Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for October 06, 2023

Noice one! To the rescue!

Why Impala and not Corvette? I used to know someone who repaired and sold luxury cars. I would not buy one of his cars. If a Lamborghini has been in a wreck and repaired by a crappy person, it would not be safe to drive.

Not all states require titles for cars that old. PA requires titles for any age car. I had to reapply for a title for the ’69 Vista Cruiser shown in my avatar because it had been unregistered (sitting in a garage) for 7 years. PennDOT purged the title!

Amen.

It’s a ‘62 in most strips but not every one. I think the artists are fooling with us.

My family had a 1963 Chevy Impala. (Also a ‘68). I still don’t know what’s so great about them. Personally, I loved our 1952 dark green Chevy and was heartbroken when my Dad got rid of it for the 1963.

I love it! My son’s hobby, working on vehicles, he has about 20, good thing he has a big place! I told him he’d better hope he doesn’t go first, he gave me a funny look but I can’t imagine what a headache that’d be for his wife to deal with! I lost my husband 18 years ago, you think about these things. No clue how many vehicles he’s restored and people he’s helped over the years! And it all started when he was 18 and we let him by that stepside we had to tow home…he replaced the engine, spark plugs…still has it all these years later!

They’re going to wait until you restore it before they steal it… Or need a flatbed tow truck to haul it away.

Uh, that’s a ’62, not a ’64. Ok, based on the drawing, maybe it could be a ’63, but definitely not a ’64.

or it could give him a chance to stare at his car without being near it. ;)

One sees today while the other sees tomorrow.

Except that, as has been pointed out, that’s a ’63

Make mine a Mustang, but those Impalas were cool. The modern one I have now is nice in a way, but it’s so much a cookie-cutter car, I keep trying to get into someone else’s before I realize mine is in the next space over.

I believe that’s a ’62 Chevy

I just googled 1964 Chevy Impala. Cheapest was $27000! And then they went up up up.

Keep on trucking Baldo………

Let’s see. Convertable Chevy left in the driveway with the top down, exposed to the elements. Baldo’s going to have a ton of more work to do on that Chevy.

Looks like a ’63 Impala.

Looks like he put the front tire on the opposite side it’s usually on.

There is a guy in our area who has a classic Ford Step Side Pickup. The body is has a fair amount of rust. He made Lemonade out of a Lemon and had the truck Clear Coated and got a license plate that says, “Rusty.”

There is actually a pretty heinous crime with 2 victims something like this: Thief steals car (victim #1). Thief sells car (victim #2, part 1). The buyer spends tens of thousands restoring the classic collectable. Ultimately, they find out it was stolen years ago, and the police return the restored classic to the original owner, and now the buyer is out the purchase price AND the cost of the full restoration (victim #2, part 2). Getting it stolen is probably Baldo’s only hope of fully restoring his Impala—but it would be out of the picture for a while.

HOW would anyone steal that car? It doesn’t even have four wheels.

Okay – this is something I don’t understand. We own a mid 1990s Chevy Astro van. Our mechanic is having a problem getting parts for it. We have one warning light on our dashboard which is always on and cannot be replaced.

Where does one get the parts for a 1964 (or other vintage vehicle) if the parts are no longer be made.

(As I told my mom – I trust our mechanic to the point that if I had leave a key to our house for someone to pick up – I would leave it with him as opposed to our neighbors – so I don’t think he is pulling anything by saying he cannot get the part.)