This 1964 Chevrolet Impala came to Black Wolf for a full restoration after sitting for a while during its off season.
Black Wolf gave the Impala a thorough, high-end restoration.
Here’s how we restored it:
- Replaced valve cover gaskets
- Replaced vacuum modulator
- Fabricated patch panels for floor & rockers
- Installed new floor
- Repaired rocker panel
- Installed brake booster/master cylinder & fabricated brake lines
- Reinstalled steering column & components
- Replaced heater core & seals
- Reinstalled engine & transmission
- Built & installed power steering hoses
- Installed front shocks & sway bar links
- Installed starter wiring
- Installed fuel tank
- Installed shifter & center console
- Fabricated & installed shifter rod
- Replaced wiring harness
- Installed exhaust system
- Installed new intake manifold & covers
- Modified spark plug wires & installed valve covers
- Fabricated fuel line to carburetor
- Installed valve cover gaskets
- Fabricated PCV system
- Installed gas pedal
- Installed wiring harness
- Repaired & installed heater controls
- Installed radio repair plate
- Installed radio & amplifier
- Installed neutral safety switch
- Completed dash assembly
- Wired in accessory gauges
- Clocked alternator in correct position & make positive cables
- Run provisional stereo wiring to trunk
- Installed center console & wiring for lights
- Installed steering wheel
- Installed E-brake
- Brazed repaired trunk lip
- De-trimmed, stripped, & painted firewall
- Sandblasted & reinstalled oil pan and timing cover
- Painted engine
- Paint chassis
- Painted rear differential & suspension components
- Painted wheel housings & core support
- Rust repair on wheel housings
- Repaired chassis & painted components
- Repaired cracks & holes in core support
- Painted rear axle
- Painted chassis & components
- Cut transmission shifter hole in floorboard
- Welded seat brackets to floor pan
- Painted firewall
- Painted undercarriage
- Painted wheel wells
- Stripped heater box
- Installed door panels & weatherstripping
- Painted heater box
- Installed metal floor plugs in cabin & trunk
- Installed front grill & headlights
- Installed front clip
- Aligned front clip
- Painted & installed lower steering column
- Sandblasted & repainted both horns
- Installed carpet
- Painted & reinstalled fan shroud
- Cleaned & painted hood hinges
- Fabricated seat brackets
- Reinstalled interior
- Sandblasted & painted rear seat brackets
- Painted intake manifold
- Installed front end & adjusted body panels
- Fabricated & welded in patch panels to rear of floor pan
- Seam sealed floor pan
- Cut out trunk pan
- Cut out rear filler panel
- Fabricated rear body mounts
- Fabricated & welded in new filler panels
- Welded in new body mounts
- Welded in new trunk pan
- Seam sealed trunk pan
- Disassembled interior
- Removed body from frame
- Cut out rusted section of floor pan & rockers
