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So we came back empty handed…

63 Impala SS

63 Chevy Impala Super Sport

I was thinking back on a trip me and a friend took recently to Indiana to look at a  Numbers Matching 1963 Chevy Impala Super Sport on the web. We knew this SS probably needed some work, but we decided to take the gamble and fly all the way from Florida. Other than running into some scheduling problems with the owner of the vehicle the traveling and trip itself didn’t have any speed bumps.

When we did finally get with the owner of the Impala he gave us the key and we went to work. On the outside everything seemed just fine, sure we could both tell that it needed some bodywork, but WOW did this thing have an amazing body style. Before we did anything, we just walked around the car and admired the timeless work of American Muscle before us.

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Modified or Stock?

72 chevelle SS

72 chevelle SS

Today’s market is highly driven upon bells and whistles it seems. You turn on the TV and you will find a lot of car shows talking about adding LCD TV’s and speakers to every nook and cranny of a vehicle.

The problem is where does it start and stop? Have we forgotten about the reason behind restoring cars?

My buddy and I were driving to pick up one of his projects that he was going to convert from a piece of junk to a beauty of a Chevy.

Unfortunately when we got there the car was so rusted we couldn’t even sit in the thing. But we got to thinking, why are we doing this? Is it about the money or about bringing works of art back to life? We then got onto the subject of modified or stock or as i like to say sizzle versus steak.

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