He NEVER SOLD his First Car! 1963 Impala SS Convertible 

What a wonderful story with super cool pictures. Christina must be over the moon!

Wow what a awesome story. I own a 63 Impala 2 door H/top, only had it 9 years, but it was my dream car when i was a kid, it took my a long time to have the money for one, and being in Australia meant i had to look in USA for my dream car when i had the money, it took me 5 years of constant searching. I wanted a original 63 , that was hard to find. But i found one, it has its original 327. And shes not just a old Chevy to me, shes my baby, my daughter would play in it when she was little. So yes i understand your story with your 63. Fantastic story thank you for sharing .

Great story ❤

Wow.....I'll never forget the first car I ever owned was a '63 Chevy Impala SS(convertible). Had a 327 in it...wish I still had it. It had a beautiful "Coppertone Brown" paint😎

Excellent love the story an love impalas 👍🏿💯

That car is like my wife's dads truck is to him and his family. It is a 1977 Ford f100 302 4v automatic with around 80,000 miles with the original blue Ford paint and rims. He bought it new in Chattanooga,Tn and drove it as a daily untill around 2014 he bought him a new SUV for going to town and running earns. It's a yard truck on the farm and just drives it every now then. My wife learn how to drive in that old truck and took her test aswell to get her driver's license. Good video enjoyed the story.

I've got a 66 Ford Fairlane that two of my daughters have driven in their wedding and I have one more and I hope she drives it also. They all grew up going to car shows

I love car stories, no matter what it's about exactly. But Ol' Blue's life story is now by far one of my top 3 favorites ❤ Even had a tear every once in a while during your story! Thank you for sharing, buddy. God bless y'all.

what a great story cars have a way to be the glue that holds every thing to together in hard times and good times. i hope your father in law has many more memory's with this 63 Chevrolet

I love these stories that are behind some of the cars and they are driven and used. Great storie

You know that trap of selling what you have to get out of a bad situation only makes things worse. Keep what you have and you don't have as far to get back there. 😄 thanks for taking care of people's memories and keeping them alive.

Not many cars have a story like this or family's that love them enough to keep them that long. Great story.

You got the best family oriented car stories! Love the T-handle 4 speed, looks very comfortable to drive.

I love all your stories, the way you tell them is special.

Awesome story!

Love this story. Hit close to me. I bough my sky blue 63 biscayne 2 door sedan when I was 19 in 89’. I was in college cruising it in the fall of 91’ there when I met my wife. We drove that car to petite jean mountain in 92’ where we were married. It ended up being my daily when I went back to college in 97’. I would take my daughter (about 4 at the time) to preschool nearby the college. Sadly I had it stored at a friends property and it was taken and sold when the property was being cleared by a company that rented the property around 2009. However we all have the memories of driving/riding in that wonderful driver that are priceless.

Very cool 😎 👌

Aw, sweet story. A lucky man for sure. Please keep telling these stories. 👍👍👍❤

It is always such a pleasure to watch one of your videos. It is very obvious how much passion and love you put into each video and the stories that go along with them. Thank you.

Wow that car is really nice and it is a family thing but people don't get really what the family thing means the car is priceless and I really enjoy your stories keep the good work up

Killer video man. I love this story. This is great 👍

Absolutely wonderful story....thank you so much for sharing. Hopefully Charles will have another 70 years driving the car.....bless you and your family....Curt

Luckily I skipped Vietnam but I bought my 64 SS Impala 1977 all of my kids come home in it I still love that car I knew when I was 9 years old I would have one it took 10 years,, will never sell it great story keep up the good work stay safe

I have my Grandpa's 1964 Dodge Dart, bought new, original title, owner manual, all of it. Lots of stories and memories. Glad I've kept it and hope to pass it on.

I'm going to make a short comment and leave it at that. My Big Brother bought a 1963 SS Convertible Identical to 'Ol Blue', his came with the 409/425 4 spd. I tried to keep up with him so, I bought one, mine was all white with Red Interior with a 409/425 4 spd. with a 4.11 rear end, you described his car and mine to a "T", lots and lots of breakdowns, He got rid of his before I got rid of mine but I still miss it but, only in between Breakdowns.

I have multiple old cars. That's why we have them. Like you said it's about flipping the pages back in time. Good video as usual Tommy.

