Bro I used to own this same model/year! I will tell you, never had so much fun with a car! jumping train tracks, being chased ( I wont give more details), cruising on strips, and sleeping in the back seat. man I loved my baby! so proud and happy to of owned this year of car!!!
Yeah I have a 67 Caprice with the stick in the floor w/ bucket seats. Nice car but benches are way more comfy… don’t need to look sporty if you don’t have the 396 or 427 in my opinion keep it a cruiser
I have my great grandmother’s 1969 Chevelle Malibu sedan with 70K original miles on the original engine and transmission. I’m slowly working on restoring it, too! This video gave me some great tips and advice. Much love from Texas!
I used to have a 67 Impala after high school and had to let it go when I went to college. It was originally a 283 Powerglide and still had original upholstery and paint. I did replace the worn out 282 with a worn out 327 but alas I had no budget for rings and valve guides so it burned oil (it was a salvage yard pull but still better than the 283). Will always love the look of the car, I always wanted to put a 427 in it……with a 5 speed.
I am really looking forward to watch your restoration/refreshening of your father’s old car. I have a ‘67 Cutlass Supreme that I have owned since 1990. It is not a showpiece. Nonetheless, there is something special about driving a piece of history that I truly enjoy. I hope you enjoy yours as must as I do mine. Cheers!
I'm super excited about this! I had a '67 4dr Impala with the 283 in high school (04-07) my friend and I bought from the police impound auction. We ended up selling it and getting a '67 Skylark.
Now we just need Bob to get aviator glasses as well and you three amigos will be the perfect triplets, each with his own antique car (although I'm not sure where Jimmy's at with his Cadillac) ;)
I will caution you about painting the car panel by panel. My dad was a body man and would point out cars that this was done to. It can really show if not blended well. You can have the paint lay down differently and it can show especially with pearls, flakes, and certain paint tints. I think the one that was the worst to show this was silver because many have a lot of flake in them and can lay weird if done in different temps or environments. I always thought it was funny that many people could use paint booths to get okay paint jobs but all you need is to clean the space and keep dust and bugs to a minimum. They will try to fly into the paint and then move which destroys that section if left alone. One good practice that dad showed me was not leaving hard lines against the paint in jams. If you bend the tape back gently it will leave a more flared paint and clear line if done correctly. It can also save the interior from overspray many times. It was always fun learning new things from dad and I hope that this project brings you closer to your dads memories and the good times you had together.
Love the story of how you got the car. An additional benefit the bucket seats as you get headrests. If you ever were getting an accident your neck will thank you. Really looking forward to how you work on this car and your customization. Please don’t rush take your time and enjoy the process and share it with us. Drive on.
FYI - a risk of doing one panel at a time is 1. Overspray, and 2. Color / finish variation. As you mentioned, painting changes with temperature and humidity. So if you paint the RF fender when it is 70 and 40% humidity then a week later when it is 80 and 70% humidity you paint the LF fender, they could look different.
Oh man, this is gonna be fun! I don't think of myself as a car guy, but I have a deep appreciation for the old cars. New cars have no style or class. The fact that this one is special to you makes it even better. After watching Ron Finger learn how to paint his Fiero, I'm completely terrified to try painting on my own. Maybe you'll turn it around for me. Looking forward to seeing how this project goes!
looking forward to this series. Very interested in seeing a custom console being made as I need to make one for my van. glad your going to replace those front springs and give it a better stance, but all in all its already in great condition for its age, its going to be awesome once you start fixing the few issues with it
I own a 2011 Chev Impala. LOVE the machine. I actually loved all my previous cars (Except the Mazda Protege 323) but the Impala absolutely makes me feel good. LITTLE bit sporty looking, not over bearing, rides really smooth, feels heavy (Which I LIKE) and solid on the road. This thing looks 10 times that, which is AWESOME. I'll be watching this with a lot of interest.
What?!! Dave has a second channel?! GREAT! What?!! He's restoring his dad's '67 Impala?! Awesome! Since I'm so late to the second channel party, he's probably got a dozen videos of this I can binge! Oh. :-( Hurry Dave Picciuto, you're our only hope!
