2006 Impala SS Restoration Progress 11/15/23

New GM unibody stampings acquired, more on the way. Some items might be unobtainable, others are already known to be unobtainable, and so they must be repaired or replaced with a suitable fabricated copy.

[@timsacco6g694]

A 2006 Impala SS huh?, man that's some hardcore dedication considering what it is! I don't know where you're from but come to Florida and I'm sure you can find more than a few rot free Impalas in the many boneyard we have here!

[@onemoremisfit]

I know, I'm an idiot, but I'm the original owner of the car, grown attached to it, and came to a point where it's restore it or replace it. New cars are ridiculous. So here I go.
I'm in IL so I can't just run down to FL and crawl junkyards there. I needed a piece of LH quarter panel skin on my Avalanche that I also restored, a tricky piece next to the fuel door, shaped like an upside-down shark fin. I looked at a FL junkyard online that had a clean Avalanche quarter they'd cut off and ship for $500. Then I found a rusty one in a yard near me, same year, rusted bad, but the spot I needed was clean enough and they were nice guys who cut the small section of skin I needed and gave it to me for $20, along with a couple other small items. They literally made no profit from me.
So anyway, I intend to end up with a rot free Impala of my own in my own way, lol. I do have a '68 Camaro on my to-do list though ...