Watching this video again figured I'd leave a comment with hopes that Steve heals up to his normal self soon. In regards to the video topic the 60's Chevy fullsize cars are some of my favorites, I've had a few over the years and currently have a '63. Always thought the X-frame was a crummy design though glad they ditched it in 65.
My grandpa had one. 1960 348 Tri-power 2 door factory. Dealerships chosen to get them got one and only one! And his was a manual 4 speed on the floor. It was red with white interior. Of all the cars he had, he said he missed that one the most. he said on the freeway he could smash the gas the back of the car hunker down and the car take off. When he gave me my 1960 Ranchero for graduation in 2003 he put a 66' mustang 289 drive train in it and a mustang II rear. I'll never forget, grandpa Tom said "She Scoots like that ole' tri-power..... She Scoots!".
The red 4dr at the top of Steve's 1960 brochure is the 4dr hardtop. Chevrolet called it the sport sedan. My mom had a white one with black interior and black side spearwhen I was a kid. On the 1959-60 design..... "The Cars of Harley Earl" by David W. Temple has a complete chapter on styling/design of the 1959s and a short write-up on the cleaned-up 1960s. The flat-top styling is what was called "international design." Hemmings Classic Car, 2017 January has a big article on this design. Buick finished their design first and the other divisions hsad to work around the Buick design. Interesting side note.....all five divisions shared the same glass.
Mr. B. Here ! Morning to all ! 😊 Steve that vehicle may some parts the rest has seen better days , thank you for the information. Have a good week end to all !
That dash looks usable too. People need to get some of those parts before it's too late. Most of them are already gone. But there are still good parts there in that yard
Great tour of a cool car! Chevrolet was eating everybody's lunch back then. As far as the X frame goes, it was no more or less dangerous than its competition. In the days of longer, lower, wider, GM, Ford, Chrysler, etc., had NO side impact protection. Since the bumpers were often higher than the passenger compartment floor, you just got smacked in the lower door. If you had a perimeter frame the offending car would just ride up over the frame and crunch you. This is why side door beams and side airbags were invented! Expecting the lower structure to protect you, sitting above it, is like expecting your steel toe shoes to protect your shins! 😁 Fisher Body also engineered stronger, double boxed rocker panels and plenty of cross bracing in the floorboards for these cars. But then lots of people did not trust any unibody (AMC, Chrysler)car back then either.
Interesting that John Christie mentioned the Little Old Lady From Pasadena, as I thought that song came after this was written. So I googled, and it turns out that that phrase was a thing long before the Jan and Dean song. It originates back to Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy in 1949, and was also used by Alfred Hitchcock in an intro to one of his shows.
These are great cars, not only function, but styling. When I was young, the people next door had a '59 wagon, we had the '60 4 door, guy down and across the street had a '61 2 door, and the guy who lived 3 houses over had the '62 2 door hardtop fastback. Thanks Steve for bringing back those HAPPY memories.
I was about 6 years old, and my aunt had the same color and year driving with her along Swampscott beach in MA. This is the same chevy that defeated Jeepers Creepers in the first movie.
My pal had a '60 Impala convertible, a real beauty, with V8 and an automatic that (we were told then) was not a Powerglide, but another automatic. It was impossible to detect a shift point, it was so smooth!
Nothing beats those late 50's early 60's Impalas especially 2doors the styling was awesome , had a 60 Biscayne 2door post 283 car upgraded to a four speed jobbed parts from a junkyard years ago wreck 348 car made it look like came from the factory wish l would have kept it . Very much enjoy your videos Steve thanks keep them coming !!!👍😎
Mr. Gasket, among other parts distributors, made a screw in stud for those rocker arms back in the Sixties and Seventies. Converted many heads while at Performance Motors Ltd. in Philadelphia.
Back when we were teenagers, there was this body shop just out of town and the owner's father kept his '60 convertible tucked away in the back, white on red, with a 348 tri-power and a 4 speed. We'd often go to "visit" the car and try to talk the old guy into bringing it out. I don't know why he never did. The thing had about a inch of dust all over it and it needed a clean-up in the worst way but it ran perfect. A good day's work with the soap & water and polish and you'd have yourself one sweet cruiser.
I had a 58 when I was a kid. It had a 348 with a 3 speed manual. I remember getting one of those spaghetti shifters from JC whitney and cutting the floor to install it. That car was pretty cool. Really enjoy these videos Steve, just keep em coming.
