An Original, Numbers Matching, Unmolested, Survivor. Trophy Winning Show Car on 2040-cars
Loudon, Tennessee, United States
Body Type:2 door Bubble top
Engine:283
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
Interior Color: Blue
Make: Chevrolet
Number of Cylinders: 8
Model: Impala
Trim: Bubble top
Drive Type: automatic
Mileage: 89,987
Exterior Color: White
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
1961 Chevy Impala. A unmolested, well preserved time capsule. A 2 family owned, southern Tennessee car with documentation including The original laminated TN title, and protection plan book. Original V 8 283 2 barrel, automatic power glide transmission, manual steering, & brakes. Working AM radio, Factory tinted glass, Rare front mounted bumper bullets, 4 rear chrome bumper guards, door handle finger nail scratch guards. & chrome headlight eye brows. Bought new in Knoxville Tn & owned by the first family until 1981 where it had accumulated 87,000 miles, Upon receiving the car the second owner treated her to a new repaint & some mechanical maintenance. {All documented.} From 1981 to 2005 she spent most of her life on short cruises, & the show field { see pictures for the first, second & best of show trophies.} She was last registered in 2005 & has been sitting In a climate controlled garage since then. The odometer now reads 89,987 so between 1981 to 2013 she only accumulated less then 3000 miles. It still has the original T-3 headlights, spiral shocks, spare tire, original style muffler & exhaust. Front tires` are date coded from 1965. The 2nd owner never fully rolled up the windows or fully closed the doors or trunk to preserve the rubber weather stripping while it was parked. Now that is meticulous. It has been recently treated to new front brake lines & shoes & ignition upgrades..All old parts were retained. She runs & drives like a dream with all lights, turn signals, horns, cigarette lighter, radio, gas gauge, temp gauge, dummy lights, heater, & fan controls functioning properly. Clock, & Wiper motor are currently not working. There is some fading on top of rear seat side bolsters from sitting in the sun {see pictures} not too bad for 52 year old original material. Slight windshield scratches from passenger wiper, not deep they may polish out. I encourage anyone to come inspect this beauty for themselves.I am about 35 minutes from Knoxville Tn. Bring a spot rot magnet with you & I doubt you will find little if any body filler. Underneath is solid as the top. 2nd owner kept a log of anything that was done to the car from 1981 along with photos of the car when he was showing it. I reserve the right to end auction early because of car being advertised locally. Mileage might be slightly higher at end of auction. More photos available upon request, or call me to discuss in detail 865-717-6280 Thanks Rich.
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Ford nabbed six of the 21 categories that received awards this year, the Focus, Fusion, Fusion Hybrid, Taurus, Escape and Edge getting trophies. Toyota and its Lexus and Scion sub-brands took another five, the Tacoma and Tundra owning the two categories given to pickup trucks. The other ten awards were split between Honda with three, Buick with two, and one each for Subaru, BMW, Hyundai, Chevrolet and Mazda.
Follow the link to see all the winners and read about why they were chosen.
GM applies for LT5, LTX trademarks... are new small block variants coming?
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The LTX trademark is, as with that last letter, a complete mystery. If the "X" isn't a generic way to denote the whole LT family, it's wondered if it LTX could refer to a crate motor offering like the LSX.
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Instead, Chevy had a better idea: It will be donating 300 of these vehicles damaged by Sandy to help train first responders at Guardian Centers in Perry, GA. Chevy is the official automotive partner of Guardian Centers, which is an 830-acre facility that trains first responders in disaster preparedness. Junked cars are practically a consumable commodity there, where a full-size cityscape simulator gives trainees an entire urban center in which to train for all sorts of rescue operations and disaster scenarios.
Chevy says its particular vehicles will be used "in conjunction with role players for wide area searches, traffic congestion in emergency situations, counter terrorism, public order and mass casualty exercises." While grim scenarios all, we're certainly glad there are people out there preparing for the unexpected. While a zombie apocalypse isn't officially on the list of potential disasters to prepare for, when the virus hits, we'll be hot-footing it to Perry, GA to hang with these guys and gals.