Cannot wait to see more. Love the car and your plans. I've worked on so many cars from this era so I do have a couple recommendations: 1) I'm northern Ohio you probably want an undercoating. Salt will corrode the dream and floor pans but if you park it during winter months, no worries. 2) I would upgrade the radiator and add an oil cooler and you definitely need to source a fan shroud. My Impala had a 350, lots of heat especially in summer months. My radiator sprung a leak, killed the engine 😢 3) It wouldn't be a bad idea to upgrade the fan to an electric unit operated by a thermostat that hugs the radiator so you can take that windmill off the water pump. It takes more effort to spin the blade and the pump. It's much more efficient at cooling the engine because the fan speed isn't based on the engine rpms e.g. sitting in traffic, the engine would heat up. 4) Check all the wiring from bumper to bumper. The wire casing can weather and dry rot just sitting. I had to almost completely rewire a '70 Camero because of dry rot. Fun times! I'm actually excited about your build LOL! Names me wish I lived closer. I would definitely bring my tools and donate some time.
Such a cool project. Look forward to future videos. The car is in really good shape. Those slotted ET Mags are so period correct. There weren't many options for custom wheels back then. Mahalo for sharing. : )
I 'binge listened' to your pod cast yesterday and heard you talking about this. Car looks amazing! Look forward to seeing the progress you make with it!
David, it is so cool that you have your dad’s old car, for awhile in my youth I had my dad’s’69 Plymouth Baracuda convertible if I knew then what I know now I would still have it. Oh well to soon old too late smart as they say. I’m looking forward to watching you work on this project.
Yep! Should have hung on to that! My 73 year old cousin still has and drives the 2 door 56 Chevy Bel Air his dad bought brand new in 1956! It left stock status a long time ago when he put in a 427 while still in his teens but that car still runs strong and is fast! Wish I still had the 65 GTO I put together in the late 70s. The 65 Goat is still my favorite muscle car.
@@SomethingAboutMaking only thing holding me back on a similar restoration project are stock 14" wheels! (66 chevelle 300 deluxe 4d survivor). very similar end results, someday hope to repaint it, fully upgraded wiring and added BMW hella halogen headlights (pre-LED availability).
Great car to start with. I love the 67 Impala fastbacks. I have an SS. Personally, I'd keep the bench seat and the shifter on the column. If you want a sportier looking bench seat, find an original "Strato-back" bench seat. It's a bench seat with bucket seat backs and a center fold-down armrest. It was an optional seat in the 67 Impala SS and in the 67 Caprice. I know that the 68 Impala and Caprice also had that seat. Not sure about 69. The Strato-back name comes from the fact that the bucket seats were called Strato buckets, so the bench seat with the bucket seat backs is a Strato-back bench. With the nice big fold-down center armrest, it's very comfortable, as well as looking sporty. And that will look better than a homemade floor console and aftermarket floor shifter, in my opinion. And you can sit next to somebody if you want to 🙂. When a Strato-back bench was used, the factory put some adapter plates on the floor to mount it, because the bolt holes are in a different location than the standard seat. So, unless you get the seat out of a parts car that you could cut the adapter plates out of when you get the seat, you'll have to make your own adapter plates out of some metal stock. Not that difficult to do. White should be an easy color to paint, and can be done panel by panel, unlike a metallic color. The body side moldings are anodized aluminum, so are not chrome. If you want to restore them, there are places that can strip, fix, flaws, buff and re-anodize them. Not cheap, but it's the best way. But, a much more economical way is to do it yourself by removing the anodizing, so you're working on bare aluminum, repair whatever dings and scratches there are, and buff them to a shine. Then just an occasional application of aluminum polish will keep them looking good. You can find some youtube tutorials on aluminum trim repair and buffing. Most of the trim, inside and out, is anodized aluminum on those cars, so it's something good to know how to do. The moldings around the windshields, the vinyl top to body divider trims, and roof rails are stainless, which can also be buffed out to a better shine and can be repaired if needed. There are tutorials on stainless trim repair and buffing on youtube also. Good luck.
