68/69 Impala SS427 4spd Floor Hump & Shifter Boots

3macs1 · #1 12-31-2006, 07:02 AM

Looking for a good 4spd shifter hump out of a 68 or 69 Fullsize chevy Impala, caprice, etc. Bench and console are the same. Also need in any condition the upper and lower console boots and the two retaining rings plus the 4spd speedo cable.( speedo cable is the same from 65 I think)
Thanks in advance for the assistance.

3macs1 · #2 01-04-2007, 03:54 AM

Well I got the upper retaining ring ( two in fact) and a line on a hump. Must be someone has this stuff stashed. Still looking for the rest.
Tks Joe

**scuncio** · #3 01-04-2007, 04:49 PM

If you can wait a while, I may sell my spare floor hump if my original can be saved (was hacked for the infamous V-gate shifter).

**PeteLeathersac** · #4 01-04-2007, 05:33 PM

What are you working on Mac...smells good so far! .

~ Pete

3macs1 · #5 01-05-2007, 06:07 AM

Thanks Tony for the offer. Guess what is wrong with ours cut by jig saw to install a v-gate, but they also cut the top of the console also. Have a few consoles so we are OK there.
I think we are going to be OK on the hump also. I've looked for at least a year for a good one and in the last few days they are falling from the sky. Actually found 4 of them and have a deal worked out with one guy.

3macs1 · #6 01-05-2007, 06:15 AM

Hi Pete:
I know most of the guys are not into big chevys but we are just going through the list of what we are missing to complete a frame off on a canadian documented 68 Impala SS427 Z03Z24 coupe, one of only 4 built in canada. She is going to be nice. All numbers matching. I had her since the early 80's so got most of the parts nos from GM when things were reasonable.
She has a dealer installed m22 which was installed when the car was 1 month old by the original owner, we have the m20 also but of course we overhauled the m22.Apparently the original owner could not get it unless he ordered a l-72 but wanted nothing to do with solid lifters so did the next best thing.

**PeteLeathersac** · #7 01-05-2007, 07:46 AM

W

W Mac...sounds really great especially being a Canadian car!!! .

I expect you've grabbed the GM documents and that's where the 4 unit production number came from? .

Is it Oshawa built...and would that be an IE or IH suffix? .

Do you know why they needed to still include the Z03 SuperSport option on a Z24 SS427 equipped car...I can understand the Z03 alone for other engine SS cars but when you went for the Z24 you'd think it'd all be included...maybe some trim needed specifying? .

And that'd be "the original engine" not 'numbers matching'...right? .

~ Pete

3macs1 · #8 01-05-2007, 08:21 AM

Yes Sir George was a big help in that area
Not Oshawa built, quebec if I remember right. I keep getting his 3 68's mixed up.
Her engine code is real interesting TO1113T3 That is what it says in the documents and the block matches no IH anywhere. Never seen anything like it before. No one can tell us why it was stamped T3 nor can they tell us what the special z49 canadian package listed in her options was.
You did not have to order the SS z03 package to get the z24, in fact a lot did not. The z03 gave you the bucket SS interior order just z24 and you got impala interior bench seat.
No her engine is the original numbers matching out of the car with vin GM gang stamped. The m22 has no vin on it since it was ordered over the counter but the m20 does.

**PeteLeathersac** · #9 01-05-2007, 08:57 AM

St. Therese was the Quebec plant...it's gone now but only in recent years. .

The 3T3 Suffix...there was a post here a few months back with a Canadian '68 big car w/ a similar suffix...of course I can never find anything with the search thing? .

Canadian suffixes were sometimes numbers not letters, yes even Mk1V Tonawanda built stuff...there's a few 4 series suffixes from BB Chevelles known also a bunch of SB ones too...I have a few old listings but think there was no 3 series BB ones when I looked last time...I'll look again anyway. .

The car sounds very cool...the M22 dealer install part too...how's the hood survived? .

~ Pete

3macs1 · #10 01-05-2007, 03:39 PM

Original hood is actually not bad. Has the usual rust on the underside which will clean up and is normal on these but the top side is perfect. The louver needs to be rechromed and one stud is broken. I took the hood off in the early 80's so it has been indoors.No e-bay or internet at that time only hemmings to find parts.Also parted out a original z24 rag so have a few of the extra hard to find parts. I still have her drive train and title. She was pretty plain . bench seat column shift th400.That hood needs the inner bottom replaced and has some rust across the front.
We probally parted 6 or 7 of these big coupes BB over the years also.