Projects Chances of finding a 58 Impala...???

I know the chances of finding any good solid model 58 Chevy is slim but my dream car has always been a 58 Impala. Like most the guys my age it was American Graffitti car that planted the seed but cars like Lee Pratts is where its at for me...I've had my shares of ups and downs the last couple of years with the dreams of ever owning one falling further out of sight with the reality 'its prob never going to happen' esp cause of the demand/price on them is nuts but its still a pretty kool dream. Through all my problems the one thing i was able to keep i was forced to sell cause my financial situation was not getting any better. So the final steps came to sell my 1930 Ford Model A Coupe that i've owned since graduating in '91 and planned to hand down to my 6yr old son at some point. I was kool with my decission until i watched the trailor of fellow hamber 1OLDRAT pull away with what felt like the last part of me. I hadnt shed a tear in awhile and it happend that moment but still something about it just felt right like something better was about to happen. To me, it was freeing myself from the debt of my divorce and getting the lawyers off my back a****st other things like just being able to sleep normally again. So i clear my plate like i planned and got all the BS finally behind me and throw in the 'white towel' on owning another car. While talking with a buddy at work about selling my coupe and getting on with my life i had made mention my dream car was a 58 Impala so he looks at me puzzle and says 'Them the ones with the fins and 3 lights outback?? I said Yes...Why? He replies just wondering..Nothing much came out of it...He returns the following day and says here...Call this number....Long story short i did...It was a one owner all original 1958 Chevy Impala last registered in 1978. After several pics and e-mails the deal was made but now came the task of getting it home. I put a couple pms out to the crew here on HAMB and fellow hamber 'racinman' Rick of Showtime Transport stepped up to have the car on its way 2 days after the deal was finalized. Like any deal over the net and i've been burned a couple of time with cars not being as described this car was everything the guy said it was and more....Now i'm finally the proud owner of a real 58 Impala...Here are the pics the night it showed up and the following day after really checking the car over.

 

Nice Score!

 

Man-O-Man! You scored bigtime, Dude! Congratulations and good luck with this build. How's it gonna be done?

Joel

 

Good for you man, glad you got your dream car.

Every cloud has a silver lining and all that jazz.

Looks good from up here!

 

Congrats, man! That is fantastic!

 

Looks solid and complete! Hard to believe that these were "undesireable" at one point. You could just about polish it up and drive it as is. Chrome reverse wheels? PM me if you are interested in a complete 283.

 

Y'know, I never thought of the 58 Chevy as a finned car... I still don't.

A great piece you have there, always liked them and regret not capturing the one in Centerville TX at Goolsby's Gulf junkyard, it was black, had 59 Cad taillamps, floorshift, early 60s Chevy buckets, leather interior...all for $350. Had to p***, it was too much for a dead Chevy. Hope someone got it before the crushers came after he died.

 

Not everyone gets to own their 'dream' car
congratulations!!

 

Boy that worked out well! Congratulations on finding your dream car bud...

 

Life has it's ups and downs, but the ups sure are good.

 

Awesome man...I'm glad it worked out for you. You're right though.... the 58's are really hard to find these days.

 

Joel, do you really need to ask?? You know me...wink wink

Cutl***--Thanks for the offer but this is a numbers matching 348 car with all power.

Pasadena-You GOT to be kidding me...did you atleast take pics?..OMG!


To everyone else that replied...Thanks for the support...I'm still in disbelief...lol

 

Cool as Buddy Holley

 

a dream that came true..with a 348..NICE

 

Good score, I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it. I fell in love with a red '58 with a red and white interior as a kid. In all the years since I've only seen a couple like it.

 

Good for you, man. Good for you.

 

One of the Laf A Lots guys has one, it's often parked near my house. I go gaga every time I see it.
http://www.lafalots.com/images/members/Butch/members_butch.jpg

http://www.lafalots.com/images/events/Parkside-2008/hq/img-6.jpg

 

Damn...that car looks clean...Not really crazy about the wheel combo but it still looks good...Any other pics?

 

My favorite car also looks like its in nice shape (usually have tons of rot) congrats!
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It really is a super solid car and the ones i generally found were shot with a ton of **** missing expecting big money...I couldnt believe when i saw the pics how unmolested it was and then once it got the car here i crawled underneath it to see how dry it was i was sooo stoked..Its going to be a really nice piece!!

 

is this one? took this photo in AZ. in 2005

 

congratulations on the car,,those are one of the coolest cars there are,,,looks solid too,,,,,,i always believe things happen for a reason,,,basically, the whole karma thing,,,,,sounds like you've been through some rough times, but kept your proiorities straight and did what you had to do to make it through,,,now it's YOUR time,,,,,,,im jealous...LOVE those,,,,,,,and owning a car like that is like money in the bank, just in case things ever go south for you again,,,,CONGRATULATIONS,,,

 

*****in, the only year Impala I would own.

 

Bump for you...
You already know my feelings on white 58 Impala's, so without even seeing it yet you know i like it, and a 'W' motor is my favorite bar none.
Congratulations on finding your 'one', i'm happy to see you finally get it. I truly feel you will enjoy this much more than the A.

 

Last one I saw upstate was in a junkyard... black with tri-tone turquise seats... well, you could stand on the ground inside the car, it was up on 55 gallon drums. I don't know if they sold that car or s****ped it, but it's gone now.

I do know where there's a ragtop that's sitting outside rotting, it would probably run and go but the top's down. It might be buyable, but the guy really doesn't need to sell it or anything, so it sits.

 

Nice! Congrats on getting the ride.

 

Thanks again guys...I'm going to get somethings for it this week and try to get her fired up again...I've been stock piling parts for one of these for a loooong time but alot of that stuff will come out later..

Tony--Ya already know feelings about this car...its been along time coming & the way the whole deal happend is scary to me...seriously!

James--Is that Boulevardo enough???...lol..wink wink..ya know what i mean.
Call me back dawg..

Rusty, send me that info...I would love just to see that...I'm hitting an old yard i've been going to since i was a kid for some small items this week...cant wait

Thanks again..

 

Thats awesome! great story. You went through some tough times, but at the end you came out on top.
Great to hear you got the car you were dreaming of.
Love to see more pics

congrats. The car looks great and solid.

 

Thanks again guys & please no pms...The car is not for sale!