1964 Chevrolet Impala - The Calling Card

Coveralls are so rad! The thing that makes the Harmon's project so unique is the fact that the employees built it from the ground up. Employees threw on the time-tested coveralls before and after work each day, and headed to the shop.

This heap of metal and discard was unearthed when the body was lifted off the frame.

Holy rusted metal, Batman! Check out this piece of floorboard the crew pulled out. And there was more where that came from.

Instead of messing with the rusted sheetmetal, Harmon's built the '64 hardtop with new floorboards. The crew also added new front fenders, inner fenders, a hood, a grille, side moldings, trim, emblems, lamps and lenses, weather-stripping, bumpers and brackets, and glass.

Remember that Neil Young song "Helpless"? Can you think of a better word to describe the Impala's 327/300hp engine backed by a four-speed tranny?

It's like that TV show, The Swan. The revamped and worked-over 327 doesn't even look like it did in the beginning. Maybe that's because the engine was completely torn apart and decked out with block-hugger headers, an Edelbrock intake, an Edelbrock carb, an HEI ignition, and polished valve covers.

The car was painted PPG Candy Red and put back together very carefully.

Tada! And magically, a '64 Impala appears. Talk about fixing an absolute train wreck! The Impala doesn't show a single sign of the way it used to be. The best part is that Harmon's lets their employees, who worked so diligently, drive the hardtop now that it's finished! What a way to boost company morale.