jerryacheson’s 1959 Chevrolet Impala

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Ride Name 1959 Chevrolet Impala
Make Chevrolet
Model Impala
Year 1959
Published 3/7/2006 1:13:00 AM
Horsepower 350
0-60 Time N/A
Weight N/A
1/4m sec N/A
Torque 350
Top speed N/A
Exterior color Yellow
Interior color Green

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jerryacheson Nov 12, 2013

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Member's Previous Rides: 1957 Chevy 3100 Pickup (235, Tremec 500), Now in London England

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Body is Done; Let's Paint Now the fun begins. Tim & Jim (PRRC) put the first coat of base/clear on the ole girl on March 1st and 2nd.

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Her Introduction to the Public, 2010 Indianapolis World of Wheels The car is finished enough to take it out in public. It's February 12, 2010 and the car is now entered in the Indianapolis World of Wheels event at the state fairgrounds. Cars from all over the country compete in this indoor show. Let's see how she looks. We won't know until Sunday what the judges think of her. I must admit that the camera I took these with didn't like the lighting in the arena. I have other shots coming from other cameras that I'll upload when I have them. Ok; the car looks better than me, but you knew that.

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'Before' Pictures This is what she looked like shortly after we bought her. The car had been built and enjoyed by some close friends of ours; Herb and Frances Sitzlar of Greensfork, IN. The car was a nice driver and won her share of awards but she was ready to be restored. So.....

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Recent Pictures and Events August 2013: We decided this year to make some significant changes to bring the car up to current. We added Ride-tech Air Ride and Budnik 'Fontana' wheels (20x10 and 19x8). It made a big difference in the ride and the look. We also replaced the power windows with a system from Nu-Relics.

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Getting Started This is a shot of our car before we started taking the trim and interior apart. This was taken in October 2005. We had removed the doghouse and drive train starting in December 2004 (sorry no pictures).

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Assembly by Paradise Road Rod & Custom After a stint at unemployment, I found myself commuting between Indianapolis and Chicago. Weekends were in Indianapolis to take care of our home and family but I was in Chicago during the week for my job. There was little time for assembly. So, here we are dropping the car off at Paradise Road for assembly. Thanks for the help Mike.

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Now that it's home, let's put 'er together The following shot was taken on January 21, 2007. The quarter trim and drip rail trim has been installed on both sides. I've also assembled the tail lights and installed.

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Tim, Jim, Wade and Linda at Paradise Road were eager to get the car started on it's road back to cruisin' and they jumped right in. The first thing was to install the Dynamat. Man; there's a bunch of that stuff in her. There are more shots and angles but you get the point. If it didn't move, it got Dynamat.

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The guys at Paradise Road RC shot the final 3 coats of clear on the car on March 15th. I took these pictures on March 19th. The camera's eye doesn't do the car any justice. Please not the shot of the roof and how clear the reflections are. That paint is awesome. The frame was re-shot on Saturday and they began the re-assembly.

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March 2013: We showed the car at the Chicago 2013 World of Wheels where she got second place in her class behind a gorgeious 58 Impala. (I'm not mad; that car was beautiful.) The background was put on the picture by a photographer at the show. Even my wife likes this shot. We have it framed and hanging on our livingroom wall.

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And the floor pan (inside and out). The top picture is of the bottom of the pan. I had cleaned and painted it 2 years before in an attempt to freshen up the undercarriage. The second two picture are the 'before' shots of the interior pan. Can you believe how clean this car was?

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February 2010: This is what the car looked like in February 2010 after a 5 year 'resto-mod' project. This is her on display at the 2010 Indianapolis World of Wheels where she won her 'Contemporary Coupe' class. We rolled her out of Paradise Road Rod & Custom shop directly onto the trailer for this show. Need a great restoration; these are the guys to do it. She's sporting a 350 RamJet with 700R4, CPP500 power steering, power disc brakes, Classic Auto Air AC, power windows and many other features. My goal was to build a classic looking car with modern goodies that looked like it came from the factory that way. They delivered. The car is Aspen Green and Classic Cream and is a joy to drive.

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First Intermission We have had a short intermission while the shop found a new building and got it setup. The current projection is that they'll be back up and running by June 12th. In the mean time, we got the engine today from Apple Performance in York, PA. They were much cheaper than Sallee and Pace. Can't wait to get this thing under my right foot.

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Second Intermission It's Veterans Day (November 11, 2007) and I thought I'd give you an update. I've had some significant distractions lately. I sold the Buick in August and that took some time. It went to Sweden. The engine blew in my 57 pickup in late August and I was distracted to pull that and have it rebuilt. I now have it back in but have some tweaking to do to get it right. My biggest distraction is my wife's cancer. We have been fighting that since June. We hope to be finished with that by February. My new goal is to have the car finished for next August.I have made some progress though. I installed the new custom fuel tank that has return lines and internal fuel pump for the injected motor and I've got the trunk side of the continental kit latch installed.

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Well; the show is over and the car is safe back at home. What a weekend. It was so much fun talking to the spectators about the car. I consider the biggest compliment to be the ones where people can't believe the engine isn't the original stock engine. She was put in the Conservative Hardtop 55-59 class and had to compete against the tri-fives (3 57s and a 55). She won. That's me with the big grin.

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February 2010: This is what the car looked like in February 2010 after a 5 year 'resto-mod' project. This is her on display at the 2010 Indianapolis World of Wheels where she won her 'Contemporary Coupe' class. We rolled her out of Paradise Road Rod & Custom shop directly onto the trailer for this show. Need a great restoration; these are the guys to do it. She's sporting a 350 RamJet with 700R4, CPP500 power steering, power disc brakes, Classic Auto Air AC, power windows and many other features. My goal was to build a classic looking car with modern goodies that looked like it came from the factory that way. They delivered. The car is Aspen Green and Classic Cream and is a joy to drive.

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We put the body on the frame on March 30th and on April 1st we started assembling the suspension. The rear end was delayed because the station wagon springs I bought to carry the continental kit were just too stiff. I went back to the stock springs on April 3rd. We installed the front control arms and springs on Saturday too. We ran into an issue with the Direct Fit Brake kit. The spindle was a little short. Guidance from Direct Fit is to drill holes through the shaft at the end to put the cotter key in. I'm still thinking about this.

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There were a number of places where these guys did some fantastic fabrication. Let me show you a few. But, before I do let me tell you the theme of this project. I wanted a true resto-mod. I want everything to look as close to stock as I can but with all the modern comforts. You've already seen the 350 RamJet engine and I mentioned the 700R4 tranny. Now for some of the details. I wanted a stock accelerator pedal that looked stock. They modified the existing assembly.

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It's February 8th and I thought I'd post a couple of current pictures. The first is the engine as upgraded. It now sports a set of Chevy orange finned valve covers and 2 1/2" ramshorns. I just ordered a 2 1/2" dual exhaust system from Impala Bob's. I'll have to modify the tail pipes but the front sections will fit.

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