68/69 Impala SS427 4spd Floor Hump & Shifter Boots

[3macs1]

Yes Sir George was a big help in that area
Not Oshawa built, quebec if I remember right. I keep getting his 3 68's mixed up.
Her engine code is real interesting TO1113T3 That is what it says in the documents and the block matches no IH anywhere. Never seen anything like it before. No one can tell us why it was stamped T3 nor can they tell us what the special z49 canadian package listed in her options was.
You did not have to order the SS z03 package to get the z24, in fact a lot did not. The z03 gave you the bucket SS interior order just z24 and you got impala interior bench seat.
No her engine is the original numbers matching out of the car with vin GM gang stamped. The m22 has no vin on it since it was ordered over the counter but the m20 does.

[PeteLeathersac]

St. Therese was the Quebec plant...it's gone now but only in recent years. .

The 3T3 Suffix...there was a post here a few months back with a Canadian '68 big car w/ a similar suffix...of course I can never find anything with the search thing? .

Canadian suffixes were sometimes numbers not letters, yes even Mk1V Tonawanda built stuff...there's a few 4 series suffixes from BB Chevelles known also a bunch of SB ones too...I have a few old listings but think there was no 3 series BB ones when I looked last time...I'll look again anyway. .

The car sounds very cool...the M22 dealer install part too...how's the hood survived? .

~ Pete

[3macs1]

Original hood is actually not bad. Has the usual rust on the underside which will clean up and is normal on these but the top side is perfect. The louver needs to be rechromed and one stud is broken. I took the hood off in the early 80's so it has been indoors.No e-bay or internet at that time only hemmings to find parts.Also parted out a original z24 rag so have a few of the extra hard to find parts. I still have her drive train and title. She was pretty plain . bench seat column shift th400.That hood needs the inner bottom replaced and has some rust across the front.
We probally parted 6 or 7 of these big coupes BB over the years also.

[3macs1]

Thanks guys for all of your help behind the scenes on this.
Have the upper retainers in hand, the hump, lower boot and retainer in the works along with a second NOS lower boot and a line on a upper boot.

Just missing the speedo cable if you know where any of those are located new or used. It is the real long one that enters the trans on the pass side.

Thanks again

Joe

[chevelleshack]

Also looking for a top boot for my 427 car , if you find more than one let me know!
Phil

[3macs1]

Will do Phil. They are hens teeth as you know. I fluked this one. It was marked 67 camaro. Wish someone would repo them most of us need them just the slider hides the remains of the original on many cars.

[chevelleshack]

Yea , the last one i saw went for $ 300 on e-pay . Got two of them but both ripped pretty good .
Phil

[JHS]

I restored a 69 Impala SS427 and it needed an upper boot. Will have to check my records but seems like I found a repro for a reasonable price and it worked just fine. Will try to rmemember to look it up and get back with you.

[3macs1]

That would be great. I know some guys are using I think 67/68 camaro ones cutting them to fit. I have not tried one myself.

[JHS]

Now that you mention it, I may have used a 69 Chevelle repro, need one with square hole for Hurst shifter. Seems like the only difference was the attachment holes in the boot did not align with the holes in the metal retainer but that was no problem. I love my 69 Impala, can't find a better riding vehicle and everyone wants to know what's really under the hood!!