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Old Blue

Posted by Bogey Bob <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/impalass427/info/user=Bogey+Bob' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/23/2017, 7:56 pm

Here's a few pics of my Impala that I just got the Tremec 5 speed in. I bought this car in 1981 for $1000.It was pretty much a rust bucket back then. I was 19 years old then. I'm 55 now. Did my restoration 12 years ago already.2002-2005.Time flies. The older you get....the quicker it goes

Bogey Bob

Re: Old Blue

Posted by Chevy66 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/impalass427/info/user=chevy66' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 11/1/2017, 4:30 pm, in reply to "Old Blue"

I bet you are very proud ,nice car and great job on the car .too bad we weren't as smart as you and keep some of these . I could have had my fathers 70 Caprice with a 454 and loaded .

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Posted by Gene <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/impalass427/info/user=tuffss4u' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/24/2017, 6:44 pm, in reply to "Old Blue"

Looks really good

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Posted by Bill H <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/impalass427/info/user=speedhink36' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/24/2017, 7:08 am, in reply to "Old Blue"

Bob, Don S,

Hope to see "Old Blue" and the black Custom Coupe at the NIA meet next July in Dayton...I'll be there with my black Sport Coupe. I live in the Dayton area, but don't know any other details on the get-together except that it is in late July (someone else on this forum gave that info). Also, it will mark the 50th anniversary of the '68's...pretty excited about the whole thing!

Bill

Re: Old Blue

Posted by Bogey Bob <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/impalass427/info/user=Bogey+Bob' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/24/2017, 6:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Old Blue"

Just looked up the dates.. July 23-28 of 2018. I should be able to come up there for a couple of days hopefully. I only live 20 miles south of Cincinnati...in Northern Ky.Would love to meet a few guys from this website.
Bob

Bogey Bob

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Posted by John Wojcik <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/impalass427/info/user=Ogema68' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/24/2017, 5:01 am, in reply to "Old Blue"

Looks awesome I have to put my project off for another year

Is that a new kind of theft lock in the second to the last pic lol

Re: Old Blue

yea.... with no steering wheel its a lot harder to steal!! I replaced the old one in the re-build with a tilt wheel column

Bogey Bob

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Posted by Nick <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/impalass427/info/user=427impalasportcoupe' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 10/24/2017, 12:05 am, in reply to "Old Blue"

Hey Bob. I like the flags on the console, Kool. The shifter and console look stock. What gear ratio in the rear. NICK L72

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Re: Old Blue

Thanks Nick...The emblem on the console is from an old early 60's model Impala. That is the stock shifter and console. These pics are from 2005. The new shifter handle looks pretty much like the old one except for the SST emblem on it. And... the stock console works just fine with it. Since 2005 it has a 3:42 rear end gear. I've had a few different ones in the past. 4:11 for several years back in the 1980's... a 3:73,...and I believe the original one was a 3:36.... I think

Bogey Bob

Re: Old Blue

Posted by 68ss427 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/impalass427/info/user=68ss427' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 11/2/2017, 7:30 am, in reply to "Re: Old Blue"

Very nice Bob, love the striking blue color too. Congrats, Don S

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Posted by Bogey Bob <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/impalass427/info/user=Bogey+Bob' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 11/2/2017, 7:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Old Blue"

Thanks Don. I had a hard time deciding the color choice. It was between a grayish-silver color or the blue. A 2002 corvette color.. Electron blue. When I bought the car it was an ugly Grecian green with a black vinyl top. Had many people try to talk me into keeping the original color..that wasn't happening

Bogey Bob

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