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How about a Roadmaster with the wood panels?
I was in downtown DC yesterday, and while stopped at a traffic light, noticed one of those little "buy here/pay here" lots off to the left. Being it was in downtown DC, it was surrounded by a tall chain link fence with razor wire across the top. Anyway, inside, there were a couple of Crown Vics, a couple of the whale-bodied Caprices, one of the final Olds Custom Cruiser wagons (I think they only made these from '91-92), and a big whale-bodied Fleetwood.
I have a feeling that this sales lot's biggest customers are cabbies.
Cars Rick has had over the past decade or so: '70 Challenger T/A with 340 Six Pack, '70 'Cuda 440 Six Barrel, '71 Duster 340, '73 Challenger with 340 (sold last week), '70 Dart Swinger with 340, '72 Valiant Scamp with 318, and perhaps his finest car: '69 GTX convertible with 440 and heavy-duty 906 TorqueFlite. Andre, you'd really like this one. According to him, it's only one out of 700 GTX ragtops produced in '69, and only one of the very few original survivors.
Yep, only 625 GTX ragtops made in 1969. The really rare GTX convertible for that year is the Hemi, of which there were only 11 and those are worth big bucks.
Sources are Dodge & Plymouth Muscle Car Red Book and The Sports Car Market Price Guide.
Jrosa, as for Canadian production, yeah, there was a plant in Windsor, Ontario back then. If you look at the 7th digit of the VIN #, if it's "R", it was built there (at least in '68-74, which is the what the website I found covers). I think a lot of Darts, Valiants, Demons, and Dusters were built in Canada back then.
I used to hear that you could write to Pontiac somehow, give them the ID numbers for your vehicle, and they could send you a reprint of the original window sticker and/or invoice, listing all the options and original prices of your vehicle. Does anyone know if this service was ever offered by Chevrolet, and if so, does it still exist? I was wondering if there was a way I could get the original invoice for my 62 Impala SS. Anyone out there have any info I'd sure appreciate it.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
So I would've been even harsher, and converted that 375-390 to about 281-292! I'm sure they had to be more potent than that though!
PO Box 50522
Indianapolis, IN 46250
website: http://www.window-sticker.com
They say they can reproduce window stickers for other 59 and later GM, Mopar, and some Ford.
Anyway, they said "tell your friends if you're satisfied"- so, thought I'd share here.
BTW, the bottom line price for my 62, including destination charge, was $3433.35, in 1962. Interesting.
Ghulet-my 62 was relatively bare for an Impala SS. Base price was $2776 for the Impala 8 2dr spt coupe-250HP327 was 83.95, Powerglide was 199.10, Pushbutton radio 56.50, tinted glass 37.70, 2sp electric wiper/washer 17.25, WSW tires 31.55, supersport package 156.05, and that was it. No power steering or brakes, no air.
As a footnote, I remember when my Dad bought a nearly identical 62 SS back in July of 62. We went for a test drive, and my Dad remarked that it felt like power steering. The salesman said no it wasn't, because the sticker didn't list it. Turned out the car DID have power steering, but somehow, the sticker didn't have it listed-so, we got it free [after some bargaining, of course]. Go figure on that one.
It was 1968. The Chevy was white with a blue interior. It had the 300 HP 327 with Powerglide. It also had power windows and power steering but I don't think it had power brakes but it did have factory air conditioning which was a pretty rare option at the time.
What a pretty car it was. Of all the many cars I've owned I think this is the one I miss the most.
Anyway, enjoy this good NW weather while we can!
When are you heading up north a bit?
I think it was a '55 Century convertible (whichever was the fastest one). Has to be white with red interior however.
Enjoy your current rides.
Given other choices in 1959, even a Chevy 2 dr hdtp, no beauty itself, would be a much better choice, as they run well, are a big more agile, and far easier and cheaper to restore. Also, with Chevys of that era you can easily upgrade the motor and transmission and actually have a car that's fun to drive (in a straight line, anyway).
With a '59 Caddy, I get "I am from Mars", and "my front end and my read end were not designed by the same people" and "I'm not really a car, I"m a pinball machine".