Guest foochowyum Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) does anybody know what's the name of this car? what year? my friend just sent this pic to me. i'm a newbie in this forum btw. i'm from Indonesia, nice to meeting you all. Edited June 5, 2014 by foochowyum (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 1970 Chevrolet Biscayne. That's a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air behind it. Can't quite make out the 3d car . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Looks like around a 1970 Chevy Impala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlCapone Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 A 1970 Chevrolet Biscayne. I had the same car only in the color green that I bought new !Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Didn't the Impala have more chrome? I went with the Biscayne because it was the base model with no chrome and that car has not chrome. Except around the windows so maybe it is a Bel Air.Is the car in Indonesia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Your probably right Rusty and Wayne. I was just trying to think back 40+ years ago. They look about the same. Best bet is to look for a data plate and get the numbers off of it. Then you know for sure. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 It could be a dechromed Impala. If the rear bumper has 3 tail lights on each side it's an Impala. Only two it's a Bel Air or Biscayne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 It is a dechromed 1970 Chevy Impala 4 door sedan. The Biscayne and BelAir did not come with chrome window frames on the doors, and there was no 4 door sedan Caprice in 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest foochowyum Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 It is a dechromed 1970 Chevy Impala 4 door sedan. The Biscayne and BelAir did not come with chrome window frames on the doors, and there was no 4 door sedan Caprice in 1970.found this brochure on the internet. it's a brochure for 1970 Chevy Caprice: http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1970-Chevrolet-Full-Size-03.jpg so that's mean there was 4 door sedan Caprice in 1970. correct me if i'm wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 (edited) ^That^ is a 4 door hardtop. Note the lack of door posts and window frames. That is what makes it a hardtop. Edited June 2, 2014 by Rusty_OToole (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander160 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 No matter how politely you ask they never tell you their name...Sorry, I couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The Biscayne would not have had the bright window trim so it is dechromed.In 1970 I had just transferred to the Navy base in Charleston, South Carolina from two tours in the South China Sea. With a few bucks, I went to the Chevy dealer and told them I wanted a new black 1970 Biscanye two door sedan with a red interior, a 350 engine, and a four speed. A radio was the only option I was interested in, otherwise. The salesman said "Sounds like a nice car, kid. We don't make two door sedans anymore. You can get and Impala hardtop."It just wasn't the same.Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Here's the Biscayne/Bel Air with the 2 light back bumper.Even it has a chrome strip on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 We're being asked to identify a couple of GM cars from more than 40 years ago, in Indonesia. Isn't it likely that they were made in an overseas GM plant, where the trim levels might not have been the same as the ones in the US catalogs? My first wife came from Alice Springs, Australia. When we were married in 1962, her father was driving a full-size Chevy with right-hand drive made in Australia. It was the biggest car for - literally! - hundreds of miles. I'll bet you could have found difference between that car and standard US production. I confess I don't remember what the differences were, because (a) it was 52 years ago and ( I blush to confess I had other things on my mind at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 That is a 4 door hardtop. Note the lack of door posts and window frames. That is what makes it a hardtop.I don't see that, I doubt that the window surrounds on the car in this pic roll down with the glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I don't see that, I doubt that the window surrounds on the car in this pic roll down with the glass.I was talking about the picture linked to in post #9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I think this car would have had some side chrome regardless of where it was built. The car I posted in #13 is a cheapo model but it has side chrome. I also remember when it was popular to dechrome all manner of cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Sorry Rusty,I get so confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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