1960 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONVERTIBLE 348 AUTOMATIC GOVERNOR OF AK. CAR SAT 55 YEARS
1960 Chevrolet Impala IMPALA CONVERTIBLE
"LAST CHANCE TO OWN THIS RARE ONE"
"A History Classic CAR"
Purchased New by the Governor of Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Governor from (1955-1967)
One of the Last all Matching Numbers
1960 Impala Convertibles
LEFT out there to Restore"?
1960 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONVERTIBLE
ALL FACTORYORIGINAL 348 Big Block 250HP
52,047 Believed ORIGINAL MILES
STYLE NUMBER: 60-1867
BODY NUMBER# SL 367
(THE FIRST WEEK OF 1960 CHEVROLET St. Louis, MO. Plant PRODUCTION)
# 11,880PASSENGER CAR BUILT (VIN)
PAINT:936A ERMINE WHITE
TRIM:874 RED TRIPPLE TONE INTERIOR
ACC: WHITE-TOP - 6A - 37C
RARE~ RARE ~FIND!
~ALL MATCHING NUMBERS~
THIS IS A ASSET HISTORY INVESTMENT AUTOMOBILE
HELLO TO ALL 1960 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONVERTIBLE LOVERS,CHEVROLET COLLECTORS,MUSEUM CURATORS...,
THE 1960 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONVERTIBLE YOUR VIEWING IS A EARLY KNOWN PRODUCTION 1960 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONVERTIBLE. THIS CAR WAS LEFT IN ALLORIGINAL UNRESTORED CONDITION FOR 55+ YEARS IN A BARN. THIS CAR ISBODY NUMBER # 367AND THE11,880thPASSENGER CAR PRODUCED(SEE VIN #) AT THE ST LOUIS, MO. PLANT.
DOCUMENTED AS ONE OF THE EARLIEST '60 CONVERTIBLES. THIS IS NOT HYPE, OR A FAKE OVERSTATEMENT, OR A PRESSURE HYPE SALE, THIS CAR HASUNIQUE HISTORYAND IS A EARLY PRODUCTION'60 CONVERTIBLE.
PLEASE JUST EXAMINE THIS CAR AND LET ALL THE DETAILED PHOTOS SPEAK AND SHOW FOR THEMSELVES, TO DOCUMENT THIS AMAZING "TIME CAPSULE" AS IT WAS BUILT AUTOMOBILE. THEY ONLY COME THIS WAY ONCE IN A LIFETIME UN MOLESTED. YES, THE CAR HAS SAT IN UNFAVORBLE SETTINGS AND HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO RUST, WAY MORE THAN IT SHOULD HAVE...BUT LISTEN TO THE WHOLE STORY BELOW...
THE STORY GOES LIKE THIS:
MR. ORVAL FAUBUSWAS THEGOVERNOR OF ARKANSASIN 1955 AND HE PURCHASED THIS CAR NEW IN HOTSPRINGS, ARKANSAS IN EARLY 1960. HE THEN OWNED THE CAR UNTILL 1963 AND TRADED IT BACK IN THE A. D. SHORT MOTORSCHEVROLETDEALERSHIP WHERE THE SECOND OWNER,MS. PHYLLIS LOOPERBOUGHT THE CAR FROM A. D. SHORT MOTORSCHEVROLETIN HOTSPRINGS, AK. ON JULY 12TH, 1963 FOR A $1,304.88 LIEN. PAID OFF ON JUNE 8TH 1965. THE TITLE IS STILL THAT AK. TITLE FROM 1963, FREE AND CLEAR.
SO IF YOU WANT A ORIGINAL, UNRESTORED 1960 IMPALA CONVERTIBLE WITH SOME COOL HISTORIC HISTORY, THIS MIGHT BE THE ONE...
MR. ORVAL FAUBUS WAS GOVERNOR IN AK. FROM 1955-1967.HE ALSO RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN 1963(SEE PICTURES) ALONG WITH JOHN F. KENNEDY AND LYNDON JOHNSON THAT THEN THEY WON THE TICKET AND BEAT HIM OUT. HE WAS ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGIZINE ALSO IN 1957) SEE PICTURE) HE USED THIS CHEVROLET CONVERTIBLE IN MANY PARADES AND HAD DIGNTARIES RIDE IN THIS CAR OVER THE 3 YEARS HE OWNED IT. GOVERNORS AND STATESMEN SAT IN THIS '60 CHEVROLET. SEE PICTURES & BUTTONS AND THE TIME MAGIZINE COVER! RUMORS HAVE IT THAT JOHN F. KENNEDY, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, GEORGE WALLACE, JESSE JACKSON TO NAME A FEW RODE IN THIS CAR, AS HE ENTERTAINED IN HIS HUGE "HISTORIC BUILT" HOME THAT IS A ARKANSAS LANDMARK NOW.
