2007
"Impala SportsRoof Center Spread Photo"
"Car Of The Month Cover Photo"
Impala SportsRoof Featured In Chevy Classics
The 1963 Impala SportsRoof continues its great media coverage,
appearing in a six-page center-spread feature in the September,
2007, issue of Chevy Classics magazine. This follows features in
Custom Rodder, Super Chevy and Power (Swedish) publications.
Other magazine appearances in show and tour coverage include Rod & Custom, Super Rod, Chevy Rumble, Street Rodder, Lowrider, Rodder's Digest, KKOA Trendsetter and the Goodguys Gazette.
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September 8-9, 2007
Cleveland Spinfest, 2007
The high energy atmosphere of the Cleveland, Ohio, Spinfest visited Gordon
Park with it's mix of donks, trucks, motorcycles and customs,
and the 1959 Buick LoSabre drove into the event in 2007.
Following last year's appearance of the 1964 Cadillac Cambiar,
which received "First Place" and "Best Engine" awards, the Buick
continued the good feelings.
While the weather was often threatening, the show had a strong
turn-out and rows of vehicles lined the park, surrounded by
vendors, massive audio systems and a stage on wheels. Hundreds
of car owners, friends and neighborhood spectators made the
two-day event a special gathering of new and old-school
vehicles.
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Inpala Selected For Cruisin' Times Magazine 2008 Calendar
The 1959 Chevrolet mild custom received a special honor by being
selected to appear in the Cruisin' Times magazine 2008
calendar. Distributed throughout Ohio and the Midwest, the
calendar features hot rods and customs that editor John Shapiro
feels are special cars.
All cars in the calendar were invited to a special cruise-in at
the magazine's editorial offices in Westlake, Ohio, September 2,
2007, along with dozens of other vehicles.
Cruisin' Times is one of the largest magazines of its kind, which on a monthly basis highlights car shows, cruise-ins, and swap meets locally and throughout Ohio and the Midwest.
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"Buick LoSabre Dominates Lakewood Streets"
August 18, 2007
Lakewood Car Kulture Show
A combination street fair, live concert and 200-plus car show
was the environment for the 1959 Buick LoSabre as it dropped in
for the annual Lakewood, Ohio, Car Kulture Show.
Lining Madison Avenue, the cars included classics, traditional
hot rods, customs and muscle cars, mixed in with vendors, food
tents and a bandstand for three live acts who appeared
throughout the day.
The LoSabre was selected as "People's Choice" and received one
of the coolest trophies around, a metalflake green bowling pin
created by Jerry and Joe Koenigsmark and Jerry's House Of Kolors,
Elyria, Ohio.
Penfound Design thanks the show organizers for a great day and great show.
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August 11, 2007
Solon Super Cruise
Both the Buick LoSabre and Chevrolet Inpala traveled to Solon,
Ohio, for the annual Super Charity Cruise at Solon Commons.
Joining about 500 other vehicles at the event. The event
features a live band and a DJ, several performance and
accessories vendors, and a wide variety of cars and motorcycles
that include classics, traditional hot rods, muscle cars and
customs like LoSabre and Inpala.
The Solon Charity Cruise also brings a certain sense of style,
with spectators and car owners getting into the spirit of the
'50s, and Dave Zima, whose clothes were color-keyed to the '59
Impala, took a minute to climb in and show what it was like to
profile in 1959.
"Inpala And LoSabre Team Up At Solon Super Cruise"
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"LoSabre Shines In American Racing Equipment, Inc.
Booth"
August 5, 2007
Dub Magazine Detroit Tour Stop
Penfound Design made a return visit to Detroit's Cobo Hall in
early August, as the 1959 Buick LoSabre made a trip to the Dub
Magazine Tour Stop, following 2005's "Best Of Show" appearance
by the 1964 Cadillac Cambiar.
The Buick was invited to be a part of the American Racing
Equipment display, and was one of four cars featured in the
exhibit of wheels that include American Racing, Weld Racing,
Boyd Coddington, TIS, Dropstars, Ro Ja and Motegi Racing wheels.
The LoSabre features 18" and 20" Boyd Coddington Classic wheels,
which brings a combination of traditional appearance and modern
wheel size and stance to the mild custom Buick.
Thanks to Phil Perez and the rest of the American Racing
Equipment team for making the visit a successful one.
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July 21,
2007
Summit Racing All Chevy Show
Surrounded by scores of other bowtie products, the 1959 Inpala made an appearance at the Summit Racing All Chevy Show, at the company's headquarters facility in Tallmadge, Ohio. The unique "bat-wing" styling of the '59, combined with the custom updates, resulted in a TOP 25 Pick at the show, and lots of attention from visitors and Summit employees who checked out the cars.
A great summer day, and a smooth and well-coordinated show by Summit staff members like Jim Grosso, made the All Chevy Show a great experience.
"Inpala Wins Top 25 Pick"
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July
13-15, 2007
Goodguys PPG Nationals Welcomes Inpala
With thousands of cars on hand, and some great mid-summer weather, the 1959 Chevrolet "Inpala" had a great time cruising the streets of Columbus and visiting the 10th Goodguys PPG Nationals. The car, which combines mild custom touches from the 1950s and 1960s with wheels, tires and other contemporary features from today, got lots of attention. More details of its Columbus appearance will be coming in the near future.