@@WhippJunior I think mine was 400-500 bucks. I didn't have enough money to buy it by myself so my buddy Joey went in halves on it. It was a nice car, and someone had put a 3 deuce setup on it. We would take turns on driving it on the weekend. I eventually sold my share to him, saved enough money to buy a 55 Chevy post car that I turned into a drag car. The rest is history. Lol
When I was very young my parents had a 1960 Chevrolet station wagon. My mom HATED it so in 1963 my parents traded it in for a 1963 Rambler Ambassador wagon. Every time my dad bought something other than a Nash / Rambler / AMC through the years they seemed to always replace it with another American Motors vehicle until AMC got bought out by Chrysler. The next Chevy my dad bought wasn't until 1989 when he bought a Chevy Corsica but it was only because I worked for a Chevy dealer and he got a good deal on it.
Interesting that John Christy’s article would say the Chevrolets were cars for traveling salesmen. My late grandad owned a one-man rural repair shop from the late 20s through the 70s and one of the cars in his accompanying junkyard collection was a 1950 Chevy two door. I remember in the 70s him telling me it was unique because it had a Powerglide and only had about 50K on the clock. Apparently circa 1951-52, the salesman who owned it was passing through had car trouble left the car with him to fix. I don’t remember what the car’s problem was but seem to recall my granddad saying he either bought it or traded him something to get on his way. Parked it under a big cottonwood tree. Anyway, a Kansas wind storm blew thru and dropped a cottonwood limb on the roof of the car. And there it sat until the late 80s when the cars were all auctioned off, although the tree limb was removed.
I had a '59 Biscayne 2 door sedan, drug out of a farm in Spokane WA, bought it for 3000 and had to flat tow it home. Rebuilt the one barrel carb and drove it for a year or so, then swapped in a truck based 409 and turbo 350 that my father had. Was a great car, wished i never sold it.
I love what the low rider community have done to these vehicles. So ornate and attention to detail they truly are works of art. I follow a couple low rider pages on YT just to oooh and aaah over these creations.
always loved the Impala and its later platform mate the Caprice my dad drove a used 1984 Caprice Classic sedan from Oct 1993 to May 2000 it had been uncle Rico's car previously until he downsized to a 1994 Honda Accord SI the Caprice classic had a 350 Small block V8 engine in it while the Accord SI had a 2.7 l V6 engine similar to what the Acura Legend/Rover 800 series had remember that well as my dad drove a used 1987 Sterling 825 SL prior to having the Caprice
An old guy at the end of my street Vinny Aprea bought a 2dr hard top Impala new in 1960 in black with a red interior and a 283 Powerglide. He drove it 35 years and put over 400,000 miles on it. Sometime in the 70's or 80's he put fiberglass front fenders on it when the steel ones rotted out. He parked it in the garage for 15 years when he started driving a mid 90's Buick Century his late sister left him. he always used to say how the chicks went nuts over his car when it was new but he always used the other C word because he was rough around the edges LOL
Aside from the X frame, those cars were works of art. They're beautiful, and from every angle there's a feature in its design that catches the eye. From it's beautiful metal grill to those wonderful fins. The way the back glass has that overhang really puts the icing on the cake.
I love how you said see-dan! I say it like that at work, and the other mechanics just look at me like I am insane! LOL! Thanks, Steve, for all you do in remembering all the cool details on these badass old cars and sharing your knowledge with us! Take care, brother!
That year Impala was hard car to love but I did like the rear wings and tail light area. I remember being able to tell the car salesman what I wanted as options in a truck. He just wrote it all down and the truck came with what I wanted not like today where you can only buy option packages. Oh the good old days.
I ordered two new vehicles in 2005 - a F-150 for me and an Escape for my wife. The F-150 at that time was still a fun vehicle to order, with a fair number of different options you could pick and choose. The Escape was less so, but there were still a few options I was able to select (the trailer towing option being the particular one) that likely would not have come on a lot vehicle. When I ordered my Mustang in 2008, the selection process had pretty much devolved into package selections and colors, although since the combination I wanted was fairly unique it still made sense for me to order. When I purchased my Ranger in 2009, I would have liked to special order it, but I purchased so late in the year that it wasn’t possible any longer for that model year. That being said, only real compromise I had to make on the Ranger was color. By the time we purchased our Escape in 2019, we felt as if ordering didn’t make much sense and we simply purchased a lot vehicle. In looking at trucks on Ford’s website a month or so ago, I might still order a truck just to get the exact combinations I want, but for any other kind of vehicle the choices seem so limited that I would probably just do a lot vehicle again and call it good.