Thats a great project, car is already a daily driver as is. Time to hit some old junkyards, find a 7 blade gm clutch fan, a nice old cadilac air cleaner, paint the intake orange also. Keep it clean and simple. Also look at a set of used gm mag hub caps from the 60's. Bench seats are awesome, ive had many old chevys and all had bench's.
Ooh! Fantastic car Dave. I’m looking forward to seeing what you do. Edit: I’m thinking some lasering on the back of clear acrylic for the steering wheel badge.
I have one as well I'm working on except it's the SS. Can't wait to see how it comes out. I'm thinking if I should make some videos on my restoration..
Awesome car man, i would love to have a functional impala with minor issues over a heavily restored one. Id want a solid driver i could drive more often
Great looking car. You can do a deep dive and find out extensive options that could be ordered for cars at that time. The SS package could be on many engine options at the time.. The build sheet should be under the rear seat that fully list the options installed as it went down the assembly line.
Great to see a new challenge like this! Let me recommend you watch Fingerprints Workshop's Fiero restoration videos-- you can learn a lot what what he learns when painting the car. Plus, they are great videos.
Wow that's a great idea 💡. I wish I had something of my father's aswell as some great memories. I love this style of car 🚗 it's a shame that we in the UK never really got into the muscle style motor's that said our roads aren't really wide enough for the wider style American motor's...pity as I'd love to own one!!! As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧. P.s I didn't know about the second channel until now, subscribed straight away 👍.
That's awesome Dave! My dad was wondering if that was the your dad's old car because he remembered the hard top. Looks like he did a nice job on the vinyl.
Greetings from down in Columbus. Can’t wait to see videos of when you paint it. I have a 1974 1/2 Triumph TR6 that needs to be painted, and I’ve toyed with the idea of painting it myself just as you describe (one panel at a time). I know it is still a bit off in the future, but are you planning on setting up a makeshift paint booth, or just painting it in the open air? PS - I just finished a wooden countertop using your shellac and wax video as my guide (the countertop is not used for eating or food prep). Thanks for all you do for the DIY community!
I'm looking to fix my 67 Impala. Almost the same as yours but with a vinyl top and a 427 big block. Any tips and tricks you have for restoring one of these amazing cars please let me know. Places to buy from and problems to look for etc.
I'm not a vinyl top fan personally... I think you have a great car to start with, it looks pretty darn straight. I am a big fan of non-SS and non-original motor cars; because you have the complete freedom to modify it as you see it without "wreaking the value". True, number matching SS cars have gotten stupid, you can't really drive and enjoy the car. The UA-cam channel "Shop209" has been awesome to watch, he focuses on Novas and might be a good source for late night UA-cam watching.
My first car was a '64 4-door. My dad paid $100 for it and we drove it home. That was '93 or so. I went to school on that car and we never did get around to painting it.
What a cool project. My vote would be to keep the shifter and seats as they are. There are far too many people messing up classic cars these days. I think if would be far better to paint the entire car all at one time. The prep will take you months. Panting will take very little time. Sticking masking all over fairly fresh paint is never a good idea. A little practice on an old fender and you will master it. You can always hire a painter to shoot it if you want it perfect. Good luck with this.
Hey Man, can’t wait to start upgrading Ours. What kinda is radio is that. I really want it too look stock but I need music and want it too bump. How did you make it Bluetooth but looks stock?
Bro that's a clean 67 impala ! I would still cruise it even with primer spots !
It’s a great candidate for a one-job-at-a-time rolling resto. Credit to your dad and uncle for never letting its condition fall away.
Bro I used to own this same model/year! I will tell you, never had so much fun with a car! jumping train tracks, being chased ( I wont give more details), cruising on strips, and sleeping in the back seat. man I loved my baby! so proud and happy to of owned this year of car!!!
Bro might be dean winchester😂
If it’s not painted black and Kansas’ “Carry On My Wayward Son” isn’t playing, I send it back
White and only plays ELO and Grand Funk Railroad. Sorry.
@@SomethingAboutMaking I send it back
That's what separates us. Kansas sucks.
Wait a second… is this a Supernatural reference? I’m a goose, silly.
@@SomethingAboutMaking you bet it is, and the office
hearing that it did not go to you to begin with was tough, glad you have it now and enjoy.
