1960 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONVERTIBLE SURVIVOR 348 AUTOMATIC 56,450 MILES

1960 Chevrolet Impala CONVERTIBLE Description

A - Super - Rare '60...

SURVIVOR ! CONVERTIBLE !

1960 CHEVROLET IMPALA

348 TURBO-THRUST V8, AUTOMATIC

Original Factory GM Interior, with clear covers!

Original Convertible Top, with Glass Window!

FACTORY GM OPTIONS:

• POWER CONVERTIBLE TOP
• POWER STEERING (totally newrebuilt)
• CLEAR SEAT COVERS
• TISSUE DISPENSER
• SPINNER FULL WHEEL COVERS
• AM RADIO
• REAR FENDER SKIRTS
• DUAL RADIO REAR ANTENNAS
• WIDE WHITEWALL TIRESB.F. GOODRICH7.50 X 14"
• HEATER DEFROSTER
• 2 SPEED WIPERS with WASHERS
• GLOVE BOX LIGHT
• RED BOW-TIE FLOOR MATS
• DUAL DOOR HANDLE SHIELDS
• REAR BACK UP LIGHTS
• DAY NIGHT REAR VIEW MIRROR
• EXTERIOR DUAL REAR VIEW MIRRORS
• FRONT FENDER PLANE SIGHTS
• FRONT COURTESY LIGHTS
• PADDED DASH
• ROCKER MOLDINGS
• AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Hello Bidders & Big Fin Fans,This 1960 CHEVROLETIMPALA was just taken out of storage and has been gone through and cleaned and is now ready to enjoy as show/driveroriginal! A "True Survivor" and restored with 1 repaint only! Now currently in Colorado thisa great 60's CLASSIC car to invest in today, as these "ORIGINALS" are very hard to come by and very hot on the market, if you can find one. With the Classic Fins & Lines, with thelooks of Flying while standing still !

This design was allby the late great Mr. Harley Earl, GM Designer extraordinar...! (as seen below)

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NOW MORE details about this Rare '1960 IMPALA CONVERTIBLE...

History & Body and Paint: This1960 CHEVROLETIMPALA CONVERTIBLEwas purchased new in Minnesota from a wealthy Chevrolet / Cadillac Car Dealership Owners wife.She drove this car off the showroom floorfor Christmas 1959and was driven sparingly until 1965 and then the car was put away & stored in a secret personal owners dealershipwarehouse.The car was stored with a lot of other rare dealership ownersfavorite cars (over 50+) The Dealerships Owner / her Husband hidthem until 2007.Then after his passing thefamily's estate needed to be settled and the cars were discovered again and all sold. Most of the cars needed some repaints and tires and minor to major freshening up.

This particular classic had a perfect all original untouched GM interior, perfect original padded dashand a Original Convertible top with date stamped Glass window all still perfect and inplace! Some dispute the "glass window" option, so the dealership ownermight have added this for his wife as a special item. (Convertible White Top showing some staining spots on top from age) Some of the cars were worked on over the years at the warehouse, some just sat till found again. This one had some old school undercarriage welding done there and some work, that under todays standards would not be a "frame off total show piece", but noting itwas all well done and they did use solid thicker steel from the era! All Rockers and lower correct stamped pans, lower rear quarterswere all repaired solid. As thisclassic then finally came out in 2007-8, this one now receiveda complete new original color total repaint with a new bright Roman Red side stripe and all new steel wheels repainted to match with all new B.F.Goodrich Wide Whitewall 7.50x14" tires. Brakes, all fluids flushed and filled and a complete top to bottom cleaning. Note: The dealership applied theoriginal dealerundercoating at the dealership in Dec.1959 to protect a Minnesota car, it held up quite well for the 56,000 miles driven. This dealer undercoat was mostly all removed during clean-up and inspection, as it was old and brittle and causing some scale surface issues in spots. A new thinner undercoat application was then applied to protect and make the undercarriage look nice & clean again as it is shown today 2017. As we said earlier, Some of the undercarriage braces were cut out & refabricated where needed and all of the upper and inner rockers were replaced, with new solid structural metal where needed and also rear lower correct stamped pans were set in & welded in place and seam sealed.Complete underside black lighter re-seal was applied. A brand new correct gas tank, gas sending unitwas Installed this year 2017. Also the water pump was taken out, heater lines cleaned and completely rebuilt with seals installed

More History: This Convertible was early car and was built at the Lansing, MI.plant in late October 1959. It Spent it's early life inbeautifuldowntownSt Paul, MNareathen was put away into storage since 1965! The body isvery straight and very dry now overall, seams, welds, main floors, braces. One of thestraightest Convertibles I have seen in a while! Front fenders are solid, doors solid, trunk lid and Hood all solid. If you were to improve on this car the body could be lifted off and a total frame restoration could be done and some newer cleaner floor work done for TOP show quality only as it is solid as is, only for top notch, show under carriage looks if needed.. The car is, "as is" as shown with no major body damage to the car, Note; the front passenger forward horn was straightened at some point, veryminor and is fine now.