Using that car to show the details of the chassis and suspension is like giving an anatomy lesson with a guy who fell out of a train. Effective but gory, lol
Hi Steve, good video! Good car! Thank you for pointing out the steel "X" frame. All full-size cars used the steel "X" frame years ago before the full perimeter steel frame, i.e. GM and Ford. Chrysler went to a full unit-built body shell with a steel front sub-frame on all of there cars. I wish to point out that the instrument cluster on the car that you profiled is not magnesium, it is pot metal. By the way, the front door small window(s) are the vent window(s). The quarter window(s) are all ways located in or at the rear quarter panel(s), that is where the term "quarter window" comes from. Please reply. Dave...
My dad had a white ‘60 Biscayne. Bare bones plain Jane work car. I remember a TV special in maybe 1969 about teen driving safety. The teens were driving recklessly in a red 1960 Impala. The last scene showed the car alone on the highway - front end all smashed up - and the teens inside the car all covered with fake blood. As a little kid, it bothered me that it didn’t show what they hit … and that the passenger compartment was perfectly fine (no windows broken), but somehow the kids were all bloody. Every time I see a ‘60 Chevy, I’m reminded of that stupid film from 50 years ago. Weird the things that stick in your mind.
Steve you always have great Content and your Brain runs faster then your mouth or viceverca always great Videos Steve and the great Shane Richardson, 🎥👍
Man Steve your love and passion for automobiles hot rodding model cars is just contagious! I love all your videos and books great work I love how you show your model cars with the real thing that's an awesome touch your doin some awesome work my friend someone needs to give you your own show would be awesome junkyard gold was outstanding! Anyway nice work steve on all the automotive stuff you do and model cars there just beautiful pieces keep the awesome videos comin buddy!
The one I should have kept was my 1960 Bel Air four door sedan, same body as this one. It was pretty far gone but could have been saved. 283 truck engine I got from a friend who wrecked his as the original engine was bad. Drove it all over Colorado. My neighbor bought it and put the engine in an early 60s Chevy truck. That was 40 years ago
No VIN (almost), can't win, but easy to (somewhat) figure out, no doubt: 0 for 1960 model year, 18 for Impala V8, 39 for four door hardtop, maybe S for St. Louis, MO or T for Tarrytown, NY or G for Framingham, MA assembly among other choices and the rest is the production sequence. No tag, can't brag, but can be (somewhat) figured out, no doubt: 60 for 1960 model year, 1839 for four door Impala, S for St. Louis, T for Tarrytown, NY or G for Framingham, MA assembly (among other choices), 841 or 843 for Blue interior trim, 910 for Horizon Blue exterior paint among other codes.
Was the top cut to take the quarter panel? Also, did you check out any of the Texas auction items, I looked through quite a few cars, seems like they were mainly for parts. Don't think I saw a single one that was complete.
@@tomwesley7884 Who knows? Maybe. LOL. One of the You Tubers I follow, "Classic Ride Society" is doing a three part (at least) walk around of that auction. He's got two of the three parts up already.
@@tomwesley7884 I know of Benny of CRS as he sent me a #42793 Craftsman 3/8" drive flex ratchet that he found in a blue 1972 Torino (the video can be found on his channel, it's the light blue one). About 15-17 minutes in, he finds the ratchet buried in the radiator support. He sent it to me, I cleaned it up and rebuilt it and it works like new now. Eventually, I plan to maybe go down and visit him and be on the channel, if that's something that he and the viewers of his channel want. I'll visit other content creators that are in the area if I can.
So I guess the societal reference to “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena” actually existed well BEFORE the Jan and Dean song……??? That car review on the 1960 Chevrolet was written several years before the popular song was released in 1964! I wonder if the article Steve was reading was the actual source, in which case, some automotive writer is due some pretty hefty royalties…….🤔 I know opinions are mixed on Chevy’s “batwing” design, but I personally love them! Make mine the tamer version from 1960 with the more “Impalaesque” three round taillights! Would you include the ‘61 model in the “batwing” category, since one could argue there is still a little bit of the design feature in its rear styling……????
