wonder if the interior is going to match the rest of the car, but sure enough, it did. The Pete Ciadella interior looked as nice as the Factory product. But John decided to take it a few steps further. He did a FULL frame off Rest-Mod on this beast. While it was all in pieces he had a crate built for the interior. This made it much easier ship everything all at once to the Ciadella shop in Arizona. From there, they took over to create this sweet custom full leather interior. The Dakota gauges help finish off the look and the Vintage Air with the late model power steering makes it a pleasure to drive. I’m sure some of you remember the Chevy plant here in St. Louis. Well luck would have it, This is one of the Impala 2 door hard tops built right here in the Lou. Gives you a bit of nostalgia feel don’t it? Back in the day before all the cars were made up of fiberglass and plastic, cars were made up of steel. And what does steel do over time…..RUST. That didn’t bother John one bit. This gave him the perfect opportunity to get his family involved with this project. Which in turn allowed him was to spend more time with his family. With his son Alex and his daughter Audrey right there with him. They spent 18 months and about 1000 hours doing the car. When it came time for the paint to be laid down, they needed a little help to spray the BMW Space Grey base coat/ clear coat. For this they had some very talented friends, Bob Feiler and Bob Fink with the final spraying. This is one of those cars that pictures really can’t express the true Cool Factor, you really need to see it and hear it. Too bad we are going into winter and you have to wait for the thaw. But one thing is for sure, on some of those cold boring days, John will be in the garage with the wax treating those long fins, rockets and steel dash making sure it is in pristine condition for the first car cruise of the season. www.FullThrottle-Magazine.com
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