Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

Man, that turned out great!

You've got a ton of patience to spend that kinda time on it, but it sure is worth it.

Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

Finally got phase 1 of the grill done. Got all the paint off with the steel wool. This basically how its going to look. I will but some mag polish on it by hand before I hang it back on the car, but until then, here it is. I have quite a bit to do before its ready to go again. My fingers are sore and bruised from all the sanding!

Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

man that looks sweet!

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Thanks man!

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Yeah, I think that's an improvement for sure. One of those things that took a ridiculous amount of time to complete, and almost nobody will notice...but you'll know you did it;)

Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

The grill turned out awesome!

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Thanks guys!

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What brand of wheels are those. I know Summit Racing has there own brand that look like those, I was just wondering if yours were the same. Whatever wheel they are I like the way they look on your ride!

Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

They are called showwheels, and are made on the same machines as the intro wheels (and a few others). I saw them first in a classic industries catalog, and really liked the look.

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I am going to try to "restore" that stainless window trim that you can see behind the grill in the last pic. Its not in terrible shape, but not perfect. I have a nice book, and some tools especially for this.
I figure with new paint, any imperfections in any of the chrome or stainless trim will really stand out.

Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

You're absolutely right! That trim restoration willl add to your car a ton!

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Well, since I will be repainting the entire car, I figured I would replace the pass side quarter panel. It is a bit wavy and the PO covered it up with bondo. With the new sheetmetal up front, the recently replaced driver side quarter, and now this, It should be pretty straight. Looking forward to doing some sanding and getting dirty, in an effort to be driving her this spring!!!!
-Nick

Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

Nicke,

DO you ever go to the end of the world rod run in longbeach???

Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

Nope, haven't been to that one. Longbeach WA?

I can typically be found at Goodguys events... All the Washington ones, Denver Co, Columbus OH, and Del Mar CA too!

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Is the suspension on your 65 similiar to a chevy caprice 66?

Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

Yep, its the exact same... 65-70 full size share all the same chassis components.

Re: My other passion...65' Impala SS
 

great job! just wondering didnt you just het the car painted? did they not do a good job? i thought yous just have to respray the front clip. car looks great ! i love 65s
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Yea, I had the car painted 2 years ago, but since I will have to get the new clip painted (from hitting the deer) I figured I would replace the passenger side quarter panel (the only metal on the car that isn't perfect) and paint the entire car again. The current panel is a bit wavy and shows a previous repair that wasn't done correctly.

So, before summer gets underway, I will have a pretty straight impala back on the road!
-Nick

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Not being able to drive my car is the hardest part about all of this! I have to settle for looking at pictures until I can drive it again! This is one of my favorite pics of my car from last summer, a few weeks prior to hitting the deer :-/
http://www.wheeltrendz.com/wp-conten...3/DSC02216.jpg

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speechless.......... I'm working on getting a 66 right now! Have you ever had a problem with the rear axle supports rusting or breaking?

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Nope, no issues with the rear axle at all. She is real solid underneath. It is the 12 bolt rear with 2 lower and 2 upper control arms stock, which was originally put on the higher hp cars from the factory. Other cars only got 1 upper control arm.

-Nick

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Learn something new everyday! Around here in my neck of the woods they use salt on the roads during winter and it eats up the metal on all the cars. The 66 im looking at has a rusted broken upper control arm in the rear. They should have used two on all of them.

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That brings tears to my eyes. I had a burgundy '65ss,in 1969.My mom used it to take my sis to work,and it came back on a wrecker.She got sideswiped by an 18-wheeler.The frame and body were so messed up,it couldn't be fixed.

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Not fun... I literally almost cried, and I knew the damage to mine could be fixed.
Its never too late to get another one though!
-Nick

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I just bought a new rear quarter (the side that I didn't already replace) and will be putting that on here soon. With that, all my metal will be real solid!