahh, nothing like cruising with the wind blowing thru your hair. Well in your case you might want to use sun block on your head. :wink:
Nice ride! :D
(I am still partial to the 2012/13 cop Impala's with the 414 HP 6.0 truck engine) 8) ((Released as the SS for 2014))
Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Quote from: "40"Nice car Ken.......My favorite year Impala.I have been looking for a 65 for a while......I have a fresh 65,409 425HP dual quad motor sitting in the shop just waiting for a ride.
Mine has 283, would you like to sell that 409 ???
Ken
Actually, I have thought about selling it from time to time but so far have resisted the temptation.I originally had it built for my 55 Chevy pickup but after putting a Tremec 5-speed in the truck,I realized it wasn't the old 6 holer that I didn't like about the truck but the unsynchronized 3-speed trans.....So it just sits in the shop waiting for a ride.It has only been run for break-in on the dyno.
Quote from: "Beck"Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"Quote from: "40"Nice car Ken.......My favorite year Impala.I have been looking for a 65 for a while......I have a fresh 65,409 425HP dual quad motor sitting in the shop just waiting for a ride.
Mine has 283, would you like to sell that 409 ???
Ken
Oh no a bidding war on the '09. I'm in!
I have a wife and 2 daughters I will give you for it, plus a new 355 SBC. In fact, if you take the wife I will give you some cash too.
Sorry about hijacking your thread, Ohio Blue Tip
Adding 3 females to my household is not my idea of fair compensation .....the 355 sounds good but it would have to be A LOT OF CASH!!!
Looks good to me too :lol: