Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for June 26, 2015
June 25, 2015
June 27, 2015
Transcript:
Customer: Do you have parts for a tricked out 1960 Impala Convertible with a Chevy 283 V8 engine? Baldo: Our parts for that car look a lot like chairs.
We let our younger daughter use our ‘77 Impala (not a convertible) when she drive to the University of North Texas in Denton. On the way back from Dallas, after she’d visited a cat shop (nothing naughty, real cats [she loved cats]) to celebrate taking her last final of the semester, a pickup truck in the lane next to her hit a truck tire that was lying on the road, and bounced up onto her hood! Both cars plowed into a bridge railing. The Impala was totaled, but no one was injured. Though the Impala wasn’t all red and tricked up, I loved that car. However, I was duly thankful that it was the car that was toast and not our daughter.
Yeah, that’s definitely a ’59 front end ! Damned near impaled myself on the rear driver side fin delivering my papers ’cause I was trying to get away from a dog that was chasing me. Not looking where I was going !!!
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Brilliant jaw drops and bug-eyes, muchachos, in the second panel.
Dobie Takahama over 9 years ago
Did he REALLY have to park like that?
cdward over 9 years ago
Yes,it would have been nice if they had gotten him a chair, too, but the guy has to like that they appreciate his car so much.
Egrayjames over 9 years ago
Those were great cars. Never road in a convertible, but drove one in the late 70’s. Used to call it a land-yacht.
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 9 years ago
War – Lowrider
Prodmanwoof Premium Member over 9 years ago
Beautiful pictures and comments on a 1959 Impala. The 1960 did not have the hood vents and teardrop signal lights.
randolini Premium Member over 9 years ago
It may be a 1960, but when I was a kid, we had a 1959 and that looks like a 1959.
RICHARD SCHOENBORN Premium Member over 9 years ago
Definitely a ‘59. The ’60 didn’t have those scoop looking things at the front of the hood.
gaebie over 9 years ago
Dad had a ’59 Impala, that one was a real lemon though. My first car was a black ’64 Impala 283; that was a great car.
LeePIII Premium Member over 9 years ago
The front end is a ’59.
Comic Minister Premium Member over 9 years ago
Baldo loves seeing that!
benrtilley over 9 years ago
Great, but the ’57 still tops my list.
Gokie5 over 9 years ago
We let our younger daughter use our ‘77 Impala (not a convertible) when she drive to the University of North Texas in Denton. On the way back from Dallas, after she’d visited a cat shop (nothing naughty, real cats [she loved cats]) to celebrate taking her last final of the semester, a pickup truck in the lane next to her hit a truck tire that was lying on the road, and bounced up onto her hood! Both cars plowed into a bridge railing. The Impala was totaled, but no one was injured. Though the Impala wasn’t all red and tricked up, I loved that car. However, I was duly thankful that it was the car that was toast and not our daughter.
Neat '33 over 9 years ago
Yeah, that’s definitely a ’59 front end ! Damned near impaled myself on the rear driver side fin delivering my papers ’cause I was trying to get away from a dog that was chasing me. Not looking where I was going !!!
BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Loved the ’60 impala. My dad had a black sedan with the white and black herringbone interior.
gaslightguy over 9 years ago
It’s a ’59. I owned one.
William Taylor over 9 years ago
That’s a ’59, not a ’60.
22Wu33/es Premium Member over 9 years ago
just what i was going to say….
Jerry Price Premium Member over 9 years ago
That’s a 59 Impala!
lebron over 9 years ago
You can have the ’59 and ’60 models, I prefer the ’64 or the ’57. Never liked those huge sideways fins.