BARN FINDS| 1961 Impala parked for 28 years!
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- This car finally came up for sale and it was a long ass drive to go get it! What would you do with it?
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The Chevy Impala holds a special place in my heart. My first car at age 16 was a 1969 Impala Custom Coupe with a 396 big block, turbo 400 tranny, and a positrack rear end that could dig holes in blacktop. I bought it for $300 in 1979 and that car was a beast. Only had a 2 barrel carb, but I still maxed out the speedometer that went to 120mph. Mint green with a white vinyl top and the faux wood paneling interior.lol My mom had a ginormous Kingswood station wagon that she taught me to drive in. Trying to parallel park that beast was a real challenge. It was white so we nicknamed it the"great white buffalo" and it was so big it had its own zipcode. A family with 5 kids needed this size of car to get around when gas was like 50 cents a gallon. Caprices and Impalas were some great cars that I cruised a lot of main drag miles back in the day. My brother had a 1966 caprice with a 327 in it and we cruised that car listening to this new band called the Cars singing about a girl named Candy-O. Those were the days.
Had a 69 Impala myself and still miss it! Mine was green with a black vinyl roof.
'61 is one of my favorite years. Soooo classy looking!
So cool to see a young man interested in rescuing, and, restoring these beautiful classics which I saw so many of in my youth, I was born 1951..
RIP
Why RIP?
1963 myself
@@hbsoc200 Yea why rip 😂
Thanks man. Classic cars are my life! Here’s my latest find a 1974 Barracuda
1974 Barracuda Parked For 20 years! Will It Run Again? #dailydriverdiaries
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I would go back in a heartbeat for that '58 too.
Of all the Impalas, the 61 model is the one I see the least. While it is the first year of the SS and 409, I feel that it's the most underrated of the 60s Impalas. Very cool find!!
The '61's rusted badly. Most went to the crusher.
My twin cousin's had two 1961 impalas in the 1980s when no one was even looking at them. They were really cool looking, they sold them for newer car's.
Agree 100%
I love the lines of the 61. Nice find!
@@ernestcoombejr.3047 that they did! Especially around the tops of the front fenders.
So is the 58. For sale. Love them.
Beautiful 61 Impala right there that cars going to look fine cruising the streets. I've got a 58 Impala that I'm currently working on. Also picking up a 64 Impala this weekend too
Man that’s nice. Impala’s and Caprices were the literal life blood of my family growing up. We owned them as family cars and used them to build a very successful taxi cab business in our small town. They’ve been such a huge part of my life growing up. They will ALWAYS be close to my heart no matter the year.
Impala AFFIRMATIVE Caprice not so much (except 1973 through 1975).
The 1966 Caprice and the 1969 Impala Custom Coupe both were a big part of my first years driving and cruising. My older brother owned the 66 Caprice and was driving 2 years before I turned 16 and bought a 69 Impala with a 396 big block for $300. It was a ten year old car the year I bought it and got my drivers license. Freedom from being a pedestrian in a small town with my first car, and I drove it home from the DMV on my 16th birthday. Put a Pioneer 8 track sound system with some Crayco 6x9s cranking out tunes like Tom Petty, Bad Company, .38 special, and Black Sabbath. Those were the days.
Hey what's up with 58 Biscayne. That would be nice
Very nice find!
Finally, excited to see this cleaned up and all the trim put back on!
What a great find. Seems to be in good shape and someone had some real plans for it looking at the engine modifications. Sealed up the Carb opening too! Nice of them. Trim is there, interior nice. Finish it all the way, bring it back! I'll be watching!
My buddy gave me a carburetor for it today for my birthday!!
@@DezzysSpeedShop Happy Birthday! to you! You are developing a fine channel! Enjoying it! Thanks
@@DezzysSpeedShop I'll give you two carbs, and I'll wash it for you!
@@DezzysSpeedShop Dude the inside looks great. I would totally give it fresh paint and maintain it. Good luck
@@DezzysSpeedShop Rochester Quadrajet?
The 61 is such an exceptional design. One of my favs and I'm a Pontiac guy. Congratulations!
Nice to see another 61 find. Found my 61 2 years ago sitting in a garage for 30 years. Red with white top all original.
Cool vid brother, always brings a smile to my grille seeing a barn find being saved. I'm in New Zealand but wish I was in the U.S saving old cars.
It's amazing how solid that car is. You did really good on that one.👍
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Beautiful find!
that thing is sweet! nice find/good work!
You got yourself a beauty there , brother ... a 61 is definitely on my bucket list !
I hope you show us what you do with that beauty as I'd love to see her all cleaned up with the trim in place ... I'm driving a 60 Biscayne & just love those old Impalas .
I have a '61 Buick bubble. Hasn't been on the road in a while, need to get it going! It's rare to find one that rust free, can't wait to see what you do with it.
I actually sold this one and dumped the money into other projects like my ‘69 Caprice 427/4-speed car
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First time I've visited your channel. The car is amazing. But, what really stood out was how you and the seller were getting along. Right on the same wavelength. Love of old iron, bringing people together. Subscribed!