She’s a clean specimen. Looking forward to the whole build. That interior is mint. I’d leave the bench in it.
Yeah I have a 67 Caprice with the stick in the floor w/ bucket seats. Nice car but benches are way more comfy… don’t need to look sporty if you don’t have the 396 or 427 in my opinion keep it a cruiser
Yessss! Been waiting for this since I heard about it on the podcast!
I have my great grandmother’s 1969 Chevelle Malibu sedan with 70K original miles on the original engine and transmission. I’m slowly working on restoring it, too! This video gave me some great tips and advice. Much love from Texas!
When you, Bob, and Jimmy get your classic cars done you really should do a Make Something cross country road trip special.
This is my dream car i love old cars
Love the Impala, my first car was a 68 Impala drove it for years and I miss it. Best of luck.
I can’t WAIT for this project, man the way this thing ended up in your hands, beautiful!
I used to have a 67 Impala after high school and had to let it go when I went to college. It was originally a 283 Powerglide and still had original upholstery and paint. I did replace the worn out 282 with a worn out 327 but alas I had no budget for rings and valve guides so it burned oil (it was a salvage yard pull but still better than the 283). Will always love the look of the car, I always wanted to put a 427 in it……with a 5 speed.
He's wrong about the SS option. It was just a trim option. It could be a SS 327, 396 or 427.
63,67 & 75 were my favorite Impala.
I am really looking forward to watch your restoration/refreshening of your father’s old car. I have a ‘67 Cutlass Supreme that I have owned since 1990. It is not a showpiece. Nonetheless, there is something special about driving a piece of history that I truly enjoy. I hope you enjoy yours as must as I do mine. Cheers!
Really looking forward to this series!!
I'm super excited about this! I had a '67 4dr Impala with the 283 in high school (04-07) my friend and I bought from the police impound auction. We ended up selling it and getting a '67 Skylark.
Now we just need Bob to get aviator glasses as well and you three amigos will be the perfect triplets, each with his own antique car (although I'm not sure where Jimmy's at with his Cadillac) ;)
Pretty sure Jimmy sold his Caddy but bought a hearse.
@@SuperAverageJason Oh I didn't realise he swapped the Cadillac for the ECTO-1, makes sense
That interior is in great shape!! Should be a fun project👍👍
I will caution you about painting the car panel by panel. My dad was a body man and would point out cars that this was done to. It can really show if not blended well. You can have the paint lay down differently and it can show especially with pearls, flakes, and certain paint tints. I think the one that was the worst to show this was silver because many have a lot of flake in them and can lay weird if done in different temps or environments. I always thought it was funny that many people could use paint booths to get okay paint jobs but all you need is to clean the space and keep dust and bugs to a minimum. They will try to fly into the paint and then move which destroys that section if left alone. One good practice that dad showed me was not leaving hard lines against the paint in jams. If you bend the tape back gently it will leave a more flared paint and clear line if done correctly. It can also save the interior from overspray many times. It was always fun learning new things from dad and I hope that this project brings you closer to your dads memories and the good times you had together.
Love the story of how you got the car. An additional benefit the bucket seats as you get headrests. If you ever were getting an accident your neck will thank you. Really looking forward to how you work on this car and your customization. Please don’t rush take your time and enjoy the process and share it with us. Drive on.
Congrats David can't wait to see more videos. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep making. God bless.
Love it! Here from your wood channel. I have a 66' Impala, my 1st car, bought it in 86' when I was 17. Can't wait to see this project!
That is my favorite car, my dad had one to a 327 as 4 speed. I hope to find another one. Looking forward to watching.
Love the slotted mag wheels on that.
Oh man, an old Impala is my dream car. Can't wait to see what you do with it!
FYI - a risk of doing one panel at a time is 1. Overspray, and 2. Color / finish variation. As you mentioned, painting changes with temperature and humidity. So if you paint the RF fender when it is 70 and 40% humidity then a week later when it is 80 and 70% humidity you paint the LF fender, they could look different.
Absolutely
Simply the most beautiful car in my opinion!
Looking forward to this series!
