63 vert 50 years one owner [Archive]

x Baldwin Motion

09-28-2013, 04:59 PM

negotiations are now happening between me and owner of this 63 Nova drop top.
negotiations are now happening between me and the wife also.

I gave them my number over 20 years ago when I sold them a bumper for this car, asking if they ever wanted to sell, call me.

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/09/full-2847-6862-nova_rear_lt.jpg

Xplantdad

09-28-2013, 07:42 PM

Very cool Chris!!!

mockingbird812

09-29-2013, 01:05 PM

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif

PxTx

09-29-2013, 10:55 PM

Great time to buy a ragtop. GOOD LUCK!

whitetop

10-02-2013, 02:03 PM

Wow.. a husband and wife in my town have a red 63/64 'vert they have owned since the early 70's. They lived right across from my grade school and I would stare out my 4th grade class window in 1974 or so and watch him do body work on the car out in the front yard.. stopped there 4-5 years ago and they still live there and have the car but it needs redone again..has not been out of the garage since the early 80's..

x Baldwin Motion

10-06-2013, 03:07 AM

I love people that don't throw stuff out. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1380182_10202085603569689_869662465_n.jpg

x Baldwin Motion

10-09-2013, 12:08 AM

the seller and my wife have agreed, I can have the car. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif pick up saturday!!

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/10/full-2847-6976-dsc_0251.jpg

Xplantdad

10-09-2013, 01:27 AM

Congrats Chris!

bergy

10-09-2013, 10:00 AM

Congrats Chris's wife!

elonblock

10-09-2013, 11:50 AM

Congrats! She's a beauty.

Atuckman

10-09-2013, 04:36 PM

good for you buddy!
i can see the smile from here
adam

Bill Pritchard

10-10-2013, 02:16 AM

Very cool Chris! A week or two ago I saw a Canadian Chevy II convert of the same vintage here locally, and took some pics on my cell phone (no small feat for this technically inept mope to accomplish) but of course now I have no way of downloading them off the phone <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif

mssl72

10-10-2013, 04:36 AM

Neat car! I used to have a '64 Nova. I've always wanted a convert. Congrats and enjoy!

twertsy

10-10-2013, 11:05 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Bill Pritchard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Very cool Chris! A week or two ago I saw a Canadian Chevy II convert of the same vintage here locally, and took some pics on my cell phone (no small feat for this technically inept mope to accomplish) but of course now I have no way of downloading them off the phone <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif </div></div>

Bill, try google+. There is a phone app and you can easily set it up to automatically upload your phone photos (anytime you take one) to your google account. From there, you can put them anywhere you wish.

x Baldwin Motion

10-12-2013, 09:47 PM

getting crowded here now <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/10/full-2847-7023-dsc_0178.jpg

Bill Pritchard

10-12-2013, 11:32 PM

Maybe so, but that looks like a good crowd!

PxTx

10-13-2013, 12:25 AM

Congratulations on the Nova! A nice overcrowding to have for sure and also coll that your son is contributing.

x Baldwin Motion

10-27-2013, 02:04 PM

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/10/full-2847-7272-20131026_161148.jpg
Need to throw in a water pump and heater core to get going. 50 years of gak on the motor is too nasty to blast off in my driveway

Xplantdad

10-27-2013, 02:51 PM

And so it starts.... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

njsteve

10-27-2013, 03:35 PM

Don't clean the rest of the engine: smear the gunk onto that shiny orange water pump and make it look like old. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

x Baldwin Motion

10-27-2013, 04:01 PM

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/10/full-2847-7273-20131026_161909.jpg

And a little tuneup on the radiator

Dog427435

10-27-2013, 08:29 PM

<span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Very nice Chris!! Congratulations!!</span></span> <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

PeteLeathersac

10-27-2013, 10:26 PM

BIG Congrats!!!
<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif
~ Pete

x Baldwin Motion

11-03-2013, 01:02 AM

finally got a day off and the weather cooperated, Mike was home from school for the weekend and put cooling system back together. we had the chance to put a few miles on the cars. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/11/full-2847-7394-novas_11_13.jpg

Xplantdad

11-03-2013, 02:01 AM

Nice!!

Lynn

11-03-2013, 04:13 AM

Very cool car.
Congrats.
I misread the first post. When you said "negotiations are now happening between me and the wife also." I thought you were talking about the owner's wife.

Lynn

11-03-2013, 04:14 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: elonblock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Congrats! She's a beauty. </div></div>

I guess I am getting old. Once again, I am confused.
Chris' wife?
P.O.'s wife?
The car?
All of the above?

x Baldwin Motion

11-03-2013, 04:55 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lynn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Very cool car.
Congrats.
I misread the first post. When you said "negotiations are now happening between me and the wife also." I thought you were talking about the owner's wife.

</div></div>
the previous owner had a husband, not a wife. She has been driving the car since she got it from her aunt in 1970 as a high school graduation present. The aunt was the original owner. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

Lynn

11-04-2013, 12:14 AM

Nice you have all the history. I really like first gen Novas.
Congrats again.

x Baldwin Motion

11-04-2013, 12:48 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lynn</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: elonblock</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Congrats! She's a beauty. </div></div>

I guess I am getting old. Once again, I am confused.
Chris' wife?
P.O.'s wife?
The car?
All of the above? </div></div>

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/11/full-2847-7407-63_nova.jpg

yes, all of the above. I won't say say if that's the wife the previous owner or the car. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif

Lynn

11-04-2013, 03:29 AM

Wow, she is a beauty.

x Baldwin Motion

11-08-2013, 10:23 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lynn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wow, she is a beauty. </div></div>

Maybe an older guy can verify this, but I believe that is Janis Joplin on the 63 'vert.
(never actually refered to as a beauty, but she had a nice Chevy)

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/11/full-2847-7629-63_vert_jj.jpg

x Baldwin Motion

12-18-2013, 10:02 PM

25 years ago I sold a bumper, now I have it back attached to a different car. still hard to believe <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/12/full-2847-8583-63_bumper.jpg

mr.4speed

12-19-2013, 05:15 PM

that's awesome!

sixbrl440

12-20-2013, 09:33 AM

Nice score, Chris! Anticipate lots of smiles to the gallon. I've owned half a dozen '62 - '65 Chevy IIs in my life. Liked them all - but my absolute favorite was the little '64 SS 'vert I had back in 1978. 327, 4-speed, A/C, steering and brakes. Went to Jacksonville, FL with that car for the summer. Even back then, got thumbs up everywhere I went. As a side note, what I remember about Jacksonville - trivia wise - was running out to put the top and windows up at about 4:30 every afternoon. Rains on schedule, in Jacksonville...