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You're the undisputed King 👑 of car hunters!
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Damn good find. Just bought a 66 Plymouth fury sport 440 buckets 727 pos chased it for. 3 years. HAaaaa now. She's mine happy as a pig at the slop troff
Another extraordinary find. Happy for you man!
Great video. What a brilliant car! Thanks for sharing. I know the temptation might be to hot rod it, but I would keep it pretty standard - maybe in a beautiful period silver colour.
Keep up the good work I love your videos. The 61 bubble top is my favorite car.
Great find! I had a white with red interior, with the bubble top, 283 V8. Totaled it on a 6" diameter oak tree. That baby ran like a top.
This one was originally tan on tan with a 6 cylinder and 3 speed manual
You scored big time! Can't wait to see more of your 61 bubble! The 62 bubble is my favorite impala!
I’m working on it today btw
@@DezzysSpeedShop is it an automatic, I
Or 3 speed?
There are people that dream and there are people that do. You are a doer✊
Just living my own twisted fantasy 😂
What a great car! Can’t wait to see that cleaned up!
That was big fun just watching you
and the dusty bubble - thanks!
I can't decide which one I love more, the 61 or the 58. Both are beautiful. Great find. Cheers!
You are a lucky man. I had one of these brand new in 1961 and I always loved the car. Best of luck restoring your ride. What would I do with it? I would restore it back to stock, rebuild the entire suspension, with up graded front disc brakes and redo the interior if needed. Then I would drive it everywhere within limits.
RS Camaro, Javelin AMX, Charger oh my! I hope you're going back for a trailer refill. I even like the wheels on the Impala.
Very cool....................... 👍👍👍
Couldn’t have gone to a nicer man. May God Bless.
Thanks for the kind words
The car caught my attention but then I realized that you were in Washington State I was riveted. Grant county, Grand Coulee dam. I have relatives right there. Looking forward to seeing it cleaned up.
Man..great find! I got to get a full size Chevy..always loved them all the way to 73
should take the 58 chev too!
Agree
Nice ride man!👍
What a beautiful find keep it on the road 🤙
dezzy well I have to admit that I’m also a hoarder and you are exactly right that the first part of letting go of something of your hoard is admitting that you have a problem and I really want to say Ty for saving another beautiful impala from the junkyard
again one saved .....what i like too is when you are filming homes along side the road with classics front of .
61 bubble top was my first car after I got my driver's permit in 68 . It was fixed up 327 4 speed. Then someone stole it never saw it again.
Don't let a good boy go bad, take your keys, lock your car.T.V. ad circa 1967.
one of the best cars love 61 Impala
the look on your dogs face just after you said "all i need is a dead animal wrapped in a bun" was priceless...........nice find !!
Is he selling the 1958 also ?
What?! That is a score. I'm seeing a Nova, and Camaro, and God only knows what else at that spot. Wow, man. I do this same thing and I know you fought that load the whole way home...a bit heavy on the ass end with it on there backwards. Going to be a sweet car.
Great find it will look amazing with some tlc look forward to the next update
Next up is a carb and a bath!
@@DezzysSpeedShop Looking forward to seeing that!:)
What great find, dont see them that rust free too often. So many things you could do with that car.
A special car in great shape! Worth a fortune, too.
Very possible vehicle with minimal rust and most likely only needing a good wash and wax.Then with the trim and other details taken care off it can become a sharp looker.
Wow the condition is incredible
65 thru 73 are my favorite ❤
love this video. that 58 is bad ass
Thanks! Tell a friend 😁
I moved to Oregon from Illinois. I can't believe the cars out here without rust. There are treasures everywhere.
Yea the further East you go towards the mountains the dryer it is
Keep us all informed
Yeah that's a bad boy for sure...sweet!
Damn! Lucky man! Keep us posted.
If you have the patience to restore this beautiful Chevy like you do with loading on the trailer you're definitely in good shape!!
Can’t wait to see it cleaned up
My favorite impala .In my opinion the 61 is the car the ties the all of the 50s and 60s Impalas together . It kinda resembles all of them from that era
1961 Chevy with a bubble top roof, it probably a 283 engine 2 or 4 barrel Rochester Carb, power guild transmission, but a good car back then. Glad to see this young man taking a interest in this area too.
those were beautiful vehicles as brand new..good luck keep us posted in your progress restoring it👍!
Oh that's definitely gotta be a keeper! Nice job!
I have always liked the 1961 Chevy Impala bubble top. They are kinda rare, I have seen very few at car shows. I remember my Aunt and Uncle owned two of them back in the early 70s, one of them got wrecked. I was a little kid then in elementary school. The 2nd one they had they bought for my cousins to drive. I would love to see it after it is all restored, they are beautiful old cars.
