1964 Chevelle Convertible - Private Collector - Survivor With 1 Paint on 2040-cars
Friendship, Wisconsin, United States
I am a private
collector in Wisconsin with over 40 cars.
I do not buy and sell cars, as a matter of fact I have not offered or
sold any cars from my collection. My
age, and frankly my interests are making me think about "reducing the
herd" so to speak. Thus, the
listing for this 1964 Chevelle Convertible.
I’ve
had the car for about 8 years now and it’s been kept covered in storage with my
other cars. I bought the car from an
elderly gentleman in Minnesota. My
intentions for this car was to put a big block 454 in it and build a resto
mod. Well the car turned out to be in
too nice of original condition to do this, so I kept it as it is. I did go as far as to buy the big block motor
mounts and 4 heavy duty coil springs which I never used. I did install the heavy coils, but then took
them out again after I decided to keep the car as an original survivor. It has
2 factory codes written on firewall, hood and header for convertible top, as
well as the factory used to tie a sample piece of the convertible top in the
trunk. There are about 100 more pix of the car on my website www.Grumpys-Garage.com/64 including the full
floors being replaced and bracing. I feel now the car should be kept as a 6
cylinder, seeing what gas prices are now. The car could be used for car shows
the way it is, or have the minor rust spots taken car of first. I don’t have
time to finish it. If I kept it, I would either have the spots taken care of,
or paint the whole car the original color as shown. The
previous owner had the 230 cubic inch 155hp 6 cylinder completely rebuilt right
before I bought it. It gets great gas
mileage and rides really nice. 1964 was the only year for the stock “Chrome
Treatment” you see in the photos. If I was to keep her, I would have the air
cleaner lid replated, because you cannot find these anywhere. Has a Powerglide
transmission which shifts perfectly. Has power steering. I’m pretty sure the
brake and fuel lines have been replaced, they look pretty new. I
finally got to start working on it last fall and had full intentions of keeping
the car, but I have TOO MANY projects going on, so I’m going to sell it. Last
fall I had full floors and floor supports put in and had a new best quality
pinpoint convertible top with zippered rear window, pads and well installed
professionally. The top has NEVER been down since last November until now
for these pictures. The car has
brand new carpeting and 80/20 carpeted floor mats installed in November after I
had the floors put in. There are brand new matching floor mats as well. There
is an extra set of black rubber mats that one can use when taking to car shows
to keep the new mats clean, then put them in the trunk. The trunk has been detailed and has jack and
spare.Car has original trunk jack instruction sticker, as well as the Minnesota
dealer stickers on door jam and radiator support. All the gauges work fine, except clock. Has all original
parts including hub caps. The sill moldings are new and so are the rocker
moldings. The bumpers are perfect with no pitting and look almost new. The
convertible top mechanism and pump work perfectly. There is rust scaling on the
frame but no rust through. I had the outer window fuzzies (window weather
strips) replaced and still have the remaining 4 inners which I didn’t think it
needs. When I had the convertible top replaced, I replaced any of the top’s
weather stripping as well, and quarter window to front door window seals. There
are new A Piller weather strips also. Last week I put new armrests and bases on
because the old ones were pretty worn. The car has the factory vinyl convertible
top boot that it came with as shown in the pictures. I don’t think it was ever
used much. All the boot clips are intact and the foam padding underneath the
boot are in good shape. The steering wheel is perfect with no cracks, looks
really nice. I think the steering wheel had a cheap wrap on it all its life. I
took it off yesterday to reveal the perfect steering wheel. I was surprised. The seats have no tears or rips in them.
Lights and signals, brake lights work fine. The
alternator light is dimly on, I think it’s a wire hooked up to the
alternator wrong but the alternator is charging and everything runs fine. I
think it’s a very minor issue. The front brakes seem to grab, I never looked at
them and the should be looked at, also minor I’m sure. You can hear the radio
“click” when you turn it on, so I don’t know if it’s the antenna wire or what.
There is a small cap that goes on the windlace (pinch weld) at the quarter
window door jam, that I have on order from Legendary. I
never did anything paint wise with the car. If I were to keep it I would have
it buffed out and the minor few rust areas fixed. There is no rust through on the body
anywhere. Also, I would
also sand the wheels and paint them. This
car is good to go the way it is for cruising or car shows, or you can easily
take her to the next level. I believe it was painted at one time in its life,
perhaps 30 years ago. I would definitely
trailer this car home until you get the brakes looked at and wheels
balanced. You can drive it just fine at
50MPG, but I personally wouldn’t drive any of my cars, restored or not, over 55
for long distance on the highway. It's a very nice car for being 50 years old. The
car is being sold as is with no warranty. Buyer is responsible for pick up and
shipping from me at Friendship, WI 53934 24 hour deposit required, bank wire
transfer preferred, or cash on pickup. |
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