Interior: The interior is ORIGINAL! SEATS AND ALL SIDE PANELS (under the lower chrome strip front doors ONLYwas replaced and recovered in the protective plastic again) PADDED DASH, Convertible VISORS,ALL ORIGINAL !and so is theCONVERTIBLE TOP. The carpet is new correct salt and pepper pattern. (No, the Original vinyl and carpet original pattern was not there) glove box is original with all manuals and some neat original Chevrolet Dealer Warranty Maintenance Vouchers.Trunk Area is Original, Spare with original jack and mat flooring with original cardboard sides! Red Floor Chevrolet Bow-Tie Mats

Working Component Options: PowerTop works great up & down, key and switch and front dash switch, lights, radio, 2speedwipers, fan high low for heater is good, side vents work, clock when it wants, lower dome lights work nice- all doors, glove box works good, locks, door handles work, vent windows open close with cranks, high beam indicator good, the blinker indicators and signal switch,AM radio no rear speaker, truns on with light but tubes take a long time to warm up!,All doors shut tight, lock, and the keys all fit and work properly. Windows all work good, up & down!

Glass & Weather-Stripping: Glass is all good ORIGINAL! SAFETY PLATE GLASS, EVEN FRONT WINDSHIELD and rear Convertible Top Glass!,but for the (drivers front side and rear side),overall nice glass from factory rear passenger has small cloudy bottom rear area quarter size. Weather stripping, original and in good shape for a convertible!!! doors are new. trunk looks original also.

Chrome, Pot Metal, Stainless: The bumpers are alloriginal, but for two re-chromes, rear side outer and the center,front have some slight scuffs here and there, driver / show condition overall.The Side Stainless trim & pot metalisgreat part of this car, beautiful shape overall. Beautiful side Gold & Silver Impala Side Emblems and Trunk Flags Emblem and the Front GrillNose 348 Flag Emblem still shows great for 57 years old!.

Mechanical: 348 Engine and Power Glide Automatic Transmission, this is aoriginal actual Title documented 56,495 mile car from every aspect we see thisshould becorrect. Everything under hood looks original, Engine fired right up after sitting for a fewyears. The fluids have been changed, oil, new radiator, no smoking. Rebuilt front end and complete Power Steering! Total rebuild on the Water Pump bearings and heater lines, heater core flushed, new gaskets and seals, New Belts forpower steering and fan belt,Runs & soundsstrong for Big Block 348! Brakes are good shape 85-90%. New Exhaust with Duals! Very good 348 Original Engine& Original4 barrel carb, all Originaland is all matching numbers. Brakes are good,E-Brake works GOOD. Tires are 4 New B.F. Goodrich Bias Ply, have500 miles on them. Still showing the Spiral Shocks from the factory!

Overall: This 1960ChevroletImpala Convertiblehas got to be one of the last remaining,clean, unmolested survivors out there today. You will never find one as nice as this one in this beautiful original shape with thenice factory options for this price! This Classic is a great car with lots of potential still left for profit or just to enjoy.The Title is clear, state of Colorado. Thank you for looking. This Car is sold "as is" "where is" and as shown as described, with no warranties implied or given.

Please see the Many detailed pictures Below!

SOME QUESTIONS:

AM RADIO?

THE AM RADIO WORKS AFTER HEATING UP FOR 15 MIN OR SO. SLOW TUBES, SPEAKER LOOKS BRAND NEW ORIGINAL GM, INSPECTING LOOKING UNDER DASH.

FRONT END?

VERY TIGHT AND FEELS GOOD THE POWER STEERING IS PERFECT AND TIGHT AND WORKS GREAT NO LEAKS SEEN AND HAS BEEN COMPLETLY REBUILT.

GAS?

USING 91 OCTANE STARTS WITH A TOUCH OF THE KEY. TANK IS BRAND NEW WITH ONLY NEW 91 OCTANE GAS ADDED.

TITLE?

TITLE IS NEBRASKA, WITH VERIFIED ORIGINAL MILEAGE AT 56,359 MILEAGE NOW SHOWING 56,495.3

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