NOW ON THE CAR, TO START, PLEASESTOPRIGHT HERE, YES I KNOW... THIS '60 CONVERTIBLEISNOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART, AS IT NEEDS FULL RESTORATION, OR MAKE A PATINA CLASSIC DRIVER!IT IS AFACTORY ORIGINAL CAR, IT HAS PATINA PAINT AREAS EVERYWHERE, MANY DENT DAMAGE RE-PAINTS FROM MINOR BUMPS AND BRUISES BUT IT SURVIVED WITHJ NO MAJOR ACCIDENTS. THE FRAME IS SOLID AND THE CONVERTIBLE TUB AND WHEEL HOUSES ARE SOILD AND IT IS VERY SAVEABLE DUE TO LOW MILES DRIVEN, SAVING THE CRITICAL AREAS!.
AFTER MS LOOPER DIED,THE STORIES WERE SOON FADED AND NOWDUE TO SITTING OUTSIDE, (AS HER DAUGTERS NEEDED THE GARAGE SPACE,) IT WAS PULLED OUTSIDE FOGOTTON AND POORLY COVERED. WEATHER AND HUMIDITY AND BEING RAINED ON FOR 55 YEARS+.
SO NOW YES IT NEEDS ALL THE MAIN FLOORS AND BRACES, ROCKERS, AND TRUNK FLOORS, BUT GOOD NEWS THAT THEY ARE ALL NOW REPRODUCED. YES, IT NEEDS IT ALL, THIS WILL BE A MAJOR RESTORATION. BUT IT IS A CONVERTIBLE WITH HISTORY....!
SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A EASY RESTORED "PERFECT FLAWLESS CHEVY,THIS MIGHT NOT BE YOUR CAR!
CAR HISTORY AND PRODUCTION HISTORY:
THE CAR STARTED ITS LIFE IN THE ST. LOUIS, MO. PLANT IN LATE 1959, AUGUST, THE 1ST MONTH FOR CHANGE-OVER FOR THE '60 PRODUCTION RUN. THIS 60' HAS THEBODY NUMBER # 367(PLEASE SEE TRIM TAG PHOTO) AND THE TOTALPRODUCTION PASSENGER CAR RUN LINE NUMBER OF: # 11,880OUT OF ALL THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS '60 CHEVROLET PRODUCTION PASSENGER CARS PRODUCED THERE AT THE ST. LOUIS PLANT.
PLEASE SEE AND READ THE IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING WHOLE STORY IN HERE!
THE CARS LAST OFFICIAL INSPECTION TAG IS 1969?
ORIGINAL FACTORY OPTIONS THE CAR:
MAIN AREAS ON THE CAR: IN APPEARANCE INSPECTION: WILL NEED ALL NEW FLOORS, FRONT TO BACK, AND BRACES AND SOME PANNELS
EXTERIOR PAINT:
ALL PATINA AND REPAINTS, BLENDING AND MINOT DENT SCRAPES BODY WORK AREAS SHOWING
INTERIOR:
ALL THERE STILL, HAS BEAUTIFUL STAINLESS TRIM ALL THERE TO TRANSFER TO YOUR NEW INTERIOR.
MECHANICS:
ALL THE 348 DRIVETRAIN IS ORIGINAL AND ALL IN PLACE, THE CAR WAS DRIVEN INTO THE BARN AND WAS HAVING A DISTRIBUTOR CHANGE OUT WHEN IT WAS PARKED UNTILL PULLED IN 2023. GEAR SHIFT AND BLINKERS SMALL KNOB, THEY ALL SHIFT AND MOVE EASY, NOT LOCKED AND CAR CAN BE PUT IN GEAR AND HAS PARK LOCK.
ELECTRICAL:
ALL THERE AND IN PLACE MOST SAVEABLE
OPERATIONAL OTHERS:
HOOD RELEASE GOOD, LATCHES GOOD, DOORS ALL OPERATE AND LATCH CLOSE, OPEN NICE., DOOR LOCKS WORK, KEYED ENTRY IS OK, AND TRUNK LOCK, WINDOWS ARE ALL STUCK, NEED OIL.
CONCLUSION SUMMARY:
THIS 1960 CHEVROLET IMPALA CONVERTIBLE IS THE VERY LAST OF A RARE UNTOUCHED ORIGINAL WITH NEAT COOL HISTORY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TOUCHED OR RESTORED IN 55 YEARS.
THIS IS TRULY A COOL FIND, SHOWING "THE EXACT WAY IT WAS MADE'' ITS ALL THERE, PATINA CLASS?IF SHOWN IN THE "ORIGINAL UNRESTORED CLASS'' YOUR A WINNER IN EVERY SHOW, HANDS DOWN!
THE TITLE IS CLEAR AND CLEAN 1963 ARKANSAS, 2 OWNER CAR.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING!
- Make: Chevrolet
- Model: Impala
- Type: Convertible
- Trim: IMPALA CONVERTIBLE
- Doors: 2
- Year: 1960
- Mileage: 52047
- VIN: 01867S111880
- Color: SNOWCREST WHITE
- Engine size: 348 BIG BLOCK
- Number of cylinders: 8
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Automatic
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: TRIPPLE TONE RED WHITE SILVER
- Drive side: Left-Hand Drive
- Safety options: none
- Vehicle Title: Clean Want to buy? Contact seller!