Well done Dezzy, you da man! Got a 1961 Chevy Impala slant-six (think it's a slant?) convertible all original that has been sitting in a garage for 40 years! It was my grandmother's that went to my uncle along with the house in 1981. Uncle passed, and now the whole estate is in litigation (long story). Hope to get that thang "recovered" before too long; no hurry I guess as it has been where it is for four decades. **shrug**
You should get after that 58 it looked purity good .I'd like to see that impala when your done .
Dam that is a sweet find man!
I drove half way across Canada for a '72Monte Carlo.I would drive half way around the world for a'61 2 door Chev(and take a couple of buddies to get that'58 home as well...SWEET !)
WOW,the interior is very nice,no cracks,you found a GEM.Don't forget the '58 Buddy.
Great find, beautiful find. I'll have to check out how it came along after a year.
I sold it 🥹
Your so lucky am glad you are saving these vehicles
Nice cars 61 and 58
Juicy barn find.
I love your adventure to E WA. I live in Eohrata and I am a car nut too. I have a huge collection of 56 Buicks and your young enough to get these cars back on the road. Best to you always
Sweet Impala, but I'm loving that El Camino.
Back when American cars were beautiful and distinct from each other and the government stayed out of the auto makers business. Those were the days!
Nice score Dezzy.... Let me know when you get it fired up.
A good day indeed👍👍
Love to have that red Camaro park by that 1958 impala
Me too lol
It's probably a 283. The 327 didnt come out until 62, so the available V8's were 283/348/409. The 2bbl was 170 HP, the 4bbl 230HP. My dad had a 283 4V Turboglide Impala Sport Sedan. The dash was the same color and had the same emblem. I learned to drive on it.
Keep rockin' that Seahawks hat
What An Awsome Treasure!!💝Safe travels back home.😊🙏🏽
That looks like a good car to restore, wow! How lucky can you be?
When I growed up, our family car was a '61 Impala white with red interior 409 4 speed and a bubble top, my mom didn't like it so she continued to drive the '55 Pontiac Chieftain which was 2tone red and white, awesome car and in '66 got a Chevrolet Impala, traded the Pontiac in and kept the '61 cause was my dad's favorite,,,funny thing after getting rid of the Pontiac the '61 ended up being my mom's favorite driver 😀,,women are funny that way, go figure 😀thanks for sharing and as always ❤"Howdy from Texas "!!
Those cars are beautiful! As far as the ram horn manifolds, just about every small block Chevy had them, including trucks. There was no horsepower advantage with them (unless you had the Corvette 2.5" ones), they were simply all Chevrolet had until the accessory bolt holes appeared on the cylinder heads in 1968, when the alternator had a bracket there instead of on the manifold. Corvette continued to use the ram horns through the 1982 model year.
Those ram horn exhaust manifolds are what we call cast iron headers back in the 60's and 70's
What I would do with it would be to keep the 327 that is in it. That egine will put out 300 hp with very little effort once you go through it. Don't underestimate that engine that is in the car. I know a lot of people that swear the 327 was one of the best engines GM ever put out. First give it a bath and clean it up and put the brightwork back on it. I think you will be surprised at what it is going to look like just after you do that.
In my opinión the 327 307 283 aré the Best engine's had a 283 on my 66 impala ragtop regret spelling It😭
@@filiflores6627 I had several GM products over my lifetime and I never had a bad one , but I am a Ford man at heart. Even though I had all of those GMs I always have had a Ford for myself, always. have owned Malibu, LeSabre, Corvette, GMC, Chevy Impala, Caprice, and several others, but I always had a Ford pickup truck for myself.
@@TBullCajunbreadmaker had a brand new Mustang 5.0 in 1988 & towncar but close to trading my 82 colectors edition Corvette for a 64 tbird ragtop but the gentleman's wife disagree did'nt get lucky.😡
To the best I can remember back then, the 327 wasn't available til the '62 model year, in '61 V8s went 283, then 348, which could be order with Tri-power, and then the 409 later in the year,,,
@@rickallen8158 You might be right about the 283 to the 348 but I think I remember a 302 or something like that or maybe a 292, whatever it was I think there was another engine in between the 283 and the 348, just can't remembe4r what it was. I'm getting on up there in age now. Gotta excuse me forgetting some stuff I use to know.
Great find man wish I found it
I had a '61 convertible back in the day. I loved that car.
A true barn find. Hope you bought it.
That 61 Chevy impala is worth rebuilding from the chassis up n a new paint job.
It actually was freshly painted when it got parked. I’m going to wash it and see how it cleans up
Cool orange Camaro in the background.
Nice find guys.
Get that baby resurrected and back on the road again. That beauty is older than myself and the best styled of the late great (1958-1964) era!
Looks like there are many beauties on that property. Get yourself a few more.
You’re gonna faint when I drop the video of the other cars!
love the bubble tops
And still do today and looked similar in 1977 78 and 90s and eighties
Amazing condition.
This video popped up on my CZcams home page today.
Really enjoyed you and getting the 61 Impala.
Thanks for watching! Check out some of my other rescue videos. I picked up an SS 409/4-speed 1963 Impala last year
@@DezzysSpeedShop Will do.
i am sure this guy love this impala, and make it great again.