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Time for another American car project! Bought this 1960 Impala Sport Sedan/Flattop/4-door Hardtop back in June '22 from Long Beach, California. After a few months went by, it finally got dropped off to the shippers in October, after getting the upholstery redone over there. Then another few months and it finally arrived in NZ at the start of the year. It was advertised as running a 283 and powerglide, airbag suspension, a bit of rust, but drove and stopped. I got it trailered down from Auckland, it got dropped off one morning at 7am, so a quick trip out to check it out before work. We hooked up another battery, turned the key and it started straight up! Took it for a drive up the road, other than the sloppy steering it went very well! We also noticed it had a 3 speed trans in it. Up on the hoist it went and turns out it has a TH350. That then made us doubt that it even had a 283. Did some googling and ran the casting numbers and turns out that the engine is a 305. It's definitely had some love from someone recently, a bunch of new bits in places; aluminium radiator, carby, dizzy, alternator, brake hoses and some terrible rust patches. Current plan is to fix all the rust, replace all the bushes and balljoints etc, disc brakes on the front, new window seals, a general tidy up and get it sitting much lower! Discuss here: https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/86880-matts-60-impala-discussion/
