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64 Impala headlight pots

29th June 2009 by Carl King 7 Comments

So now I’m rounding the corner on this 64 Impala grill re-assembly. I spent the first part of the afternoon disassembling 3 sets of headlight pots I removed from 3 other 64 Impala grills. Just like the rest of the job, I’m reserving the best of what I have to build this grill out of the best [...]

Remove a 64 Impala grill tie bar

25th June 2009 by Carl King 4 Comments

Here’s a challenge. It just so happens that the nicest tie bar in all these 64 Impala grill sections I’ve taken apart has some rusty old machine screws holding the grill in place. Good luck undoing those.
The cutting torch is not an option here.
Up to this point I’ve been using the torch to cut off [...]

64 Impala grill-o-rama

22nd June 2009 by Carl King 6 Comments

It seems like 64 Impala grill-o-rama around here the last couple of weekends. With 5 grills to take apart and sort out the parts, I’ve developed quite a pile of both good and bad parts.
I think it’s easy to conclude that you can’t be too quick to rule out a car as being a good [...]