Wow..... This is a amazing story !!! Very rare to some people but cars mean a lot more than money to some people. Also to b able to maybe pass these on to sons/daughters or even grand children is great. Like u said they definitely tell a story/history of lives

Great story! Time machine

Beautiful car! Thanks for sharing! My mom had a 1962 Bel Air that looks very much like the Impala it was her first car as a teenager in the 60s. I think she bought it in 64 or 65, I can't remember. Drove it for a few years, then bought her first new car, a 1968 Cougar after her and my dad got married in 1967. I've always been an Impala fan myself, I can definitely appreciate his 63! 😎

Great story, beautiful car ...you didn't mention how many miles where on it.. I'm sure Chev. would love to hear your story on this beauty. In 1966 mom lost her mother ..she inherited her 1963 impala 4 door ( choc. Brown ) it also had the 283 in it .. unfortunately in 1970 or 71 my oldest brother .. showing off to his girl friend racing , wrapped a telephone pole around the car..thankfully nobody was seriously injured or even worse killed. ...

Beautiful car, beautiful memories

I love the old fotos that is a cool story thanks 😊

Great story about your Father In Law. Mine is very similar, also about a 63 Impala SS. My parents bought "Gladys" when I was a baby. It was my parents daily driver. When I was 8yrs old, I remember to this day (many years later) my Dad telling me that "Gladys" would be passed down to me when I turned 16. Gladys was restored starting in 2009, a little bit here, a little bit there. In 2013, Gladys was back on the road. As with your Father In Law, Gladys is a part of my family and will be passed down when I'm no longer driving.

Beautiful car and a great story. Thank you for sharing.

Enjoyed your video. I lived for many years a neighborhood over from your father in law and used to see him drive that Impala often on nice days. I spoke with a few times about some of his cars and mine (I have a Turbo Buick also) but never knew the story behind it. Thanks for sharing!

Those Chevies don’t do much for me but I can appreciate them as being desirable by others. I think it’s super cool this particular one was kept through all these years. Great family story!!

The car looks great and happy he held on to it for so long

Thank you for your stories. I enjoy them very much. But this one I can relate to. In December of 1962 I purchased a 63 Super Sport hardtop. I was eighteen. Six months later we used the car in our wedding. In 1964 our son got to ride home in the SS. Just like you said my wife held him in her lap on the way home from the hospital. In 66 I just had to have the new SS396 Chevelle. We said goodbye to the 63.That was the last two new cars I ever purchased. I was in the collision business so I purchased wreck muscle cars of all types. I own a lot of them and I kept them all stock. I wish I had some of them back. Now at age 77 I'm still a gear head.

thanks for sharing put a tears in my eyes thank you

What a ride and a great story! Keep it 4ever!! 👍

Nice car there is a guy up here who has a mint one black and he pretteyed it up the mother is pin balanced and all built sounds beautiful but I couldn't afford it and his isn't convertible but still georgeous.but great vid bud and hope the family is well .you keep doing what your doing bud .God bless

Great video. I had a 63 SS when in High School and beyond. Great car.

You got some great stories! I always look forward to Friday’s to see what’s next!

You would get a kick out of the car I have now. Its a 1936 Ford Model 68 sedan. My grandfather bought the car for $300 in 1978 from a widow at an estate sale at an old house, and he restored it and it took him until about 1983. It needed a full restore. My grandfather had his own body shop and he redid that car. He had it out driving places locally. He would drive it up to the lake. My grandfather was a Ford guy and he loved the 30s Fords. The car was in 2 movies, was in parades, and everyone in my family knew the car well. I have pictures of the car back then and documentation on it. It was my grandfathers pride and joy. In 1990, but his wife(my step grandma) had gotten bad health issues and he had to sell it. It has been gone from our family for 30 years. It was sold in 1990, before I was born in 1992. I knew the story on the car, saw the pictures and everything. I knew someday I had to find this car again because I wanted to see it and my grandfather had seen it when I was little and the guy that had it didn't want to sell it. When he did decide to sell it, he wanted a steep price and my grandfather was unable to afford it. My grandfather has since passed away in 2012 at the age of 96. He never stopped thinking about the car. While me and my mother and aunt were going through his possessions and handling his estate, I ran across some old tax receipts for the 1936 Ford, and it had the vin number on it! I had not had a vin number to the car before and just knew what the car looked like through old pictures. I would search online for the car every now and then and nothing would come up of it. Suddenly one day in 2016, I saw the car online and it was the same car and I contacted the guy who had it and he confirmed the vin. I wanted to look at it and maybe me and my mother and aunt could get pictures with it, but the guy wasn't really having any of it. He just wanted to sell the car, and it was for more than what we could afford anyway. I had tried to get in contact again with the guy, but he had since sold the car and the trail went cold again. Then again this year in February 2020, the car appeared back online and for an affordable price! It was down in Florida and the guy selling it was much like the other guy, didn't seem all that enthusiastic when I told him the story on it. I even brought down some pictures, but he didn't really care as long as he was getting payed for it. So I basically payed the guy and I was overcome with joy that the car was coming back home again after 30 years and was back in the family again. The vin on the car matched the one on the tax receipt from 1988( I had multiple tax receipts with the vin on it throughout the late 70s- late 80s for it). I brought the car back home to SC, and it has been in my barn since then. It is back in the very barn that it was housed in 30-40 years ago. It still has my grandfathers writing on the door jam service sticker! Underneath the carpet, I noticed was linoleum, the very same linoleum that was in his house! I guess he had lined the floor pans with it to create a padding underneath it like we do these days with the thermo-tec padding, lol. I still have the body tools, files, and everything that was used on the car. I also have the original lights, trim rings, and other misc pieces that were on the car. I even have the license plate that was on the car from back in the day. It is a cherished piece of my family's history. It currently doesn't run and it needs engine work, and I'm working on trying to find the right people that can help me get it going again. It has an old patch on the block where it was cracked that's leaking again and it has no spark. The car overall is in nice shape with a few rust bubbles but that's it. I will be uploading some videos of it onto my channel in the near future. If you would like to see it @Hot Rod Hoarder, I can email you some pictures of it and all. You might be interested in doing a story on it.

