Gasser Pic's

[SS427]

For an old Geezer with bad eyesite you might be right Cumby. I guess it is kind of hard to tell by that photo.

Impala emblem

Impala SS emblem
Rick

[Verne_Frantz]

Rick,
I blew the photo up and those look like Impala crossed flags to me and not the SS emblems. No one knows how many SS convertibles were made in '61, but I do know of ONE. It was found in NE Pa. and restored many years ago. The only known production numbers that have surfaced are # of
61 409s (142) and # of SuperSports (453). The 409s were produced in a variety of body styles and not all in SuperSports as many magazine articles state.

Verne

[SS427]

Thanks Verne. I think you both may be right. Neat car none the less.

I did find a blue SS409 convert on the net for sale for $249,000! Wow! When I turned sixteen, my ex and I looked at a 61 SS 348 tri power convert, red, red with white top in New Brighton, MN. It was void of any rust but was cobbled together all over the place. He wanted $600 and I was just about ready to buy it until I saw that the generator was (partially) held on with a coat hanger! That was the last straw and I shut the hood and told him I was not interested as I could not afford to fix all the cobbled up stuff when I was only 16! Bad move..........


1961 SS 409 convert
Rick

[x Baldwin Motion]

Dog, excellent photos !!

excellent 61 Impala vert tow car. sadly long gone, I'd say these pics from 69?

[Dog427435]

'61 S/S emblem from the side

[Dog427435]

[b]TEENAGE ATTEMPT AT FIRST GASSER

'55 Chevy
backyard straight axle
most of a '56 glass nose
blue plastic windows
plastic seat swiped from school
Honest Charlie make believe roll bar
348 w/ trips
3 speed w/ 5.13 rear



Trip down Meacham Ave - 2am - 100+mph
barely able to keep it between the curbs



Years later - still in the yard - never to run again!!

[Dog427435]

Only other shot i have of the '55

[1970Ls6]

This is the first time this car has seen the light of day in 30 yrs. Gasser