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Picking up 64 Impala body panels in Delmont PA

10th September 2009 by Carl King No Comments

I ran into an ad on Craiglist a few weeks ago. The guy was advertising reproduction 64 Impala fenders and full quarter panels at heavy discounts. I called a few days after seeing the ad and found he got the scratch and dent stuff from Dynacorn. He usually does the car show circuit but since [...]

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 [...]

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