I feel the same way about 70’s era American land yachts! Back in high school during the early 80’s we HATED them because so many of us had them as hand-me-down first cars. But today I love the personal luxury and full-size cars from the malaise era, and gravitate toward them whenever they turn up at a car show!
My aunt Joan had a 1959 Impala four door her husband bought new. She never liked it because it didn't have power steering. A friend of mine's dad bought a 1960 Nomad wagon with the 348 in 1971 to use as a work car. I remember it had the same interior trim as an Impala and that particular one was white with a red interior and actually looked pretty good.
This one brings back memories of my dad's 60 BelAir 2dr post he purchased new just before I was born. Had the 235, 3 in the tree. Interestingly he traded a 57 210 2dr in for the 60, and got more on the trade in than he had paid for the 57 as a used car in 1958.
Fun part piece of trivia. The Impala's image was "borrowed" by one of the Soviet Union's - GAZ-21 VOLGA had it on it's bonnet,as figurine. Ok,ok - "engine cover". 8)
Great looking cars ! Our neighbor had a copper 60 wagon... nice color and their son who was older than my bro and I would take it to the school yard a block over and spin donuts on the lawn of the school lol.. thanks for sharing Steve !!
@@ExilefromCrownHill two door Nomad production ended with the '57s , as customers had indicated that they wanted the convenience of four door wagons . They sold more four door Nomads in 1958 alone , then they had two door Nomads during '55--'57 combined . 1960 was the last year for the sedan delivery until the Vega came out with one from '71-'74 .
Watching this video again figured I'd leave a comment with hopes that Steve heals up to his normal self soon. In regards to the video topic the 60's Chevy fullsize cars are some of my favorites, I've had a few over the years and currently have a '63. Always thought the X-frame was a crummy design though glad they ditched it in 65.
don't forget a 1960 Chevy was in the movie jeepers creepers!
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Love our Canadian made 62 impala 2 door hardtop. The wife and I love working on our car.
Good morning,eh , from Montreal Canada 🇨🇦👍
Steve's videos are now part of my morning routine.
My grandpa had one. 1960 348 Tri-power 2 door factory. Dealerships chosen to get them got one and only one! And his was a manual 4 speed on the floor. It was red with white interior. Of all the cars he had, he said he missed that one the most. he said on the freeway he could smash the gas the back of the car hunker down and the car take off. When he gave me my 1960 Ranchero for graduation in 2003 he put a 66' mustang 289 drive train in it and a mustang II rear. I'll never forget, grandpa Tom said "She Scoots like that ole' tri-power..... She Scoots!".
Another great video from Steve mags!!!...get well soon Steve, in our hearts and prayers
The red 4dr at the top of Steve's 1960 brochure is the 4dr hardtop. Chevrolet called it the sport sedan. My mom had a white one with black interior and black side spearwhen I was a kid.
On the 1959-60 design.....
"The Cars of Harley Earl" by David W. Temple has a complete chapter on styling/design of the 1959s and a short write-up on the cleaned-up 1960s.
The flat-top styling is what was called "international design." Hemmings Classic Car, 2017 January has a big article on this design.
Buick finished their design first and the other divisions hsad to work around the Buick design.
Interesting side note.....all five divisions shared the same glass.
The tail fin and trunk design will always be my favorite style Chevrolet
Spring is here(thank God) I can't wait to see what treasures Steve can find this year.
Mr. B. Here ! Morning to all ! 😊 Steve that vehicle may some parts the rest has seen better days , thank you for the information. Have a good week end to all !
Morning
Good morning from Dover ARKANSAS I was hoping you would do a 1960 Chevy I've been driving them for 42 years now have a blessed weekend.
GM from Monticello
Still driving a '60?
Yes I a 1960 Chevy Biscayne for a daily driver.
That dash looks usable too. People need to get some of those parts before it's too late. Most of them are already gone. But there are still good parts there in that yard
lots of old Chevy's and everything else in this yard!
