It's a Time Machine !!!!

This turned up at my friend's garage. Hasn't been out of the barn since it ran a 13.3 at South Glens Falls Dragway in 1975.

Excellent patina, slight mold and that wonderful leaky brake fluid - junkyard smell about it.

I've got a chubby.

The plates are NY 1960. It has a worked 327.

Sorry David, but I couldn't wait for the Ran When Parked, but, well, you know.

Dan

Chubby x2.

That is so cool it makes me ill. I bet my Dad remembers it; he ran an awful lot of drag races in upstate NY before ummm...you know, kids and stuff.

Just so I can dream...is it for sale?

914Driver wrote: The plates are NY 1960. It has a worked 327. Sorry David, but I couldn't wait for the Ran When Parked, but, well, you know. Dan

You can submit entrites for Ran When Parked online, too you know.

Click here to head to "Ran When Parked" on the Classic Motorsports site.

Where exactly was that drag strip?

Chubby X 3.

Pure vintage automotive sweetness.

Its surprising how much of a car from 1958 is still left after living in new york for so long.

I hope the owner can get it driveable with the 327 and leave it just like that on the outside.

Slightly off topic....? My parents had a '58 Chevy when I was very young, my mother grew to hate that car so much (she felt it was THE biggest lemon), they my father was never allowed to buy a new Chevy again.

I read somewhere that the 58s were supposed to be the 57s, but GM ran out of time. Result: a quickie revamp of the 56s, leading to the immortal 57s we all know about, which were relatively high-quality because the assemblers knew what they were doing. The 58s, not so much.

But to return to the topic in progress... that green car is amazing.

I was never a fan of the late 50's impala.

One thing we've lost with modern race cars is the ability to gain patina gracefully. Hand-painted signage ages so well. Vinyl, not so much.

Yeah, it just kinda fades into oblivion.

I don't even like those cars and I like that car.

vwcorvette wrote: Where exactly was that drag strip?

South Glens Falls Dragstrip was in South Glens Falls, exit 17 or so on the Northway about 40 miles north of Albany, NY.

It was run by a guy named Fat Jack. He used to run with my uncle, they all ran Pontiacs. Unk had a '62 Catalina with a tri-power.

Imagine a dirt covered with oil staging area. Also picture an oil covered dirt runoff at the end of the strip. Oy.

In high school I blew up a Corvair there, it closed in the mid - late 70s.

Don't have the Vair, but great memories.

Dan

Tom Heath wrote:

914Driver wrote: The plates are NY 1960. It has a worked 327. Sorry David, but I couldn't wait for the Ran When Parked, but, well, you know. Dan

You can submit entrites for Ran When Parked online, too you know. Click here to head to "Ran When Parked" on the Classic Motorsports site.

David's got one, that's why I don't feel guilty about this.

Oh God....

Time to change the pants...

Awesomeness Confirmed!

Yeah, '57 Chevys might get all of the attention, but the '58 was pretty darn cool, too.

And you can send a high-rez image to me. I know a guy.

Hedman fenderwell headers for the win!

integraguy wrote: Slightly off topic....? My parents had a '58 Chevy when I was very young, my mother grew to hate that car so much (she felt it was THE biggest lemon), they my father was never allowed to buy a new Chevy again.

Has she aged as gracefully as that old lady?

That thing deserves to be back at the strip, stat!

Woody wrote: I don't even like those cars and I like that car.

Quoted for truth. I mean, seriously, in this modern age nobody would choose that ocean going vessel for a race car. But in 1958 that was a 'normal' sized car. No wonder imports gained popularity.

What must it weigh? Took some horsepower to make that thing go 13.3.

chuckles wrote: What must it weigh? Took some horsepower to make that thing go 13.3.

My '60 model with then same drivetrain and chassis weighs 4007 pounds (full interior).

It DOES NOT run 13's.

that puts the "awe" in awesome!!

Wish I could drive that in the woodward dream cruise, after a night at the dragstrip.