Cheap '95 for sale

He said you live on the moon and he doesn't have a spaceship

If it were my project I'd start stripping down the Impy where it sits and then move that out and move the new chassis into that spot and start swapping the Impy parts into it. But that's alot easier said than done. I have no clue where to store the parts from the Impy once they get taken out . The interior and trim and stuff wouldn't be an issue. The drivetrain will be the nightmare part of the swap considering the limited space available at Billy's. Now you see why my projects all stall halfway through

In a perfect world someone would have an empty spot in their yard/driveway where we can put the Cappy, and then he can strip The Impy where it sits and just bring the parts over to the Cappy and install them as they come. Of course with his new schedule it would be a time consuming process that way

I'm stumped. Can I use a lifeline and eliminate a couple choices? Maybe I should buy a vowel. Anyone have any better

Maybe we can just schedule an emergency mod day and I'll bring the car up and we can start swapping directly across. That way at least the major grunt work could be done in a day. Then the detail stuff would be do-able any old time when a chance arrises. I know we did Timmys car in a day for the most part and that was with only a couple guys doing all the work. I got messy and enjoyed eating . If a few focus on the engine/trans swap while a couple others swap the rear-ends then it should fly.

bammax wrote:

I'll worry about the money part after the delivery part is figured out. I don't want to collect any money until I'm sure Billy will have a place for it and I can get it in his possesion safe and sound. That way I don't have to deal with issuing refunds if something goes tits up (like no place to store it)

Billy let people in on your plan for the extra parts so that everyone knows what's going on

My basic plan would be to find a suitable place to store it that is somewhat close by. I am currently working on that, but am open to suggestions. Secondly, since Brad is inquiring. I would be striping the caprice of everything I would not use from it. suspension, int, drivetrain, damaged sheetmetal, and so on. I would then coat the underside and frame with chassis saver that I have. Then Do the oppiste to the Impala, strip everything going over to the caprice body.

Once I have a pile of parts from both cars I would not be using, that pile including the impala frame and bodyshell, It will be parted out for free to everyone who helped make this happen, anything else will be given away to forum members. Certain things I will keep, like the pcm, fuel tank sending unit with pump, but basicly there will be a complete car, in parts for the taking. The lower drivers side rear quarter Bill Crovo gave me will be cut back off, and the person who needs it most will not only get it, but I will install it for free. It is my way of saying thank you to everyone.

Again, I can't help but be humbled by the thought behind this. It means so much more than either car does. And thank you to Jason for starting it.

I will be planning a mod day to get it together. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

Are you going to retain the Impala SS VIN?

Tomz9C1 wrote:

Are you going to retain the Impala SS VIN?

that was what I was thinking, might be worth cuttig the imp body up just keep the vin available when u and if u sell.

The idea arose of moving the vin plate across cars to avoid having to deal with registration and crap. But it'll be hard to do without removing the windshield which would just add to the costs and negate any registry savings.

bammax wrote:

The idea arose of moving the vin plate across cars to avoid having to deal with registration and crap. But it'll be hard to do without removing the windshield which would just add to the costs and negate any registry savings.

Might be slightly illegal as well.Ask Boyd.

Lots of things are illegal. If he owns both cars and the one not being used is sent to the scrap pile then what's the issue. Not like he's trying to misrepresent it or something.

We can all rehash the ss vs caprice bs.But if he moves the vin and spid label from the ss to the caprice.He is misrpresenting the car and i'm sure Bill ain't about that.Bottom line unless you move the entire body over to the caprice substructure,you can't retain the vin and that would kind of defeat the whole purpose of getting rid of rust damage etc.Get pulled over for something and have a cop find out the vin number plate was messed with.


Sorry If i'm a##ing up the feelgood topic of the year.
Good luck finding work space to get the job done bill.
When you do i'll be there to help.

You would also need the stock GM rivets if unless you just wanted to glue it on. I was thinking more along the lines of just cutting up the IMP body to keep maybe a ft of the area around the vin, that way if he ever sold it, he could hand the new owner the old body vin and tell the story. Not that it matters, mine been totalled, and the insurance company didn't list it with carfax as totalled, so my Maine title is clear, but i doc'd it all so if i ever do sell it, the owner will know what happened.