Oh man, this is gonna be fun! I don't think of myself as a car guy, but I have a deep appreciation for the old cars. New cars have no style or class. The fact that this one is special to you makes it even better. After watching Ron Finger learn how to paint his Fiero, I'm completely terrified to try painting on my own. Maybe you'll turn it around for me. Looking forward to seeing how this project goes!
I love that you're bringing this project to youtube, can't wait to see more of it.
looking forward to this series. Very interested in seeing a custom console being made as I need to make one for my van. glad your going to replace those front springs and give it a better stance, but all in all its already in great condition for its age, its going to be awesome once you start fixing the few issues with it
I own a 2011 Chev Impala. LOVE the machine. I actually loved all my previous cars (Except the Mazda Protege 323) but the Impala absolutely makes me feel good. LITTLE bit sporty looking, not over bearing, rides really smooth, feels heavy (Which I LIKE) and solid on the road. This thing looks 10 times that, which is AWESOME. I'll be watching this with a lot of interest.
What an awesome project! Glad to see it after hearing about it on the podcast!
I'm excited to see your take on a car resto.
Very exciting to see your new project!! I love the ideas you have for future projects…I’m here for all of it.
I’m sorry it took me so long to watch this. I love the history of your car and can’t wait to see the process and progress!
Back in 1974, my first car was a 67 4 door Imp. 283 PG , power seat, tilt, A/C . It was a great car.
Very cool project car! Looking forward to Spring and the videos of you working on it!
What?!! Dave has a second channel?! GREAT! What?!! He's restoring his dad's '67 Impala?! Awesome! Since I'm so late to the second channel party, he's probably got a dozen videos of this I can binge! Oh. :-(
Hurry Dave Picciuto, you're our only hope!
My first car way back when was a Gold 1967 Impala with a 283 engine and a power glide trans. Great car.
I’ve got a 61 - it was my Grandpa’s. We have lots in common - Ohio, Impalas, making stuff. 👍😁
I love this project! Can't wait to see your progress.
Love this! Always listen to the podcast and heard you talk about this. Can’t wait for the next video! Thanks for sharing this journey!
Cannot wait to see more. Love the car and your plans. I've worked on so many cars from this era so I do have a couple recommendations: 1) I'm northern Ohio you probably want an undercoating. Salt will corrode the dream and floor pans but if you park it during winter months, no worries. 2) I would upgrade the radiator and add an oil cooler and you definitely need to source a fan shroud. My Impala had a 350, lots of heat especially in summer months. My radiator sprung a leak, killed the engine 😢 3) It wouldn't be a bad idea to upgrade the fan to an electric unit operated by a thermostat that hugs the radiator so you can take that windmill off the water pump. It takes more effort to spin the blade and the pump. It's much more efficient at cooling the engine because the fan speed isn't based on the engine rpms e.g. sitting in traffic, the engine would heat up. 4) Check all the wiring from bumper to bumper. The wire casing can weather and dry rot just sitting. I had to almost completely rewire a '70 Camero because of dry rot. Fun times!
I'm actually excited about your build LOL! Names me wish I lived closer. I would definitely bring my tools and donate some time.
Its crazy how long that primer has held up!
I loved hearing about this on the podcast, and I was so excited to see it. Can't wait to see what you do with it.
Super fun, David! Second channel or main, woodworking or not: it's all good fun!
67' was an amazing yr for many cars. this one no exception
Yes it was, 69&70 were the end of high performance for the most part.Hp started to drop in 71 by lesser compression .
Such a cool car. Can't wait to see your spin on it!
Such a cool project. Look forward to future videos. The car is in really good shape. Those slotted ET Mags are so period correct. There weren't many options for custom wheels back then. Mahalo for sharing. : )
look forward to seeing all the progress
This is totally awesome & I know you'll do a great job. Have fun!
Beautiful car! Really looking forward to see more videos of this
This looks like it’s going to round out to be a pretty amazing passion project for you. Can’t wait to see how everything turns out.
I 'binge listened' to your pod cast yesterday and heard you talking about this. Car looks amazing! Look forward to seeing the progress you make with it!
