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  • Craigslist find: A 1963 impala “rat rod” that leaves more questions than answers

    I have to thank (?) Mike McLaughlin for posting what has to be the weirdest modified 1963 Chevy Impala in the history of the known universe. This car has been lopped off from both ends, the roof has been chopped, the bumper and grill have both been sectioned, and power is coming from a Chevy [...]

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    It's only a bowtie, but whoever did that should get his peepee whacked!
    Act your age, not your shoe size. - Prince

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      Let’s hope this doesn’t catch on.

      It’s salvageable, but it would take a lot of work to get the proportions more in line with a ’70s pavement modified

      or some sort of altered coupe.

      [couldn't find a picture]

      Move the rear axle forward about a foot . . . get some much, much bigger rear meats . . . swap in a front suspension with less visual mass (a tube axle?) . . . radicalize the stance . . . rethink the nose . . . improve some of the body work . . . .

      The tail panel (excluding the rear bumper) and the roof line definitely “work” . . . the rest of it seems a bit off.
      Last edited by 38P; April 8, 2013, 07:42 AM.

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