Jesus ross, i told you to stop eating that sh!t, its going to kill you in 50 years.

I don't plan on being around for another 50.The first 50 was tough enough .

Changing the vin is not an option. Even though I did consider it, just to keep the car a true ss. I think people would notice the 95-96 rear quarters on a 94 titled car. I may keep the old vin tag, but the spid lable will come over to the new body, as it is easier to swich the whole trunk lid rather than try to pull off the spoiler, drill holes, and fill the holes left by the caprice trunk trim.
I may try to find a pass side 95-96 door so I can update the mirrors as well, since mine are 94s, and Brads pass drivers door is pretty banged up. Or just run the 94 doors an a 95 body.

I never liked the 94 doors myself. I actually like the mirrors but not the filler piece in the corner. I'd say swap the passenger door over since the doors on your car are probably not the healthiest considering the rest of the car. Laura had a car that didn't have any rust on the doors and then it got hit and the door colapsed because it was rotting from the inside out. Turns out the paint was holding it together

Plus my doors have new updated window rollers installed as of this past summer
New Pioneer 6 1/2" 3-way speakers too

IMPALADAKID wrote:

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I will be planning a mod day to get it together. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

Please schedule two days. One for takin' apart and one for putting back together.
I think I will only be able to make the first one.

boojum wrote:

Please schedule two days. One for takin' apart and one for putting back together.
I think I will only be able to make the first one.

LOL. Thats as far as you ever get Jim. I've seen the pics.

If we do a mod day the same day I bring the car up there will be 2 issues to work out.

1) The car will need time to cool before someone grabs the exhaust or opens the cooling system

2) Since we'll be dismantling my daily driver.....I'll need a ride home

bammax wrote:

If we do a mod day the same day I bring the car up there will be 2 issues to work out.

1) The car will need time to cool before someone grabs the exhaust or opens the cooling system

2) Since we'll be dismantling my daily driver.....I'll need a ride home

OK I know this one...
1) Brad immediately pops the cooling system or grabs the exhaust manifold
2) The Waaambulance takes Brad home
Issues resolved
Well I guess there are OTHER ways to work it out

I think you just volunteered to clean up any spilled fluids

Bring a tanker truck and schedule a week off


If you don't get it just ask Timmy

bammax wrote:

I think you just volunteered to clean up any spilled fluids

Bring a tanker truck and schedule a week off


If you don't get it just ask Timmy

I was actually thinking about that today.

We were like a well oiled machine with that transplant. And the fact there was no standing around goofing off meant we could get home before it got dark out.

I must have been at a different swap...

We were screwed before we started on that swap. It was a gorgeous day out so we were all in "summer vacation" mode. Then when progress was happening food arrived and it was good food so we all lost track of what we were doing. Plus other people had side projects going on which distracted people.

Yours will be different because it'll be too cold to dilly dally all day.

So a bunch of guys standing around the propane heater with their hands out going....

"this is f-f-f-f-f-f-u-h-h-h, f-f-f-f-f-u-u-u-h-h, f-f-f-f-f-f-u-u-u-u-h-h-h-n-n-n-n"

...isn't dilly-dallying?




















PS: That's not what I thought I was gonna say, either.

Shop-vac for the hot coolant. Sawzall for the hot exhaust pipes. Bill can take you home.

Hey I put one Camaro back toghther. One out of three ain't bad.

It's going to be cold?

toomanytoyz wrote:

So a bunch of guys standing around the propane heater with their hands out going....

"this is f-f-f-f-f-f-u-h-h-h, f-f-f-f-f-u-u-u-h-h, f-f-f-f-f-f-u-u-u-u-h-h-h-n-n-n-n"

...isn't dilly-dallying?

Just for the record. I hate winter. I mean I really hate winter. I hate the cold so much, I would sue mother nature, jack frost, and old man winter if I could. So with that said, let me assure everyone. I will not be dilly-dallying until April or 60 degree weather . So put yout mittens away.

As long as there's a plan. I already have a couple possible replacement cars to check out so hopefully they're still available once we get this thing all worked out.

