my latest barn find

[scott s]

Orig little ol lady owner till last week... 64 ss impala black/black,radio delete,mirror delete,posi rear,bumper guards,tinted glass,seat belts,100%orig paint,interior and all paperwork 6cyl 3spd....wadda think 409... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[scott s]

int

[scott s]

washed up after ????years...

[TDW]

Nice. Where did it come from? Any rust? Are you going to keep it?

[WILMASBOYL78]

Scott, you are incredible with the cars you find....that's a sweet piece..and yes, she would be fine with a 409 http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

wilma

[tirebird]

I know it's heresy on this board,..but I'm going to say keep the six! It's a nice, original, summer time cruiser. You don't need to win every race,..or any races. You have other cars in your stable for that. But, cruising down main street to the local restaurant with the windows down,.....

[Verne_Frantz]

Scott,
The 6cyl SuperSport may seem pretty ordinary, but they only made 2916 of them! Might not be a bad idea to see one preserved.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Verne

[scott s]

this is gonna sound pretty strange but i have to learn how to drive a column shift car never had one.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif

[flyingn]

so its a column shift 3 speed with a console?? Wow, very odd..

[scott s]

Tony no real rust to speak of just dusty,was purchased new about 15 miles from my home at bill johnson chev in jan 64 by orig owner who was just put in a nursing home last week.She never married and kept the car like her baby till she no longer could care for it or herself, as for keeping it??probally not as iam not a impala guy but who knows i kinda would like to see how a 409 impala ran in its day http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif.I have been really lucky the past few years with finding several 1 owner survivor cars and have picked up a 1 owner 62 vette and 72 rallye nova just within the last 2 months so somthing will probally have to go.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[ORIGLS6]

I gotta agree with Verne, it's a pretty rare car as is.

However...................... IF you DO decide to '09 her................. how about a 340 HP version, and leave the three-on-the-tree! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[x Baldwin Motion]

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so its a column shift 3 speed with a console?? Wow, very odd..

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console with no hole ?? lets see that please. excellent ride. I ve had a few nice driver 6cyl's some last almost two years before getting some power. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif

[markjohnson]

I gotta agree about keeping the six-cylinder/three speed combo. They all don't need to be super fast rubber burners. Just crank down all four side windows and cruise in your Super Sport. I'm also very curious to see a close-up picture of that shifter-less console!

[427TJ]

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I'm going to say keep the six!

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Probably far fewer 6-cyl SS cars than 409 cars nowadays. Leave it alone!

[nuch_ss396]

ditto!

[Verne_Frantz]

I hate to tell you this, but in '64 the 3-spd was no longer the standard transmission with a 409 engine. The 340 was available with either the P/G or 4-spd, but the 400 & 425 were only available with a 4-spd. The 3-spd was still the "standard" transmission in all models, including the Super Sport, but only with the 6cyl or one of the 327s.

The top of the console has a separate metal plate where the shifter hole normally is, but on this car, it would be a flat plate with no hole. So, the entire console is not different; just that one piece.

I still vote to preserve that piece of history as-is. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif........IN fact, I'd like to document the car before it goes anywhere else or has anything else done to it. That car has a lot to offer from a research point of view. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif If you're interested, I'll send you some forms and put you to work http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gifVerne

[1969l78]

That looks to nice to change, leave it all original http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Tommy]

Three on the tree is fun ! I had a couple of 60's C-10's with them. You found a nice car, looks like a fun ride .

Tommy http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

[Verne_Frantz]

Just by coincidence, there is a very similar thread going on at the Chevytalk site, and there are pics posted of the 3-spd SS console.
http://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/168797/

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gifVerne

[69hurstSC]

a 6 cylinder it was, a 6 cylinder it should remain! nice find!

[markjohnson]

Verne, while on the subject of 3-speed 409's, I remember my father dragging one home he found with a flat tire and parked in front of a cheap motel back in the seventies. It was a 1963 plain Impala, white with black vinyl top, 409-340HP, 3-speed on the column. Kind of a neat car also but the motor ended up in my mother's SS convert. and the body passed on to someone else. Nobody wanted them 409 cars back then, well things sure did change.

[Verne_Frantz]

Mark,
That would have been a GREAT car to save for history too.! A 3-spd '09 '63 with a vinyl roof......rare, rare, rare http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif (the first year)

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gifVerne

[Belair62]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/Can-I-Have-It.gif

[scott s]

verne it has a plate with the same swirl pattern as the rest of the car that flips up into a storage area also she never drove the car in the rain so it has the orig dotted wiper blades ,man if this was a camaro or chevelle id be in heaven ..I thought the 4 spd console in 64 was a all 1 piece molded plastic with the hole off to the side for the shifter.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[elcamino72]

Wow, what a find ... I vote for leaving it original. What a great car to save for history.

[1969l78]

Whats the nova look like?

[scott s]

its nothing special just a 1 owner 72 rallye nova 350/auto buckets console,rubber mat,am/fm,373 posi...but man will it do a nasty smoke show its gonna be my joe dirt car.. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

[scott s]

smoke show ...

[scott s]

smoke show anybody got a rear wing??...

[lwkitt427]

KEEP BOTH OF THEM STOCK. AND IF THE NOVA IS A TRUE RALLY SPORT PUT THE SIDE STRIP BACK ON IT. A UNCLE HAD A BLUE ONE WITH A WHITE PAINTED TOP AND 4 SP. HE WISHED HE HAD IT NOW.

[mssl72]

Keep the 6 in it!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I didn't think you could get the side molding on a Rally Nova? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[scott s]

marlin the car has quarters put on it in 83 and she liked the look of the mldg so she had it installed...Y..... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif i really dislike it personally..

[Paul_S]

Keep it as-is/stock with the six and no shift console. Neat piece!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Toss those side moldings, and put the rally stripes on.