Great tour of a cool car! Chevrolet was eating everybody's lunch back then. As far as the X frame goes, it was no more or less dangerous than its competition. In the days of longer, lower, wider, GM, Ford, Chrysler, etc., had NO side impact protection. Since the bumpers were often higher than the passenger compartment floor, you just got smacked in the lower door. If you had a perimeter frame the offending car would just ride up over the frame and crunch you. This is why side door beams and side airbags were invented! Expecting the lower structure to protect you, sitting above it, is like expecting your steel toe shoes to protect your shins! 😁
Fisher Body also engineered stronger, double boxed rocker panels and plenty of cross bracing in the floorboards for these cars.
But then lots of people did not trust any unibody (AMC, Chrysler)car back then either.
Interesting that John Christie mentioned the Little Old Lady From Pasadena, as I thought that song came after this was written. So I googled, and it turns out that that phrase was a thing long before the Jan and Dean song. It originates back to Edgar Bergan and Charlie McCarthy in 1949, and was also used by Alfred Hitchcock in an intro to one of his shows.
These are great cars, not only function, but styling. When I was young, the people next door had a '59 wagon, we had the '60 4 door, guy down and across the street had a '61 2 door, and the guy who lived 3 houses over had the '62 2 door hardtop fastback. Thanks Steve for bringing back those HAPPY memories.
Amazing how those magazines always find themselves in interesting places in these cars!
The man is a veritable plethora of automotive information!
Respect!
My dad had two 348 4-door sport sedans. My 55 Bel-Air has the crank out cozy wings.
Still pulling and praying for Mr Magnante and all his loved ones. ~ Chuck
Man those where some cool looking Chevy’s! I love the styling of the dashboard and body style! 50s early 60s jet era.
I was about 6 years old, and my aunt had the same color and year driving with her along Swampscott beach in MA. This is the same chevy that defeated Jeepers Creepers in the first movie.
My pal had a '60 Impala convertible, a real beauty, with V8 and an automatic that (we were told then) was not a Powerglide, but another automatic. It was impossible to detect a shift point, it was so smooth!
Nothing beats those late 50's early 60's Impalas especially 2doors the styling was awesome , had a 60 Biscayne 2door post 283 car upgraded to a four speed jobbed parts from a junkyard years ago wreck 348 car made it look like came from the factory wish l would have kept it .
Very much enjoy your videos Steve thanks keep them coming !!!👍😎
Steve rocks, keep em' coming!
Mr. Gasket, among other parts distributors, made a screw in stud for those rocker arms back in the Sixties and Seventies. Converted many heads while at Performance Motors Ltd. in Philadelphia.
Great video Steve. I've got one parked in the garage right now. ( mild custom ) I've had it for the past 38 years.
needs a 409.
Back when we were teenagers, there was this body shop just out of town and the owner's father kept his '60 convertible tucked away in the back, white on red, with a 348 tri-power and a 4 speed. We'd often go to "visit" the car and try to talk the old guy into bringing it out.
I don't know why he never did. The thing had about a inch of dust all over it and it needed a clean-up in the worst way but it ran perfect. A good day's work with the soap & water and polish and you'd have yourself one sweet cruiser.
I had a 58 when I was a kid. It had a 348 with a 3 speed manual. I remember getting one of those spaghetti shifters from JC whitney and cutting the floor to install it. That car was pretty cool. Really enjoy these videos Steve, just keep em coming.
I agree, they're very attractive. My grandad loved the V rear fins of the '59.
Same here. 283 automatic beautiful shape $25.00 if you can believe that.
@@WhippJunior I think mine was 400-500 bucks. I didn't have enough money to buy it by myself so my buddy Joey went in halves on it. It was a nice car, and someone had put a 3 deuce setup on it. We would take turns on driving it on the weekend. I eventually sold my share to him, saved enough money to buy a 55 Chevy post car that I turned into a drag car. The rest is history. Lol
My friend owned a black ‘60 Impala convertible with the red interior. It was a three on the tree. Gorgeous car!
When I was very young my parents had a 1960 Chevrolet station wagon. My mom HATED it so in 1963 my parents traded it in for a 1963 Rambler Ambassador wagon. Every time my dad bought something other than a Nash / Rambler / AMC through the years they seemed to always replace it with another American Motors vehicle until AMC got bought out by Chrysler. The next Chevy my dad bought wasn't until 1989 when he bought a Chevy Corsica but it was only because I worked for a Chevy dealer and he got a good deal on it.
