Ugly 1960 Chevy Parkwood Hides A Turbo LSX Under Its Rusty Hood

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
11/12/2013 at 11:04 • Filed to: Daily Turismo

The Chevrolet Parkwood was the wagon model based on the full size Bel Air platform and was in its 4th generation by 1960. The big six passenger wagon isn't very collectable today even in mint condition, probably because it is slow in stock form...but today's Parkwood is anything but stock.

Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! for sale in Springfield, MO currently bidding on ebay for $8,788 with a few hours to go.

This Parkwood has been prepared in the "rat rod" school of paint/body - basically that means that the previous owner has decided not to paint it. Sure, some patina is cool, but too many rat rods are just buckets of rust/crap and embarassing to drive. But this one has big holes in the hood that help to forgive some of the red steelies, whitewalls and rust look.

Pop the hood and expose a GM LS-series V8 (probably an LQ9 or some other iron block V8, but who knows) that is blown by a huge single intercooled turbo setup. The seller makes the comment "THE TURBO FUEL INJECTED LS MOTOR RUNS STRONG, BUT BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF THE OLD CAR, ITS NO HOT ROD." A turbocharged LS-series V8 should easily push out 400-500 horsepower and this thing should weigh around 4100 lbs, so it should move well.

The inside is as ratty as the outside and unfortunately the Parkwood was not available as a 9 passenger wagon, so this one can only haul 6 adults in comfort.

See a better force fed surf wagon? email us here: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Originally posted as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

DISCUSSION (10)

GhostZ > DailyTurismo
11/12/2013 at 11:25

Buy it and swap the existing LS1 turbo for an LSX 454, and then putting the turbo piping on that. Should run you about $8000 after you sell the LS1, since someone else did all the hard work of getting it ready for an LS swap.

I'd say $16,000 is pretty good for .183 HP/lbs. That's better than a GT500.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > DailyTurismo
11/12/2013 at 11:26

Sneaky sneaky

I like it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DailyTurismo
11/12/2013 at 11:30

Actually not really a fan of the hood holes as they are deployed. Also, not sure a turbo fits the nature of the beast that well, but I'll allow it.

greenagain > DailyTurismo
11/12/2013 at 11:31

If it were on Fast n Loud they'd be asking $50K.

lucky's pepper > DailyTurismo
11/12/2013 at 11:45

Holes in the hood ruin it for me. I'd have rather they just left the LS naturally aspirated and the hood intact. Still would've made a nice cruiser and the LS in stock form should've provided plenty of burnout potential.

CalzoneGolem > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/12/2013 at 11:58

The hood is horrible.

CalzoneGolem > DailyTurismo
11/12/2013 at 12:00

I like everything about this except the holes in the hood. If that means not having a turbo then so be it.

RW53104 > DailyTurismo
11/13/2013 at 00:29

Everyone shut up and allow me to bask in the perfection of this vehicle.

0_0

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > lucky's pepper
11/17/2013 at 14:13

I agree. To fix it, two words: hood scoops

Lars Vargas was hoping 2020 would be quieter > DailyTurismo
11/17/2013 at 16:08

Holes in the hood kind of unhide the turbo under it. But damn that hood is awful that way. Rest of the car? Pretty awesome.