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Tons of hiking myself, blood work is very good for me also. This is impressive. I used to lust after these-now I am all about owning a pickup truck and travelling all over in it. Enjoying driving and being in the moment is the imprtant part. Great cars though. So ugly it is actually pretty, bonus GM content in background. This just says get in, sit down and drive me. Love Ford's 1960's interiors.

5 thousand for a Celebrity??? Is that a real price suggestion for one? And...why in the world would ANYBODY consider a Celebrity a classic? Despite the great memories, I wouldnt want one in my driveway today. Maybe as a commuter car/beater if it was in good working order tho. I wouldnt want an '06 Monte Carlo. Id rather the (4 door) Impala of that vintage with a 3.8. A 2005 Impala. The generation after, I would want the 3.6 with the 6 speed auto. But in all honesty, the Epsilon Impala Midnight Edition just flat out beats any W-Body Chevrolet. Although I Iove my Acura, I kinda wanted to trade-in my Acura for one. But Im also happy I didnt. Maybe I could pick one up for cheap when this chip shortage will be gone and things will hopefully return to normal?

? Doing the happy dance as I got my blood results and staying active, working out and watching what I eat seems to be working. Cholesterol is 113, Medical chart says it should be between 100-199 HDL is 39, Medical chart says 39 or higher is good. Will adjust my proteins. LDL is 46, Medical chart says 99 or lower is good. Overall, happy as all get out. Tomorrow is going to be a good wine day! ?

I was over in the Buick, Cadillac, & Pontiac rows, climbing into much older / longer-sitting cars, inhaling hantavirus and making 'vroom! vroom! noises behind 18" diameter steering wheels.

I wouldnt touch an Impala with the 3.4. It was a good engine for the Alero and Grand Am. Not a great engine. Just good enough. But it might be a tad anemic for a bigger, heavier Impala. And Ive heard that the 3.4 had gasket problems past 100 000 miles. I never had such issues with my Alero, but have known a few people with Chevrolet minivans that did. I owned a 2005 Impala SS. Ive at least experienced the myth behind that engine. I also heard that the transmission coupled to a supercharged 3.8 could explode. Again, never had that happen to me. A regular late model 3.8 powering any car from any GM division should be a no problems whatsoever experience. I had heard you wax poetic about this engine so Im really not telling you anything you dont know already! LOL As with most GM offerings nowadays. But not just GM, almost all OEMs screw with visibility one way or other. I never driven this gen Impala. Sat it in plenty of times though. I could tell just by sitting it in that it had poor rear visibility. The rear window is tiny. But the interior and dash is great to be in for a daily driver it seems. Sporty and comfy and roomy. Yeah. It was a great engine actually. Hey, it was not sporty or anything. It accelerated slow like molasses. But I was able to get it past the 140 KM/H (85 MPH) reading on the speedometer. I did bury the needle so to speak. It did everything that it was meant for it to do. Relatively economical, reliable and always there to haul a family around. It started every time in cold weather. Never missed a beat. And lord knows it took a beating. (pun intended). Until I totaled it a few weeks/months after I totaled my Firebird. I dont remember or actually know how smooth or crude it actually was, but it did get my dad to work every morning without a hitch. And when I started driving it, beating the hell out of it, no issues arose from the recklessness. That would be my experinece with the Iron Duke. Maybe others would not be so lucky? I hear and read about all kinds of GM problems, my dad and I, with ALL of our GM products, have NEVER experienced these things.

Grumpy... More fastback content... I have always loved this photograph....

That is entirely hot. Pontiacs of the era always looked so fantastic in White. More 70's love, bonus Pontiac content behind. Fastback! Petty More vintage pic love... Some good looking FOMOCO product at Riverside Iroc... This is badass...

'63 Pontiac Tempest, 'Indy 4' inline 4-cylinder, factory iron head, naturally-aspirated, 4-spd. 1/4-mile : 11.74.

