A-MAZING BUILD!!! Gotta Love people that complain about Custom Jobs like these without knowing whether or it was a complete "Basket Case" when he bought it. Regardless of that... It's real hard to argue with results. Wish I could 💵 afford 💵 it
@Anarchylabz ok, that sounds right, we have 20k in ours, and it's ready for paint and interior. Ours was an old drag car, so it probably was in worse condition than normal. Yours turned out beautiful, hopefully, our dose to
Love it! I had a 78 Trans Am when in Vegas in the early to mid 80s. It wasn't restored like yours but was a good straight driver. It had a street built 1973 SD 455 with 6X heads along with other goodies installed backed by a built turbo 350 trans with 3:42 posi gears. IIRC 2200 rpm converter I estimate 400 to 450 HP range. It was fun and you may have seen it around? Black Bandit complete with T-Tops. I sure miss it along with the cute little blond girlfriend I had.
I would love to have my black 78 TA back now ... and modify that lame TA 200 hp engine using modern technologies. That car handled and was comfy ... just needed more power. Mine was a WS6
Myself I also went into the automotive field. For me I spent more time in the imported auto industry. You can name nearly anything from a to z and at some point I have worked on it. I even worked for a Ferrari/Porsche dealer a couple of times.
I was going to say highly, but subtly, modified Buick. But, everyone else is saying Chevelle, Impala, or Malibu, which is reasonable. They probably know better than I. Either way, it's clearly GM. And, outside of the convertible roof setup, this looks like it could be a concept car from the late 50's, to show what the mid-60's could bring, stylistically. The branding is cool; along with the patent number, it's almost like someone was trying to start a small car company, along the lines of Stutz (Bearcat or Blackhawk ), Excalibur (Phaeton or SS) , or Dunham Coach (Caballista or Corvorado). Perhaps they got a prototype built, complete with custom molded emblems and hood ornamentation, but failed to find investors, so they cut their losses, sold the car, and moved on. The only thing, really, that keeps this from looking like a pristine example of the 60's, is the modern, low profile tires. Period correct white walls, with period correct rim sizing (staying with the chrome spokes, obviously)would really set this car off, and make it look super sexy. Oh, and a chrome bezel around the taillights; the lack of chrome treatment on the taillights makes the car look unfinished, which is a shame, because a lot of work was put into this car. It's too bad that work stopped before the taillights were properly dressed. Back to the original question of "What is it?" What does the title say that is? The VIN plate should have some insight into what the car may be, assuming that it's still there. Perhaps the frame and engine have ID stampings that could provide some insight.
You my friend have literally researched it and I appreciate you. WOW 💓. The whole thing was to see what people thought it was ,the person who owns it is a good friend of mine I am going to have him read it right down to the unfinished stuff. Thanks again 👊
definitely looks like a '64 Chevelle or Malibu with custom everything. Not sure what the grill is from...Tailights look '64 Pontiac. I would check for documentation under the back seat
It's a 64 or 65 Malibu / impala it's a Chevy it's just custom made Spanish people has swag and artistic wen it comes to building cars ,my name is Andy aka FLAK from Paterson nj
