I love it when a plan starts to come together. I don’t need a lot of parts for my 64 Impala anymore since I’ve been on the hunt for the last 3 years or so. The parts I’m looking for now are the nice to have parts.<\/p>\n

I found someone on Craigslist last week who was parting out a couple of really badly rusting 64 Impala SS and he had a few common parts listed for sale. He didn’t mention the 64 Impala SS door panel trim until I asked, but he had the 64 Impala SS dash bezel I was looking for.<\/p>\n

He didn’t have the SS style trunk cove inner and outer edge pieces I was looking for either.<\/p>\n

He turned out to be from Newark Delaware so I decided to meet him halfway. It made more sense since I could see the parts first before buying them.<\/p>\n

We met at the Maryland House rest stop. He brought a few extras so I could pick the best of them all.<\/p>\n

Finding nice original parts like this can be hard, in fact it can be impossible depending on what you’re looking for.<\/p>\n

I’m one of those guys that prefers original, even if it’s not perfect. I can usually clean them up and restore them though. I’ve settled for “repops”, or reproduction chevrolet restoration parts when the price is right however.<\/p>\n

Not everyone has the kind of patience or time to locate parts like that though. True, it does a lot to slow down the restoration. I think I must like the process of locating parts and restoring the car more than the objective of restoring the 64 Impala so I can get in it and drive.<\/p>\n

For anyone who wants to just get the car done and get in it, picking up the reproduction \u00a0chevrolet restoration parts<\/a> is the way to go. \u00a0Being a stickler about factory original 64 impala parts WILL definitely slow you down.<\/p>\n

I would know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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