Yep,they made Cornets back then allright. There's one in my warehouse. It belong(ed)to the Junkman's late brother Jared,he got it free from a man who bought it off a used car lot in the early '60's. Seems his new '60 Impala 4 door was stolen out of a parking lot at his place of work at the time,and while he was waiting for a reply from his insurance Co.,he bought the '52. He paid around $150.00 for it(MMMmmm....remember THOSE day'z?
). Within a period of 3 months,he got everything settled,and he had himself a brand new 1961 Impala "Bubble--Top" hard top,complete with 348/250Bhp engine and "Turbo-Glide" automatic transmission('member those as well?)with an LSD rearend. It was Red with a White roof----very nice. He put the Dodge up for sale. Weeks passed. No bites. So,in the end he simply gave the Junkman the car for nothing....at that point,he simply had enough of timewasters and gave the car away. Interestingly enough,in 1972 when the Impala's owner passed away,his wife gave the Impala(which,at the time had only 7700 miles on it......)to Jack & his brother's,and in 1975,it was placed in storage. It's been here ever since! As this is written,the Impala has 9055 origional miles on it's 348,and is completely origional & rust free. The '52 Dodge has just under 66,700 miles on it,and it too,is pretty much rust free. It does have a little crease here & there,but no rust holes(the trunk is amazing,clean as a whistle)noware. The car still has 2 packs of LUCKY STRIKE ciggerets in there as well(one on the dash,and one in the asstray). Exacetly the way it was found. Seems Jack likes to leave the cars he accuired over the years just as he finds them. What's even more neat is that the Dodge and the Impala sit right next to one another. Hmmm....a case of the "New" replacing the old? How did the 2 cars ever know they'd wind up as eternal roommates together?! Neat. OO6.