While in Columbus, the Inpala spent time at Grange Insurance headquarters, and Penfound Design thanks the company for its continued support of the the team and cars. Among other companies offering support for PD projects in Columbus are: PPG Industries, Air Ride Technologies, Goodyear, Flaming River Industries, Custom Autosound and Classic Revivals.
"Inpala in Pro's Pick Area, Goodguys Nationals"
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"Inpala
at NHRA Hot Rod Reunion."
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The 1959 Inpala mild custom Chevrolet fit in perfectly with the historic race cars of the 2007 NHRA Holley Hot Rod Reunion June 15-17 at National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio. As part of the 1200-car Show & Shine, the Inpala shared the spotlight with racing legends like "TV Tommy" Ivo, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits and Ohioans Fred Hurst and Jeg Coughlin. Looking like an updated version of a car that might have visited the National Trail strip when it opened in 1965, the Inpala brought back lots of memories for both spectators and racers at the event.
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 "Sportsroof Catalog Cover" |
SEEN AT THE HOT ROD REUNION
The 1963 Impala Sportsroof
was honored to be a cover catalog subject for the latest
issue of the Jegs Performance catalog, but it moved to the
next level by being featured on the rear of the racecar
transporter for the company. Penfound Design has also
learned that the Buick Losabre cover image from 2006, is
also featured in the Jegs headquarters showroom.
Thanks, Jegs,
for making Penfound Design a part of your world...
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 "Impala Image On Jegs Race Transporter" |
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"Inpala shines at Indy Goodguys"
INPALA TRAVELS TO GOODGUYS HOT ROD NATIONALS
Since the car is a true driver, it got plenty of street time in Indianapolis, and visited the Friday night parking lot party at the Adam's Mark Hotel. Lots of folks enjoyed the radical factory styling of the Impala and the changes to the grill, bumpers, lights, valances and trim helped take the car to the next level.
"At the Adam's
Mark parking lot party"
"Inpala at Goodguys
Hot Rod Nationals"
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June 2-3,
2007
INPALA MAKES ITS DEBUT AT HOT ROD POWER TOUR
Sharing space with more than 4,000 other cars, the 1959 Impala custom
made its first appearance at Cleveland's IX Center June 2, 2007...and to
prove it's a "real world" car, it took part in the first leg of the tour
to Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The inspiration for Inpala was born in the "little book" 1950's and
1960's custom car magazines which featured brand new cars being taken to
local body shops for custom updates to get them back on the streets as
quickly as possible. Some owners of new Impalas, LeSabres and
Thunderbirds drove them directly from the dealer lot to change grills,
lights, wheels and tires. They ended up with INSTANT customs.
Since Inpala is based on an original paint survivor hardtop, the
idea was to make the car as smooth and clean as possible, while
maintaining its OEM status. The result is a car with elements from the
past and today. The one-off stainless 17-bar grill introduces the Inpala,
along with body-colored, one-piece "California" bumper with bolts
filled, painted upper grill vents, and partially painted headlight
bezels with clear headlight lenses. At the rear the look includes a
body-colored bumper, with backup lamps removed from the lower valance,
one-off red plexiglass taillights and paint-accented bezels.
Stance is important to Inpala and it accomplishes its look
with two-inch lower front and three-inch lower rear springs. The wheels
are unique to the car, being 18-inch solid billet wheels with
color-keyed centers and specially-adapted New Old Stock center caps.
Tires are Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3s.
Drive train for Inpala is pure 1959, a 283 cubic inch V8 with
Powerglide automatic transmission, power steering and power brakes. Dual
exhausts were added.
The paint color is Classic Cream, with PPG Industries support for
painted body components.
Penfound Design thanks everyone involved in making Inpala a fun and
cool project. It will attend Goodguys, Super Chevy and other events
including the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion. Look for it this summer
"1959 Inpala custom brings old school and new style
elements for a smooth and clean look"
"Surrounded by more
than 4,000 other hot rods, performance cars and customs, Inpala gets
ready to drive the Hot Rod Power Tour"
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2006
IMPALA LAS VEGAS!!!
Fresh from a summer of Goodguys and Super Chevy appearances, the Impala, owned by Elyria, Ohio, Chevrolet dealer Jack Matia, made the cross-country trip to the massive Las Vegas Convention Center. Arguably the biggest and most diverse car show on the planet, the Specialty Equipment Market Association (www.sema.org) show brought more than 2700 vendors and 150,000 people to the 3.2 million square foot facility. This combination of hot rods, new production cars, sport trucks, tuner cars and customs was a great place for the Impala, and it gained several new friends at the event.
The Impala 'SportsRoof'
draws a crowd under the lights of old Las Vegas
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| Making the most of the appearance at the SEMA Show, the Impala showed off the American Racing Equipment, Inc wheels. |
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The Impala greets visitors to the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California as part of the West Coast trip for the car. |
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