Same master cylinder used in a cat t50 forklift. That's what I found that was exactly the same as original
Interesting that John Christy’s article would say the Chevrolets were cars for traveling salesmen. My late grandad owned a one-man rural repair shop from the late 20s through the 70s and one of the cars in his accompanying junkyard collection was a 1950 Chevy two door. I remember in the 70s him telling me it was unique because it had a Powerglide and only had about 50K on the clock. Apparently circa 1951-52, the salesman who owned it was passing through had car trouble left the car with him to fix. I don’t remember what the car’s problem was but seem to recall my granddad saying he either bought it or traded him something to get on his way. Parked it under a big cottonwood tree. Anyway, a Kansas wind storm blew thru and dropped a cottonwood limb on the roof of the car. And there it sat until the late 80s when the cars were all auctioned off, although the tree limb was removed.
I had a '59 Biscayne 2 door sedan, drug out of a farm in Spokane WA, bought it for 3000 and had to flat tow it home. Rebuilt the one barrel carb and drove it for a year or so, then swapped in a truck based 409 and turbo 350 that my father had. Was a great car, wished i never sold it.
Still pulling classics out of the woodwork in Spokane.
I had a 1960 4door hard top with that wrap around rear window 283 power glide. Bought it 1969 for 125 dollars. Drove to NB. for college.
I love what the low rider community have done to these vehicles. So ornate and attention to detail they truly are works of art. I follow a couple low rider pages on YT just to oooh and aaah over these creations.
First car was 61 Impala 4dr HT. Love the old Impalas, Bel-airs, and Biscayne's....
Hi Steve, great video on this 60 Impala. Have a blessed day everyone 🤙🏼 Namaste 🙏🏼
Great information and wonderful video. Thank you.
That was a great car when it was alive, thumbs up, always enjoy what they have for you to find in that place
Thanx steve good classroom
Thank you for the content. Be well.❤
Thanks, Steve great segment, by the way, I was T-boned in my 58 Impala 348 not good!
always loved the Impala and its later platform mate the Caprice my dad drove a used 1984 Caprice Classic sedan from Oct 1993 to May 2000 it had been uncle Rico's car previously until he downsized to a 1994 Honda Accord SI the Caprice classic had a 350 Small block V8 engine in it while the Accord SI had a 2.7 l V6 engine similar to what the Acura Legend/Rover 800 series had remember that well as my dad drove a used 1987 Sterling 825 SL prior to having the Caprice
The 4 door with the rear Over Hang Roof one was one thing I STILL LOVE
The two door bubbletops still look great.
An old guy at the end of my street Vinny Aprea bought a 2dr hard top Impala new in 1960 in black with a red interior and a 283 Powerglide. He drove it 35 years and put over 400,000 miles on it. Sometime in the 70's or 80's he put fiberglass front fenders on it when the steel ones rotted out. He parked it in the garage for 15 years when he started driving a mid 90's Buick Century his late sister left him. he always used to say how the chicks went nuts over his car when it was new but he always used the other C word because he was rough around the edges LOL
Aside from the X frame, those cars were works of art. They're beautiful, and from every angle there's a feature in its design that catches the eye. From it's beautiful metal grill to those wonderful fins. The way the back glass has that overhang really puts the icing on the cake.
X frame is fine if you don't mind being the crumple zone
@@samholdsworth420lolz. Yea you ARE the crumple zone.
@@lilmike2710 lol yeah 👍🏻. Definitely not something you would want to Daly drive is it
@@samholdsworth420 is it different than a unibody?
@@67L-88 worse 😂 unibodies are safe and strong in comparison to an x frame from this era
Love 1960's
Great video Steve! 👍👍💯🇺🇸
I love how you said see-dan! I say it like that at work, and the other mechanics just look at me like I am insane! LOL! Thanks, Steve, for all you do in remembering all the cool details on these badass old cars and sharing your knowledge with us! Take care, brother!
That year Impala was hard car to love but I did like the rear wings and tail light area. I remember being able to tell the car salesman what I wanted as options in a truck. He just wrote it all down and the truck came with what I wanted not like today where you can only buy option packages. Oh the good old days.
Would have been nice to have cruise on the one car we bought, but, NoooOOoo, to get cruise ya buy a whole mountain of sh!t I don't want
I ordered two new vehicles in 2005 - a F-150 for me and an Escape for my wife. The F-150 at that time was still a fun vehicle to order, with a fair number of different options you could pick and choose. The Escape was less so, but there were still a few options I was able to select (the trailer towing option being the particular one) that likely would not have come on a lot vehicle.
