Hello from Minnesota 1961 Impala - Lateral-g Forums

tomy2tone01 · #1 07-10-2018, 06:54 PM

Its been awhile since I have been in the group. Life has gotten in the way......Its sucks.

Hey, I have a stalled 1961 Impala Bubbletop LS 2 Pro Touring project. I have some pictures of where it is at now. I am looking for someone to finish this. Hey any ideas PM me.

Mods, if the is not permitted here please let me know.

Thanks!!

gofastwclass · #2 07-10-2018, 06:57 PM

Welcome, I have a 1961 Impala as well. Not a lot of Impalas on this forum.

**214Chevy** · #3 07-10-2018, 07:27 PM

I love the 61's. I want one so bad.

**shelteredV** · #4 07-10-2018, 07:41 PM

Jeez, looks like you have a decent chunk of the hard stuff done, I vote that you hang in there and try to finish it... but hey, watdahelldoIno?

gofastwclass · #5 07-10-2018, 10:35 PM

I agree with ShelteredV but I build my own stuff and do my own stunts.

tomy2tone01 · #6 07-11-2018, 06:20 AM

I wish I could. I still have a 63 Falcon Sprint Convert. 260 4 Speed to finish. It's almost done. Hard to finish them in a 3 car garage.
I have a master plan. Finishing the Falcon and Bubbletop. then sell them.
After I sell them, I am going to build a 60 x 100 pole barn. Then I can hoard cars!

Thanks for the reply.

johnnysuede23 · #7 07-11-2018, 02:24 PM

Fellow Minnesotan here. Looks like a sweet project, would love to see the Falcon. I can ask around. Most of the guys I know in MN are swamped with projects. You could check with Fast Freddie's in Eau Claire WI.

tomy2tone01 · #8 07-11-2018, 05:39 PM

here is a pic of my 63 Falcon Sprint 260 4 speed convert..

ProTouring442 · #9 07-11-2018, 07:30 PM

Nice! Love the '61 Impala (learned to drive on one: 348, 3X2s, 3-speed on the column).

One bit of advice (if you haven't already), check, check, and triple check the welds where the rear, lower control arms mount to the frame. I converted that '61 Impala I learned to drive in to a 409/4-speed, and one day, while involved in a quick little stoplight battle, ripped the right lower frame mount right off the frame when I hit second gear.

We had done a frame off on that car, and everything had looked great. There was no rust, just a factory weld that hadn't penetrated like it should have.

Believe it or not, I kept the car on the road, and had it towed home where we fixed it and added a second upper link.