Chevy Caprice Classic Convertible - Incredible Barn Find!
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- In this 44th video from Classic Car ChitChat, you will get to see a beautiful 1974 Chevy Caprice Classic Convertible. This car is one of the finest examples of Classic Cars and especially when it is found just tucked away in a garage. Whether you are a fan of the Chevy Engine, Exhaust or Wagon this Classic Car is the go-to car for car lovers to customize and convert them into low riders, rat rods or hot rods too. This Classic Chevy checks off all the boxes and even has a working power roof! The car has an engine bay that will surprise you but the colour alone will bring back fond memories of Classic Chevy’s from the past.
In case you are keeping Track this is Episode 44 of Classic Car ChitChat Videos!
I hope my Classic Car ChitChat video’s make you smile. I do them in my spare time because I truly love cars and my intentions are simply to honour the beautiful cars I get to see and to really understand the passion and love of the vehicle by the driver (or caretaker as Jay Leno would say) of the car. I also understand too that my videos perhaps lack the polish calibre of great CZcamsrs like: Doug DeMuro, Scotty Kilmer, and of course my favourite Supercar Blondie. I also know that I can’t even come close the quality & finish you get from the likes of Jeremy Clarkson and the boys at Top Gear. I think they use a little fancier equipment than my little iPhone… LOL
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Thank You
Kevin
You can’t beat the old land yachts from the seventies.
Dennis.. absolutely.. plus the ride on this car is just extraordinary.. so smooth.
This is a true barn find.
I agree Jeff.
Holy moly. Had to click when I saw this car on the thumbnail. I spent my teen years driving our family 1974 Caprice Classic convertible in that color. It was ordered in 1973 by my dad. It had a white top, no pinstripes, 454 ci engine, it had A/C and had those vents with A/C and that passenger-side dash look (that dash is in great condition), didn't come with a right-hand mirror, had GM gear-style wire wheel hubcaps, and the steering wheel was dark brown like the dash. I loved that car, but it was a lot to handle.
Andrew, it looks like this video brought back some fond memories. Frank is a lover of classic cars and this is another in his amazing collection.
I also wanted to take a moment to personally thank for taking the time to watching my videos, leaving a comment and for subscribing to my channel I truly appreciate it.
My intention when creating these videos is to showcase not only the beautiful car but give the owner an opportunity to share their story, love and passion for their car. Thanks again Kevin.
Very nice video. I think this year was the nicest looking for the convertibles for the 71 thru 75 body style
Rene.. totally agree with you. By far the most beautiful car design out there that has stood the test of time too.
I also wanted to take a moment to personally thank for taking the time to watching my videos, leaving a comment and for subscribing to my channel I truly appreciate it.
My intention when creating these videos is to showcase not only the beautiful car but give the owner an opportunity to share their story, love and passion for their car. Thanks again Kevin.
Have a 71 delta 88 royale convertible. Getting top and interior redone now and efi kit put on. Love it
Karon, that sounds amazing and the car certainly as a convertible is even more beautiful. If you live in the Toronto area I would love to film it. I also wanted to take a moment to personally thank for taking the time to watching my videos, leaving a comment and for subscribing to my channel I truly appreciate it.
My intention when creating these videos is to showcase not only the beautiful car but give the owner an opportunity to share their story, love and passion for their car. Thanks again Kevin.
Great car and an owner with his priorities, an ashtray and working lighter. Absolutely have to have the lighter. Back in the day I would get in, turn the ignition, push the cigarette lighter, buckle up the seat belt, light up and take off.
Brad, i had to laugh. That is Frank in a nutshell. His criteria is the bigger the better and if it doesn’t have an ashtray.. he’s not interested LOL
An ashtray and lighter or just as important as a seat belt. However I'd want a car that had shoulder belts. As a teenager in the mid 70s I had my grandfather's 1970 Buick Electra to drive. I was that rare teenager that buckled up both the lap and shoulder belts when I drove. Fast forward to 1982 and coming home one weekend from college and a drunk driver in a Chevrolet suburban crossed the center line and hit me head on. Because of the size of the car and the fact that I was wearing both the lap and shoulder belts in the collision I walked away with only bruises from the belts which was far better than the unbelted drunk driver.
I have a 79 Chev impala wagon that was a movie rental, nice shape original minus paint
Eva.. firstly thank you so very much for watching my videos and so great to see a woman who loves cars! .. to top it off did your Impala appear in any movies I might know?
The Caprice Classic brings back fond memories of when I was a kid. Great car and awesome video.😀
Thank you Dave
The Chevy Caprice is just such a lovely car. Great video Kevin as always.
Thank you Julia
Another great video and I love hearing about car from the owner. Wonderful car and brings back some fond memories.
Thank you Frank
the wire wheels with the white walls, my dads 95 caprice overseas had that same wheel setup and it pains me to see other caprice classics of that year not run that setup 😂.
Dad wasn't much of a car guy though so when I picked up my 94 Impala 20 years later his reaction was why the heck would you get the same old car
Mubashir, thank you so very much for watching my videos I truly appreciate it.
How cool that you got a car with wire wheels and those amazing white walls.. your dad’s reaction was priceless! 😀
71-76 Caprice/Impala, "Donks", is the same car. The 75 was the last year of the convertible. All Caprices were Classics 73-76. The 2bbl 400 engine had 152hp.😂 The AC vent on the passenger side is under the glove compartment. Steering wheel should match dash and steering column. So it should be black. You can get parts for pretty much any GM car from 1955 to 1970. Because of the smog engines there was no following for these cars. Extremely hard to find interior and trim parts. Noticed the rear corner bumper fillers are gone. They are very hard to find. That body is in much worse shape than you may think. Nice that it is being restored.
There is a growing following of the 71-76 Caprice/Impalas because of the Donk movement. Good original Coupes and convertibles sell for 30-60k now. It will for sure go up in price. I have a 73 coupe and 75 convertible that I enjoy a lot.
Erik.. first off thank you so very much for watching my videos I truly appreciate it. Thank you also for the wealth of information you provided on the Caprice.. I will pass it on to Frank. As he says he is a little bit of a dinosaur and still has his old Motorola Flip Phone.. you should check put the video I made of his Corvette too.. incredible!
For sale?? If so how I get in contact with you ??
Hi Deltron.. first of all thank you so very much for watching my videos 😀
I would be happy to connect with you
You can email me at
Classiccarchitchat@gmail.com
Is it for sale I’m interested