Hudsy Wudsy

As much as I personally like green, I think that this Imperial might have sold by now if it was any other color.

Geez, I always think that it takes a particularly interesting personality type to threaten potential buyers with a presumed undesirable outcome if they don't buy.

Interesting! I didn't know!

Eight cylinder club sedan with side mounts!

A Pontiac, and thus, GM, point of pride was that they were the least expensive eight-cylinder car on the market. I've owned a couple of these and I can say that, eight cylinders, or not, they weren't performance minded.

Very beautiful car. However, someone stopped short and should have pin striped the wheels properly.

I'm a little uncertain about the "club" in club coupe.

This sedan left the factory with a 4:10 rear end, so speed-wise it's no worse than anything else in it's class.

That was so smart of someone to make a protective throw cover for the top of the rear armrest. The sun can really destroy that part of the upholstery.

Thank you for finding that for me.

I recall that the sixes were capable of remarkable torque.

Guys, I' sorry, but I've misplaced the original ad, and consequently the link. I think that it likely came from Facebook, or maybe Craigslist.

I just post this for the sake of anyone who may have never heard or seen one before:

I don't want to become a "broken record" on this topic, but I can't imagine an Iowa car without a heater.

I don't know what good the white letter tires do, though.

It looks like it has been resting gently in a garage, not a field or a barn. OHV 4. Honestly, I didn't know what to expect.

Butterscotch was indeed a very art deco color. It was a hugely popular color in bakelite: butterscotch bakelite - Google Search

No, this Packard is truly butterscotch colored. Caramel is slightly paler and a hair more brown: Caramel Color from Google: caramel color - Google Search

OUCH!!!!

Actually, only the cheaper model still had the floor shift the deluxe model (Road King?, maybe) had the column shift.

Well, convertible or X frame notwithstanding, I guess that I expected the Chev to hold up better than it did. Thank you, guys, for weighing in on the subject. In other Minnesota HI way news, the newest and shiniest MN Viking hopeful, 21 year old Jordan Addison was clocked doing 140MPH on I-94over in StPaul in his new Lamborghini. He didn't collide with any one.

Ah! I was hoping that might occur to someone. I've seen the word "tribute" attached to some homemade and dangerous cars in recent years. A while back someone was offering a Hudson step down that had it's roof sawed off. In a unibody car like a Hudson, the roof is simply vital to maintaining the body integrity. In order to make a convertible, Hudson added large cast iron pieces under the body to make sure that the body didn't sag in the middle. To simply cut the roof off would be suicidal. The way that the rocker panel tore open on this Chevrolet convertible made me wonder if this had been modified in some way.

I'm embarrassed that I called it a '65. Of course it's a '64. Just old age, I guess!

A couple of days ago, the owner of a '65 Impala convertible was struck by a stolen Hyundai here in north Minneapolis. The Chevie driver was killed while the driver of the stolen car was able to flea the scene, although he left a hurt female who was with him, alone at the scene. She was transported to the hospital for treatment. The car thief hasn't been identified as of yet. The pictures of the totaled Chevrolet are small and show little detail, but I'm a little surprised at the nature and extent of the damage it suffered. If you look closely, you'll see that the whole rear end of the Chev was driven downward to the extent that the seam between the back of the rocker panel and the right rear quarter panel was torn open. I try not to be a cynic, but I've seen evidence of inadequate and shoddy repairs before. I'm also very aware that there a guys on this forum who a much more qualified to pass judgement on such things as I. What do you guys think? Should that Impala have been able to take that rear end hit from a Hyundai survived better? Here's a link to an article about the matter on one of the local news stations: stolen hyundai minneapolis - Search (bing.com)

I've encountered guys who simply couldn't imagine owning and driving a car without a dual chamber master cylinder on this site alone.