Salvaging 64 Impala bumper parts

Posted by Carl King - 12/04/09 at 09:04 pm

Last year was a good one for stripping 64 Impala parts cars. I must have about a dozen bumpers both front and back and now it’s time to break some of them down to make a really good one out of many.

This one you see here was from the white 64 Impala 2 dr hdtp I stripped over the father’s day weekend last year (2008). There wasn’t much on this car that wasn’t rusted out so there was very little in terms of body parts that were worth much.

I did take both bumpers and the grill section however. The rear bumper was bent and of course it never looks as bad as it really is until you remove it.

So now I need to get rid of some junk.

Since I have so many bumpers to go through I’ll just salvage a few key pieces from this one and toss the bent stuff. The clamping plates, the license plate light fixture, and the frame mounting brackets are about all I want. One of the frame mounting brackets is bent. It looks like it might have been a side collision.

I pull out the propane and oxygen setup, and cut off the bolts to separate the parts. I’ll sort out the bumper parts I intend on using, and put the rest up for sale on Craigslist. So far these parts look pretty decent.

The bent parts are now at the street side waiting for the scrap metal guys that cruise Catonsville picking up after slobs like me. They really provide a good service. They keep my yard from looking like Sanford and Son.

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