Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for February 21, 2021

bravo

i understand the metaphor of the car, but still … it would be nice to see it get a little further along

Too bad Baldo has a ‘62 Impala, not a ‘64. I once owned a white ‘64 Impala SS sport coupe, quite different from a ‘62.

If someone pays you to do it to their car, it’s work. If you do it for your own car, without pay, it’s pleasure.

That’s a 1962 portrayed.

And it may be close to finished by 2060 or so!

he is going to school which means studying and working a job. there are only so many hours inn a day to do the things that mean the most to you. plus it takes money to buy the parts which can be difficult to find. p.s. we had a 1964 Chevy Bel-air.

My first two cars were 65 Impalas.

That’s a 62, not a 64 .

And on weekdays it takes an explosion to get him out of bed

Everyone makes valid points about the progress but seeing something getting done would be nice as well…..

he is working after all. Maybe at least buy a tire every couple of months?

way back in 1962 I started working on my car project. A ’52 Merc. altogether it took me until 1966 to finish putting it together. A total of 4 years. I worked(for free) at my local body shop. Where I learned how to weld and how to chop and channel along with lowering the body. Found a wrecked Chevy with a small block V8 and managed to put it into my car, after lots of work before I put it in the car. Discovered an excellent rebuilt 4 speed transmission, and had other jobs where I was getting paid actual wages. The car was ready when I took my drivers test. Now here we are 55 years later, I still have the car now with 187,000 miles on the odometer and have 2 grandkids wanting me to give them the car. Its parked, under a cover, in a garage in Texas, been there for 4 years. I am pretty sure I am going to give it to a cousin now 50yo who is a decent mechanic. She kept my grandmothers 64 Dodge dart running for several years after it should have died. And she needs a reliable car. And she currently lives in NM, only about 500 miles from where its currently stored

I was just listening to the Charlie Ryan song Hot Rod Lincoln on You-Tube (a 1955 tune, by the way). Gary Cate, who posted a version of that tune, included images of a shiny red Model A with a Lincoln Zephyr flat head 12 cylinder engine, which corresponds to the vehicle in the song. Beautiful. If I could afford it, that would be my personal equivalent of the 64 Chevy Impala that Baldo aspires to.

It’s a ’63

A 1964 Impala ragtop as seen on American Pickers:https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1075503092916774

Why the sudden enthusiasm? He didn’t have much else to do the past couple of weeks.

These strips always make me nostalgic for my old 1960 Chevy Impala. Wish I still had that green thing.

sorry, i owned a 64 impala SS convertible and that’s the same car Baldo has. End of story.

Let’s ask Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos to clarify the year. As you can see there are a lot of car enthusiast who want to know.

Dad worked for around a decade trying to resurrect his ’57 Olds Super 88 coupe..finally gave it to the non-working car buyer. He admitted it was the most relaxing, and to a certain extent fun, period passing weekends working on her.

I understand, I built two cars in High School, a 53 Ford 1/2 ton and a 55 Chevy Belaire.

Baldo works at an auto parts store. At least get all 4 wheels and tires! If not running, at least presentable. Then, a convertible top. It will look decent standing still.