Here you go, Robert Hall : 16 original miles, pre dealer-prep Cobra ~ https://www.ebay.com/itm/194496528432?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337851298&customid=489489&toolid=10001&mkevt=1

Ive had this thought before. It hit me again... Balthy has driven (and owned) many many cars in his lifetime. I have driven many many cars in my lifetime too. Didnt own nearly as many tho. But I drove plenty. Problem is...if we compare what cars Balthy driven and what cars I driven....well...its kinda embarrassing to me to mention the cars Ive driven... Iron Duke 4 cylinder Celebrities, 2.0 liter Cavaliers and Sunbirds... Ive had some exciting car and engine experience, but Id rather not delve into this topic too much....

The 2000-2005 Impala was easily the best looking W-body Chevrolet. (Lumina included) But it had easily the cheapest interior of all of them. The Lumina Coupe that became the Monte Carlo rivals the cheapness of that 2000-2005 Impala. But all W-Body cars are great daily drivers. Ive driven several of these cars from all the divisions from all years. Despite the small launch hiccups of the early '80s, and the DOHC 3.4 gasket problems and the transmission problems from some of the hotter versions of those cars (the V8s and the supercharged V6s), the W-Body has been a very very good and reliable car for GM. I dont like any Malibu GM has made since 1978 with the exemption being the latest generation Malibu. I like this current one. I like the A-Body and Colonnade as well.

I have driven many '05+ Impalas and a couple of the most recent Impalas as rentals, along w/ Malibus of the last 4 generations. Any of them would be fine daily driver/commuter cars...I'd be inclined to go with the newest I could find, so the cabin tech wouldn't be so out of date.

^ I've noted ads about low-mileage 20-30 yr old cars popping up, unremarkable other than being in great condition, but kinda being pitched as a collector car. 'Would you put this 35K mile Chevy Celebrity in your driveway for $5000?', but I say - buy it as a commuter vehicle, not a collectible, and use it up. It sure beats spending $15K for something 7 yrs old.

Top pic is a factory-issued promo photo ('64 GP). I added the yellow lines comparing rear axle centerline & the bottom of the rocker chrome. This is an accurate portrayal of factory ride height. Lower pic is how far too many 'restored' cars todays sit, on 'reproduction' springs ; a mile too high (here about 3 inches). I find it irksome (and aesthetically offensive) when folk defend this exaggerated ride height as 'correct' because the springs were 'factory spec'... when they obviously aren't. "You've got eyes; use 'em!' I say. Praise the lowered. Here is my GP from many years ago. It's a tad LOWER than factory height, due to spring settle; over time, coil spring deflection rate remains the same, but it's ability to hold its load at the same height diminishes somewhat. Me; I think it sits PERFECTLY (still has the same springs in it today).

When it cranked, I immediately turned the key off. It was almost too nice to have been in there, and it wasn't 'in a parking spot' in the row, but 'in the lane' - maybe it was someone's personal car. My name wouldn't be on it; 1. Chevrolet, 2. small block, 3. 1970s.

I guess you must have been a ways away from the office counter to do that! I'm hoping it cranked over with the purr of a reliable, high functioning small block GM V8. If the price was right, it sounds like it had your name written all over it. After posting, and not feeling so great, I read that hummus is very good for you ... in reasonable quantities. As for the GTO above, and based on previous posts on the forum, I learned that Iris Mist was a real PMD (et. al. ?) color, even though it looks very after market. I think I like the GTO starting with when it had the finned sides on its backlite and the more rounded look of the late '60s and the early '70s, though only specific years within the latter. And I sort of like the last GTO built by Holden of Australia, though I think the G8 has a more timeless and less jellybean design than the last GTO it ran alongside to.

I agree, actually. I like having my Aveo as a cheap urban commuter car, could see buying something like this actually.

One of the best GM vehicles IMO. The interior is nicer than it should be for this cheap of car.