Galveston, oh Galveston!
Found it! At last I’d found the ’65 Impala SS in the colour and interior combination that I have wanted for some years, having seen them in Arizona on previous car part finding trips for my ’67 Caprice: ‘Evening Orchid’ with ‘Parchment and Black’ interior. It also had the same small block 350 as I had in the Caprice, which is just right for UK roads and fuel prices. Plus it had a four-speed automatic transmission, power-steering and power-brakes, plus 12 bolt positraction rear end. It was totally rebuilt, like new underneath and two previous owners.
This seemed to be the one… but the car was at Gateway Classics in Colorado (). I sent an offer over by email and it was accepted. That was it. Then it was just a case of “Do I or don’t I?”. It took a few minutes and the decision was to go for it and so a deposit of $1000 was sent over to hold it while we sorted flights and hotels – there was a lot of other paperwork to arrange too, including insurance and our travel plans to go and pick up