My dream car is a 65 convertible Impala! Nice car you have
good luck. my father in law has a fully rebuilt red 67' impala. Converted it from automatic to a 4 speed.
Let's see more of this Impala, man! 🤙🏽
David, it is so cool that you have your dad’s old car, for awhile in my youth I had my dad’s’69 Plymouth Baracuda convertible if I knew then what I know now I would still have it. Oh well to soon old too late smart as they say. I’m looking forward to watching you work on this project.
Yep! Should have hung on to that! My 73 year old cousin still has and drives the 2 door 56 Chevy Bel Air his dad bought brand new in 1956! It left stock status a long time ago when he put in a 427 while still in his teens but that car still runs strong and is fast! Wish I still had the 65 GTO I put together in the late 70s. The 65 Goat is still my favorite muscle car.
Looks clean! Disc brake upgrade? Mickey Thompson valve covers? Definitely along the ride on your restoration.
Definitely want to do the disc break upgrade!
@@SomethingAboutMaking only thing holding me back on a similar restoration project are stock 14" wheels! (66 chevelle 300 deluxe 4d survivor). very similar end results, someday hope to repaint it, fully upgraded wiring and added BMW hella halogen headlights (pre-LED availability).
Dude this is awesome!! This series is gonna be so cool
Awesome project! I wish I had the means to have a project car. I will have to live vicariously through your resto. :)
Love it David!!
That is a sweet ride Dave. Heard about your trip bringing it home. You will love it as is or if you spend 10 minutes at a time working on it.
I totally forgot to tell that story in the video! You can see the smoke damage in the insulation under the hood.
@@SomethingAboutMaking I half expected some callouts the few times you panned to the new air filter, lol
Such a beautiful car
Looking forward to you putting your own twist on this car!
This is gonna be awesome.
Cool project!!
Great car to start with. I love the 67 Impala fastbacks. I have an SS. Personally, I'd keep the bench seat and the shifter on the column. If you want a sportier looking bench seat, find an original "Strato-back" bench seat. It's a bench seat with bucket seat backs and a center fold-down armrest. It was an optional seat in the 67 Impala SS and in the 67 Caprice. I know that the 68 Impala and Caprice also had that seat. Not sure about 69. The Strato-back name comes from the fact that the bucket seats were called Strato buckets, so the bench seat with the bucket seat backs is a Strato-back bench. With the nice big fold-down center armrest, it's very comfortable, as well as looking sporty. And that will look better than a homemade floor console and aftermarket floor shifter, in my opinion. And you can sit next to somebody if you want to 🙂. When a Strato-back bench was used, the factory put some adapter plates on the floor to mount it, because the bolt holes are in a different location than the standard seat. So, unless you get the seat out of a parts car that you could cut the adapter plates out of when you get the seat, you'll have to make your own adapter plates out of some metal stock. Not that difficult to do. White should be an easy color to paint, and can be done panel by panel, unlike a metallic color. The body side moldings are anodized aluminum, so are not chrome. If you want to restore them, there are places that can strip, fix, flaws, buff and re-anodize them. Not cheap, but it's the best way. But, a much more economical way is to do it yourself by removing the anodizing, so you're working on bare aluminum, repair whatever dings and scratches there are, and buff them to a shine. Then just an occasional application of aluminum polish will keep them looking good. You can find some youtube tutorials on aluminum trim repair and buffing. Most of the trim, inside and out, is anodized aluminum on those cars, so it's something good to know how to do. The moldings around the windshields, the vinyl top to body divider trims, and roof rails are stainless, which can also be buffed out to a better shine and can be repaired if needed. There are tutorials on stainless trim repair and buffing on youtube also. Good luck.
Thats a great project, car is already a daily driver as is. Time to hit some old junkyards, find a 7 blade gm clutch fan, a nice old cadilac air cleaner, paint the intake orange also. Keep it clean and simple. Also look at a set of used gm mag hub caps from the 60's. Bench seats are awesome, ive had many old chevys and all had bench's.
What a cool f*@#ing story and project! Definitely looking forward to this!
Ooh! Fantastic car Dave. I’m looking forward to seeing what you do. Edit: I’m thinking some lasering on the back of clear acrylic for the steering wheel badge.