Of course both my choices would keep me from being eligible for ISSCA and for ECIRS
And if I go with the one I really like I may not be able to play with you guys anymore since it's not one of the cars listed in the club description


My stockpile of b-body chassis parts wouldn't go to waste though

bammax wrote:

As long as there's a plan. I already have a couple possible replacement cars to check out so hopefully they're still available once we get this thing all worked out.

Of course both my choices would keep me from being eligible for ISSCA and for ECIRS
And if I go with the one I really like I may not be able to play with you guys anymore since it's not one of the cars listed in the club description


My stockpile of b-body chassis parts wouldn't go to waste though

I think a 77 boxy coupe, with a carbed big block and 8 track player would be right up your alley.

I think a 77 boxy coupe, with a carbed big block and 8 track player would be right up your alley.


Sigh, that's my alley someday!!!

Find me one for $750 and you have a sale. I was actually checking out a 77 2-door fastback Impala that just needed a little front end work. Appearently it caught fire so it needs an entire front clip, wiring, and possibly engine

Any update yet Billy?

bammax wrote:

Any update yet Billy?

?

IMPALADAKID wrote:

bammax wrote:

Any update yet Billy?

?

???

IMPALADAKID wrote:

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I'm guessing that's a no. Well get on it already. Your not going to store your new car at my place all year

So, where do we send the GD money order?

I'm waiting till I know where to send the gd car. I don't want to have issues with refunds and stuff if things don't go according to plan.

I got it figured out. The car will come here to my house.

Works for me. I almost know how to get there too

If anyone wants to make a donation to the "Billy needs a new car fund" you can Paypal me at
indecisivebrad@hotmail.com
When choosing the payment type just go to the tab for personal and choose "gift" that way nobody gets screwed with all the fees.

I'll post up the running total a couple times a day and acknowledge who I recieved a payment from just so that everyone knows where things stand. I won't do a person by person breakdown of who paid how much though, because I don't want to make peoples finances public knowledge.

If anyone wants to donate outside of paypal then just pm me and we can work out the details.

pm sent.

Recieved a payment from Jason already. Tom and Ron are sending soon.

We're at $250 so far after everything is sent out.

I'll update again tomorrow night after some others have a chance to get caught up on what's going on.

I feel the pressure....

Your on the paid list now William

Of course I never had a late list. I'm not like running around with all kinds of lists and stuff

So far I've recieved/heard from Jay, Tom C, Crovo, Ron and Tom.

We're at $250 recieved with another $150 on the way.

Recieved payment from Stephen.

We're still $250 short as of right now (assuing the checks come through which I expect shouldn't be any problem)

Chris P is in. We're almost there guys.

Mark just informed me of his plans. We're now right at the edge of the goal.

We're at $450 recieved with $200 coming in the next week or so. Just $100 short as of right now. I can't go any lower on the price since I'm already bankrupting myself replacing this car for the money I'm getting from it.

We're now at $500 in my possession with $150 promissed.

We seem to have stalled at $500. I'll have a po box tomorow for anyone that wants to send snail mail. Just let me know how much your sending and when you plan to send it. Otherwise I'm going to have to get people to donate parts for my next car, or I'll have to steal more parts off of Billys car since I really like some of my nice upgrades

bammax wrote:

We seem to have stalled at $500. I'll have a po box tomorow for anyone that wants to send snail mail. Just let me know how much your sending and when you plan to send it. Otherwise I'm going to have to get people to donate parts for my next car, or I'll have to steal more parts off of Billys car since I really like some of my nice upgrades

I hope you guys know just how much I appriciate the thought. But if it is not to be, it's not to be. The fact so many stepped up is more of a gift than any car could be.
Besides I would have had to have a mod day to do the switchover. And based on my performance at Tim's, I would have to call it more of a Mod week.

Dont worry about the stall, it's a done deal.
Are you planning to relocate the car now? you have a place to park it?
If answers to above are yes then
Consider this last call to anyone that thinks they can get in on it

What happened to Jr. and his $300?

I thought the money was alset already, I'm sending some, it's not much but it's all I can do for this gd cause.