When I ordered my Mustang in 2008, the selection process had pretty much devolved into package selections and colors, although since the combination I wanted was fairly unique it still made sense for me to order. When I purchased my Ranger in 2009, I would have liked to special order it, but I purchased so late in the year that it wasn’t possible any longer for that model year. That being said, only real compromise I had to make on the Ranger was color. By the time we purchased our Escape in 2019, we felt as if ordering didn’t make much sense and we simply purchased a lot vehicle.
In looking at trucks on Ford’s website a month or so ago, I might still order a truck just to get the exact combinations I want, but for any other kind of vehicle the choices seem so limited that I would probably just do a lot vehicle again and call it good.
Awsome. Also looks like a 66-67 Riviera in the background.
Great show Steve very interesting. Keep going buddy
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon
Morning Steve...
Hey Steve
Love your videos
Let’s see more of your 62
project
'Pimp ala' .......hilarious! Thanks, Steve, for another great video. You never disappoint. Looking forward to the next one!
Your show is always good to watch ... Steve
Props to Shane for the excellent camera work.
Manual power steering all the power you can put into steering it lol what a workout love the old classics
Lol
Yep! We learned to let 'er roll a bit while turning to reduce effort. Fun times!
My folks had a 60 impala, it was a very nice car !
My dad bought one from Nikki Chevrolet in Chicago it was turquoise, blue with white. First car I can remember of my parents
Nickey
@@javierdenardo2607 oops auto correct
Gotta love the Impounda
Steve, great work!
They also made a very cool sedan delivery wagon in 1960.
Using that car to show the details of the chassis and suspension is like giving an anatomy lesson with a guy who fell out of a train. Effective but gory, lol
LOL
Hi Steve, good video! Good car! Thank you for pointing out the steel "X" frame. All full-size cars used the steel "X" frame years ago before the full perimeter steel frame, i.e. GM and Ford. Chrysler went to a full unit-built body shell with a steel front sub-frame on all of there cars. I wish to point out that the instrument cluster on the car that you profiled is not magnesium, it is pot metal. By the way, the front door small window(s) are the vent window(s). The quarter window(s) are all ways located in or at the rear quarter panel(s), that is where the term "quarter window" comes from. Please reply. Dave...
Now it's a Limpala
My dad had a white ‘60 Biscayne. Bare bones plain Jane work car. I remember a TV special in maybe 1969 about teen driving safety. The teens were driving recklessly in a red 1960 Impala. The last scene showed the car alone on the highway - front end all smashed up - and the teens inside the car all covered with fake blood. As a little kid, it bothered me that it didn’t show what they hit … and that the passenger compartment was perfectly fine (no windows broken), but somehow the kids were all bloody. Every time I see a ‘60 Chevy, I’m reminded of that stupid film from 50 years ago. Weird the things that stick in your mind.
Thanks Steve!
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Man Steve your love and passion for automobiles hot rodding model cars is just contagious! I love all your videos and books great work I love how you show your model cars with the real thing that's an awesome touch your doin some awesome work my friend someone needs to give you your own show would be awesome junkyard gold was outstanding! Anyway nice work steve on all the automotive stuff you do and model cars there just beautiful pieces keep the awesome videos comin buddy!
The early bird special/ mags!
The one I should have kept was my 1960 Bel Air four door sedan, same body as this one. It was pretty far gone but could have been saved. 283 truck engine I got from a friend who wrecked his as the original engine was bad. Drove it all over Colorado. My neighbor bought it and put the engine in an early 60s Chevy truck. That was 40 years ago
No VIN (almost), can't win, but easy to (somewhat) figure out, no doubt: 0 for 1960 model year, 18 for Impala V8, 39 for four door hardtop, maybe S for St. Louis, MO or T for Tarrytown, NY or G for Framingham, MA assembly among other choices and the rest is the production sequence.
No tag, can't brag, but can be (somewhat) figured out, no doubt: 60 for 1960 model year, 1839 for four door Impala, S for St. Louis, T for Tarrytown, NY or G for Framingham, MA assembly (among other choices), 841 or 843 for Blue interior trim, 910 for Horizon Blue exterior paint among other codes.
