Technical 62 Impala SS ?s

"Rare" often means nobody wanted to buy that option when it was new...

 

G M called it a sport coupe with that roof style.

 

I get your concern regarding the mega-rusted body... it's toast. I've had several '58/'64 era Chevys... love 'em, and my '62 convertible was my favorite. But an even bigger concern would be the frame... those "X" frames were prone to rot in the first place and if that car has been sitting on that dirt floor for as long as they say, I'll bet it's basically gone!
As they say; "Pick your fights and know when to run!"

 

Honestly these basket case cars can be fun to fix. But the owner has to either not care of market value or just as crazy as I am.

 

Sitting that long in the humidity in that area and surrounded by chicken ****, I'm surprised it hasn't melted into the ground

 

If he " wants to see someone restore it ", he needs to pony up the bucks and get it done. If it's someone local he sells it to, in his eyes it's always going to be Grandma and Papaw's car. What ever the new owner does to it is going to be wrong. I've seen this several times with the person who owns it saying he's going to restore it someday, unless the prospective new owner comes up with a figure that the owner just can't ignore. Then the seller proceeds to tell the buyer how the work should be done. Not everyone is like this but there are some.

 

Talked with the owner.
It will sit and continue to rot for now.
I don’t understand that thinking.
He sees SS impalas selling for 70k up but doesn’t understand why one can be worth 25k and another be worth 2-3 times that.
The “ill haul it for s**** before I sell it for X” has always fascinated me.

 

A money pit waiting to be filled.

 

They have no idea of the time and material it takes to repair bodies, floor pans and frames correctly. Originally every thing was a stamping with as few pieces as possible for ***embly. Not so with restorations of “rust buckets”. It’s sad that it was left to rot but when done was “just an old car”. TV has been good to the older car industry and also very very bad.

 

I like my steak rare, wife well. Her's is cooked longer, both cost the same.

 

I’ve been a part of “money pit” builds.
As long as the owner knows that fully when the project starts, I’m good.
I’ll weld and hit metal as long as the guy paying the bill wants to

 

clueless maroons. Those 70k cars probably cost the owner 30k more than that to actually build. Whole lotta cars sold at a loss, especially for the privilege of selling yours on primetime TV!

 

You generally make money when you buy it.
You generally loose after ya build it.

 

I don't understand it either. I've posted pics in the "Sitting and Rotting" thread over a 3 year period of an F1 in much better condition than the Chevy sitting in a falling down barn with trees growing in front of it. Several people in this area have tried to buy it and the answer is always the same, "No".

 

Oh I know, I saw it all the time when I was managing projects at the shop. Even guys that were aware of what they were spending lost it when they saw a several thousand dollar bill EACH WEEK

 

There is a positive side to him letting it sit, he won’t suffer the indignity of people laughing at his inflated asking price.
He needs to understand that it is a 283/‘glide, not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's no numbers matching 409-409/4 spd. found in that shed that would command a premium when finished.

 

In my experience, 21-year-old dudes bought their first new car before they bought their first drink back in those days. (Still do, I suppose.) Then by the second car payment, they wanted to "personalize" it...... but not too much. Warranty, don't 'cha know.
It was the simplest thing in the world to buy an SS emblem and tack it on. Chevy sold way more SS emblems than they did SS cars. Maybe a forensic examination of the VIN would tell the tale on this one.

 

Same is true today, look at how many hondoos have a big red "R" emblem glued on. Not that I know anything about it but some emblems may make you an extra grand or two if you hit a bridge or something.

 

Then he should be the one to restore it.