there I wuz....walking around the Hampton Show...with my good friends Milt and Liz Bullard and Dalton and Ann.......enjoying all the beautiful Camaros and other classic Chevrolets.....
....when I look wayyyyyyy across the parking lot...
There is a LeMans Blue/White/Parchment Impala SS-427 Custom Coupe sitting there......kinda smiling at me......
Now......we only built 2,537 Impala SSs in 1969....all had 427 inch engines.....and over 1,800 were converts...the rest being either sport coupes or Custom Coupes....
Now.....this one was a Custom Coupe.......
sooooo......it just HAD to be my car, right?
Went over...and sure enough......there it wuz....looks great and the current owner has gone all over the car to put it back to near perfection.
He's put less than 2,000 miles on it since I owned it........current mileage is 43K.........
Small world!
Posted by Doug Harden (Member # 1796) on :
........didja' make him an an offer?
[ 27. July 2004, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: Doug Harden ]
Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :
That was a beautiful Impala SS when I seen it in Tom Henry's showroom. Fully loaded must make it really rare too! Maybe I can dig up a picture of it for you. Posted by Archs89 (Member # 1086) on :
Greg ,
Find a picture of it I want to see it too. I probably seen it at Tom Henry but can't remember it ,
Arch
PS ... I have not uploaded my pics from the Hampton show yet but when I do I'll post a link here on the back porch
[ 27. July 2004, 09:42 AM: Message edited by: Archs89 ]
Posted by Hawkeye (Member # 88) on :
makes you feel nice and warm inside.
Posted by Travisnd1 (Member # 1982) on :
too cool!!
Posted by 35TH ED/ed (Member # 1709) on :
Makes you feel like a kid again Posted by HotWheelSS aka HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :
Posted by 2002Z4CSS (Member # 1393) on :
quote:Originally posted by Archs89: Greg ,
Find a picture of it I want to see it too. I probably seen it at Tom Henry but can't remember it ,
Arch
PS ... I have not uploaded my pics from the Hampton show yet but when I do I'll post a link here on the back porch
Arch, I will try to look for a picture. I am sure I took some because that car was awesome! Tom had it for sale for $23,000!
Posted by 99 HOSS (Member # 109) on :
... from the topic, I thought maybe he was rummaging around in his mom,s garage or something Posted by MMMM_ERT (Member # 1599) on :
But...but...but...its not a Camaro!!! Posted by 35th 02 ss (Member # 1667) on :
That car was mint, the person who has it did a really good job on finishing the car, I think Tom did a full frame off restoration on it a little while back this person but the final touches on. Which I had gotten a pic. of it......
May not be a Camaro but it's still a GM product and American Made.............
Posted by MMMM_ERT (Member # 1599) on :
quote:Originally posted by 35th 02 ss:
May not be a Camaro but it's still a GM product and American Made.............
True...but its back when they were truly "Made in the USA". Those days are gone.
The old Impys are gorgeous cars.
Anybody got pics?
Posted by Fbodfather (Member # 1119) on :
yup..not a Camaro...but has a history.
The dealership used to buy used Company cars from the Pittsburgh Zone office as well as the GM Building in Detroit. We bought one particular group of cars....a Caprice Sedan, a couple of Caprice Estate Wagons (Kingswood Estate in 1969, I believe) and this particular SS Impala from the GM Building fleet....
My uncle drove it as a demo....so did my father...and we sold it to a family in nearby Glenshaw, PA. They traded it on my mom's 1977 Monte Carlo Demo.....and I bought it with 39,000 miles on the odometer. It looked pretty good, but the underneath was kinda nasty. I moved it from home to home from 1977 to 1997. After my father died, there were no demos...and I needed to get my Mom something......so I traded the Impala on a new Lumina for her......cousin Tom did a frame-off...then sold it.....and that was that.
The car has 43,000 miles on it as of this past weekend...and it looks brand new.....
Great to see it has a good home!
Posted by WayneSS01 (Member # 734) on :
Wow! I have not seen a 69 SS 427 Impala since about 1974. This one was a coupe. I was rounding up shopping carts at the grocery store and there she was. Parked not too far away from my 69 Chevelle SS 396.
On the topic of Impalas. I saw a 63 SS with a 409 4spd this weekend at a local cruise in. Red, white vert top, console, etc. Man was it clean!!!
Posted by Orange 01 SS (Member # 1700) on :
That's awesome! I'm probably the only screwball here who would actually rather have that Impala than a '69 Camaro. I mean, how many of them do you see? Sounds good to me! Posted by Mike2001SS (Member # 2088) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fbodfather: soooo....
there I wuz....walking around the Hampton Show...with my good friends Milt and Liz Bullard and Dalton and Ann.......enjoying all the beautiful Camaros and other classic Chevrolets.....
....when I look wayyyyyyy across the parking lot...
There is a LeMans Blue/White/Parchment Impala SS-427 Custom Coupe sitting there......kinda smiling at me......
Now......we only built 2,537 Impala SSs in 1969....all had 427 inch engines.....and over 1,800 were converts...the rest being either sport coupes or Custom Coupes....
Now.....this one was a Custom Coupe.......
sooooo......it just HAD to be my car, right?
Went over...and sure enough......there it wuz....looks great and the current owner has gone all over the car to put it back to near perfection.
He's put less than 2,000 miles on it since I owned it........current mileage is 43K.........
Small world!
Sure is a small world Scott and it's nice when things like this happen out of the blue. Had a great time being with you at the show as always and this one did end up special for you huh? Posted by chrisL (Member # 97) on :
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