Was the top cut to take the quarter panel? Also, did you check out any of the Texas auction items, I looked through quite a few cars, seems like they were mainly for parts. Don't think I saw a single one that was complete.
@@tomwesley7884 Who knows? Maybe. LOL. One of the You Tubers I follow, "Classic Ride Society" is doing a three part (at least) walk around of that auction. He's got two of the three parts up already.
@@googleusergp Yeah, a Classic Ride Society video came up in my suggested list, and the yard in the thumbnail looked familiar
@@tomwesley7884 I know of Benny of CRS as he sent me a #42793 Craftsman 3/8" drive flex ratchet that he found in a blue 1972 Torino (the video can be found on his channel, it's the light blue one). About 15-17 minutes in, he finds the ratchet buried in the radiator support. He sent it to me, I cleaned it up and rebuilt it and it works like new now.
Eventually, I plan to maybe go down and visit him and be on the channel, if that's something that he and the viewers of his channel want. I'll visit other content creators that are in the area if I can.
Still a lot of good parts. The dash in these look great in Chevy Trucks of this same time frame.
So I guess the societal reference to “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena” actually existed well BEFORE the Jan and Dean song……??? That car review on the 1960 Chevrolet was written several years before the popular song was released in 1964! I wonder if the article Steve was reading was the actual source, in which case, some automotive writer is due some pretty hefty royalties…….🤔
I know opinions are mixed on Chevy’s “batwing” design, but I personally love them! Make mine the tamer version from 1960 with the more “Impalaesque” three round taillights! Would you include the ‘61 model in the “batwing” category, since one could argue there is still a little bit of the design feature in its rear styling……????
Little Old Lady From Pasadena originated from Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in 1949.
@@DanEBoyd - Heard the names but they were before my time……👍
Awesome, lots of great info
Steve, It took some time for me to accept the 1959 batwing. I thought the 1960 Chevys were hideous especially the flattops. Now they all look cool!
I feel the same way about 70’s era American land yachts! Back in high school during the early 80’s we HATED them because so many of us had them as hand-me-down first cars. But today I love the personal luxury and full-size cars from the malaise era, and gravitate toward them whenever they turn up at a car show!
My aunt Joan had a 1959 Impala four door her husband bought new. She never liked it because it didn't have power steering. A friend of mine's dad bought a 1960 Nomad wagon with the 348 in 1971 to use as a work car. I remember it had the same interior trim as an Impala and that particular one was white with a red interior and actually looked pretty good.
This one brings back memories of my dad's 60 BelAir 2dr post he purchased new just before I was born. Had the 235, 3 in the tree. Interestingly he traded a 57 210 2dr in for the 60, and got more on the trade in than he had paid for the 57 as a used car in 1958.
Fun part piece of trivia.
The Impala's image was "borrowed" by one of the Soviet Union's - GAZ-21 VOLGA had it on it's bonnet,as figurine.
Ok,ok - "engine cover".
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Yeah Steve, my uncle had a copper metallic '60 Impala with that special wrap around rear window.
my dad had a 55 coupe and 2 58 Biscaynes❤
You drive me CRAZY you're so COOL!!!
Great looking cars ! Our neighbor had a copper 60 wagon... nice color and their son who was older than my bro and I would take it to the school yard a block over and spin donuts on the lawn of the school lol.. thanks for sharing Steve !!
I’m really starting to like these videos.
I hope you are getting well Steve 🙏
Rolling art!
My first car was a '63 Impala 327
Amazing that the grill appears to be in one piece given the wrinkled front fender and distorted hood
I bought a 60, 2 door hard top with a 283 with the 3 speed trans. It had a broken engine that I replaced with a 327.
The wagons in 1959-'61 were Brookwood , Parkwood , Kingswood ,and Nomad . They weren't named Biscayne , Belair , or Impala until 1962 .
@@ExilefromCrownHill two door Nomad production ended with the '57s , as customers had indicated that they wanted the convenience of four door wagons . They sold more four door Nomads in 1958 alone , then they had two door Nomads during '55--'57 combined . 1960 was the last year for the sedan delivery until the Vega came out with one from '71-'74 .
Yup, worked on an LS-swaped one a couple of years ago.
A lot when i was a kid.
Two door post Impala was offered in 1961
Which emblem that was in the grill would give you a clue as to engine size.
Wow that snow vanished fast