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January 15, 2010
Scottsdale Un-Preview: Two Cars Pulled from Barrett-Jackson
By Dan Strohl
Hemmings
It’s not unusual for auction houses to pull cars from the docket prior to the actual auction, but two rather high-profile cars were pulled from Barrett-Jackson’s lineup this week, and the company has been none too shy about saying why.
The first, lot 1258.2, a 1958 Chevrolet Impala that the auction house previously advertised as once owned by Buddy Holly, was pulled on Wednesday because questions arose about whether Buddy Holly really did own that particular Impala. Continue reading at Hemmings
November 3, 2009
Lowrider at SEMA
By Rob Einaudi
Editor-in-Chief
Lowrider rolled out some beautiful rides at SEMA, including this incredible Impala. More pics and video after the jump!
September 14, 2009
What Did You Do This Weekend?
Bick66
What better way to spend one of the last nice weekends of summer than cruising in a classic convertible, right? Well, this weekend’s trip to Snoqualmie Falls left Jen and I on the side of the highway waiting for a flatbed. We had been getting sick of a dump truck that was obstructing our scenic drive, so I pulled out to pass and put the hammer down. The first downshift was nice and crisp as the Impala roared down the road on the left of the centerline, but then it suddenly lost all of its gears–no matter how high the engine revved, there was no acceleration whatsoever. Luckily we had built up enough momentum to pass the truck and coast about a quarter mile, pulling off of the two-lane blacktop into a farmer’s driveway. Turns out the new torque converter failed under the stress of the freshly-built 383 stroker motor.
How about you? What did you do this weekend?
September 1, 2009
CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot: 2006 – 08 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS and Impala SS V8
By Jim Brennan
UDMan
Welcome to the CarDomain Obscure Muscle Car Parking Lot, a regular feature which aims to expand the notion of what a muscle car is, and to see if a FWD car can be called a muscle car. I must be out of my mind for doing this post, after the last drubbing I received for the 2005 – 08 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP, but here I am, trying to convince you that a couple of other GM cars, with a 5.7L V8 can be considered being inducted onto the Parking Lot. So let’s see if the 2006 – 08 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS, and the Impala SS can be considered an obscure muscle car.
Continue reading after the jump!
August 17, 2009
Ever Found "Your" Car in the Junkyard?
Bick66
For those of us who own and work on cars built in the last couple of decades, the question may not seem so meaningful. But when your pride and joy falls a little further back, it’s a rare occurrence to find your car still rusting peacefully at the local junkyard. This weekend, Jen and I were both completely blown away by the inventory at All American Classics, but when I stumbled upon not one but four 1966 Impalas, including this yellow 327 Super Sport, I totally lost it. What amazed me even more was the incredible amount of good useable parts that remained on these cars–I wanted to take everything, and I guess now I understand a little better why the shelves in our garage are lined with enough Ford Escort parts to build a whole ‘nother one of Jen’s cars. Luckily, I’d left my credit card at home–but I still left with a trunk full of really cool stuff and I’m sure it won’t be long before I find myself going back for more.
How about you–ever found your rare or classic car at the junkyard?
June 25, 2009
17th Annual Greenwood Car Show on Saturday
Bick66
On Saturday I’ll be attending the 17th Annual Greenwood Car Show in North Seattle on Greenwood Avenue. I’ve been entering my ’66 Impala each year since 2006 and I’m excited to show off all the hard work that went into it over the past year. This will be Jen’s first Greenwood Show and she’s planning to enter her Concord. With 15 city blocks of all types of hot rods, customs, classics, muscle cars and stock models of all makes, you could imagine why the Greenwood Car Show has always proven to be one of my favorite days of the year. More information at www.greenwoodcarshow.com
June 15, 2009
What Did You Do This Weekend?
Bick66
With help from John at Autosport I installed all new bearings and spider gears in the rear end of my ’66 Impala Convertible and got the car back on the road again.
What did you do this weekend?
May 28, 2009
The Cars of Queens
By Mike Musto
RideLust.com
Queens, New York: my home. Today I was tooling around in the old Danger Van and started to notice all the old iron that is still roaming the streets. I decided to take a ten block survey from my house, and was quite surprised by what I found. Granted, I know the models, but many of the years escape me. If you know the years of the following cars, chime in as I’m kinda curious. Lots more after the jump!
1. Buick – no idea what year or model
383 Stroker Smokey Burnout
Bick66
With the front end restoration of my ’66 Impala in the final stages I decided it was time to have a little fun. Jen and I took the car to a nearby parking lot and let the new 383 Stroker lay some rubber on the asphalt.
I’ve had a ton of fun driving this car over the past few weeks but now it’s back to the garage to rebuild the rear end. Something broke in the rear differential and I ended up limping home at about 10 miles an hour. After work I’ll be tearing it apart to see just how bad it is. I’ve been kicking myself but I figure if the 44 year old rear end couldn’t handle a little abuse it was only a matter of time before I’d be left on the side of the road. At least it happened close to home and we were able to drive it back to the garage.
May 8, 2009
Hood Off, Hammer Down
By Jen Dunnaway
Editor
This is, hands down, the best part of a project–the first time you’re able to take the car for a spin under its own power. Chris and I fired up the ’66 Impala for the first time last night on its completely rebuilt 383 stroker, then took it out and terrorized the neighborhood for a bit. Don’t you just love hearing an engine that you’ve had completely and utterly apart actually fire back to life? Check out its first drive below, and click here watch some of the break-in and carb tuning. Thanks a mil to John from Autosport, who was a total rock star for coming over after work to help!