Can’t wait for the next video this one 👀👍🏼 bro 😎
Very cool car, even more badass when on fire!
This is cool and exciting and all but next video, let’s go for a hike in the area where u filmed this. Looks nice there.
I have one as well I'm working on except it's the SS. Can't wait to see how it comes out. I'm thinking if I should make some videos on my restoration..
Awesome car man, i would love to have a functional impala with minor issues over a heavily restored one. Id want a solid driver i could drive more often
Had an Impala 4dr hardtop w a 283, plenty of power + good mpg.
Great looking car. You can do a deep dive and find out extensive options that could be ordered for cars at that time. The SS package could be on many engine options at the time.. The build sheet should be under the rear seat that fully list the options installed as it went down the assembly line.
Ahh, thanks!!
Can’t wait to see more of this. WOW! :oD
Great to see a new challenge like this! Let me recommend you watch Fingerprints Workshop's Fiero restoration videos-- you can learn a lot what what he learns when painting the car. Plus, they are great videos.
This is gonna be fun
Nice ride David! What the heck, I'm in northern Michigan and it looks like fall has come your way before ours!!??
We had a couple of cold days last week that may have speeded up the process. I’m not ready for fall or winter yet!
@@SomethingAboutMaking Me either. The older I get the less I like winter. Oh well, could be worse! Peace and love!
No follow up? Would love to see this project play out. Also, hope you kept the bench seats!
9:13 you kinda look like diresta! But I am so excited to see this project!
Wow that's a great idea 💡. I wish I had something of my father's aswell as some great memories. I love this style of car 🚗 it's a shame that we in the UK never really got into the muscle style motor's that said our roads aren't really wide enough for the wider style American motor's...pity as I'd love to own one!!! As always buddy 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.
P.s I didn't know about the second channel until now, subscribed straight away 👍.
That's awesome Dave! My dad was wondering if that was the your dad's old car because he remembered the hard top. Looks like he did a nice job on the vinyl.
Would love to see where the resto is now!
Greetings from down in Columbus. Can’t wait to see videos of when you paint it. I have a 1974 1/2 Triumph TR6 that needs to be painted, and I’ve toyed with the idea of painting it myself just as you describe (one panel at a time). I know it is still a bit off in the future, but are you planning on setting up a makeshift paint booth, or just painting it in the open air?
PS - I just finished a wooden countertop using your shellac and wax video as my guide (the countertop is not used for eating or food prep). Thanks for all you do for the DIY community!
Gonna paint it in the garage where I can control the air flow. Very likely there'll be dust nibs but I have a plan to take care of them.
Love it!!
So very cool!!!
I'm looking to fix my 67 Impala. Almost the same as yours but with a vinyl top and a 427 big block. Any tips and tricks you have for restoring one of these amazing cars please let me know. Places to buy from and problems to look for etc.
This is my dream car
I'm not a vinyl top fan personally... I think you have a great car to start with, it looks pretty darn straight. I am a big fan of non-SS and non-original motor cars; because you have the complete freedom to modify it as you see it without "wreaking the value". True, number matching SS cars have gotten stupid, you can't really drive and enjoy the car. The UA-cam channel "Shop209" has been awesome to watch, he focuses on Novas and might be a good source for late night UA-cam watching.
My first car was a '64 4-door. My dad paid $100 for it and we drove it home. That was '93 or so. I went to school on that car and we never did get around to painting it.
My sister's first car was a 64 biscayne,300$ in 73.
What a cool project. My vote would be to keep the shifter and seats as they are. There are far too many people messing up classic cars these days. I think if would be far better to paint the entire car all at one time. The prep will take you months. Panting will take very little time. Sticking masking all over fairly fresh paint is never a good idea. A little practice on an old fender and you will master it. You can always hire a painter to shoot it if you want it perfect. Good luck with this.
I have the same car as you! Mines a non SS 2 door with a built 350
Hey Man, can’t wait to start upgrading Ours. What kinda is radio is that. I really want it too look stock but I need music and want it too bump. How did you make it Bluetooth but looks stock?
that's the jam!