Talk:Chevrolet Biscayne

Is this article going to contain anything other than a photograph? RickK 05:06, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I added some stuff, but I'm not able to find much about them. As far as I can tell, the Biscayne was the lower model of the Impala ... generally two tail lights per side rather than three, less trim & luxury, more the 'family car'. --Morven 16:22, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I just edited this page. The Biscayne was Chevy's big-car value leader, or fleet special. A family could get one, but they had to search for it. I know as ours owned two (1964, 1969) when I was growing up. I may post some snapshots from my childhood once I unearth and scan them. The Biscayne picture I posted was an all-original big-block special with 4-on-the-floor, radio and heater delete and dog dish hubcaps with less than 1,000 miles. Asking price was $60,000.00. If I had the resources, I'd've paid it. --Tcotrel 23:13 6 Dec 2003

Nice car! but I have to say, I can think of cars I'd rather spend $60K on, and I'd just never dare drive an old car with only 1k miles on, so it'd be a waste. But to each his own ... --Morven 09:31, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I understand your point about being afraid to drive a time-warp car like that. Given the choice, I'd put together something with an older junker as the base and put in a crate engine with modern transmission and engine management. No attempt at originality would be made, and it would be my daily driver. Tcotrel 21:30 7 Dec 2003

One sees quite a few of those -- mostly pre-1955 cars, it seems. I think a pre-1955 car is very hard to use as a regular driver anymore, plus a lot of them don't perform all that well. There a lot of beautiful 40s cars I've seen with modern Corvette drivetrains, for example. Mostly rebuilt from total junkers.

There's definitely an appeal to the pre-1973 American performance car concept of no subtlety, just cubic inches, though. I'd like to do a T-Bird of about the vintage of mine (maybe a '69) with a 460 bored and stroked up to over 500 (I've seen up to 512 or so, maybe bigger is possible), and replacing as much of the ancilliaries with modern replacements as possible. Replace the stock wheels and tires with something a bit better, work on the suspension, and that's one perfect freeway cruiser that's not too bad off the lights either. Hell, my unmodified not-in-great-tune '67 kicks butt on the freeway (and gives not a few rice-boys a little surprise around town, too). --Morven 08:47, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)

1971-72 Chevrolet Biscayne (USA)

Chevrolet Biscayne from 1971-72 model years do exist which they were not advertised and/or sold for the fleet. See at 1971 Chevrolet Taxi Cab Brochure and 1972 Chevrolet Biscayne. Rjluna2 (talk) 12:02, 25 May 2018 (UTC)

Can someone change the photo? The red car with white top is not a Biscayne, as the side trim runs the full length of the car. On a Biscayne it would stop at the driver's door. I know; I own one. 2603:B050:3158:0:84B:86F7:5597:A57F (talk) 21:50, 17 June 2023 (UTC)