Thanks for sharing this family story great video.and the car is beautiful .reminds me of the first old car my dad bought .64 Chevy with a 455 Buick motor some one had just put in it to get it going gave. 200 hundred for it had snow tires on the back with iceclites remember that right rear tire would throw sparks a 100 feet behind it lol

I really enjoyed this story thank you. I used to have a 1970 impala that I called old blue. I wish i would have kept her. My kind of car I for some reason can't get enough of now are the Crown Victoria Police interceptors. Some probably think I'm crazy but I really like them.

Great story, and history. Thanks 👍

Great video. Thanks for sharing a great story.

That is an awesome looking car ! Thank you for sharing this story with me ! Take care , stay safe and healthy there in Pennsylvania ! Doing well here in Kansas !

Love this story man. Thanks for telling it so well

HRH👍👍 You did it again with this family story. Mr Lamar Walden sold him a 409 bullet for that drop top. Maybe from one of his 62 Impalas. Keep up the good work n keep bringing these stories.

Bought my 1968 RS/SS Camaro H/T new in 1968 at 17 years old and never sold it , still got it to. Just returned the overhauled original 327 back in it and pulled the LS I put in it back out as the LS just looks out of place in that car. The Camaro now has 648,000 miles on it , been restored 3 times. Alot of firsts for me in that car !

Ahhhh The Memories!!!

'They' don't do something to make those old cars go away, their Mrs does.

I bought a 68 SS 396 Camaro in 1970 when it was traded in . The owner was off to Vietnam

Charles is my Automotive Hero.

I really like this story! Enjoy your channel! My Dad has a car like this as well. Had sense 1967 bought from the second owner, 61 Pontiac!

Great Story...my first car was a 1963 impala

Thats awesome man thanks for sharing

My first car was an 1962 American Rambler Classic 4 door six banger 3 speed on the tree , then a 1966 Ford Fairlane 2 door hard top , 1968 Dodge Dart GT 2 door hard top , 1972 Chevy Camero , 1977 Tokoya Chinook motor home , 1954 International 1/2 ton pick up six banger 3 speed on the tree , 1950 Chevy 1/2 ton pick up , 1957 Willy's Jeep 4X4 station wagon flat head 6 ! I still have the Willy's , International and Chevy pick up .

Nice 63

Neat video!

Very interesting story bud 👌👊💪

O" how I wish still had all my old car's ,I sold an traded. Especially my first car 1970 Cougar

You know the funny weird thing about this story,him an my dad were inducted the the same year,served in nam,the same year an my dad had a 63 the same color,but daddy was a had top with a factory duel 4,409.

From auto auction rebuilts ❤️😍

There is 2 cars that I would like to have 1 with a rumble seat , the other a T bucket roadster ! Both Hot Rod up !

These great classic cars all had character which is totally absent on any of these new vehicles.

Impecable el impala 👌👌👌

Awesome. You are extremely lucky. My wife is a wonderful woman more than i deserve, but she exits stage left at the first hint of camshaft.

Looks like63 SS Nu caps are missing!

dreams....

Is there any way to give several thumbs up ?...God bless brother

You should of said it never got stolen 🇺🇲🙏

Man if that doesnt get to you youre just not right.......

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your going to keep charles' 63 huh, u sly dawg.....

Great story!