Chevrolet Impala?

[Brandy]

65 Impala HT

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65 Impala SS HT
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65 Impala
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Foose's Ridler Award-winning 7:8 scale custom
looks nothing like a normal Impala from 65
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One of my favorite cars. Masterpiece. Makes my old '65 Imp look like a rolling junk pile..

 

[Photon440]

Over forty years ago, still an apprentice at work, a bunch of us had our own section of the parking lot, with a sign that said "high performance autos only". My road runner, a Barracuda, Mach 1, a Cougar were always parked there. At the other end of the lot, more pedestrian vehicles.

One guy, another apprentice about my age, drove a 1964 Chevy. I don't remember if it was an SS or just an Impala or Bel Air but he saw us looking under our hoods and came over to chat. He said his car was fast too. He looked like an accountant with glasses, we asked what engine he had, and he said 409. We didn't believe him, went over to take a look. Sure enough, a 409, and on top of that it had the dual carters. I never saw him hit the gas, and he soon sold it. He said it used too much gas, got $1800 for it.

 

[Ron H]

When I was a kid a friend got to drive (and later inherited) his mom’s black / black ‘63 409 425hp dual quad convertible. Car was so cool.

Wow - MOM driving that around! My mother always liked cool rides and convertibles, but LOL, seldom had the top down cuz of her hairdo's back in the '60's. She had a '57 T-Bird, and later a '60 and '66. When my brother got his 1st GTO, a '65, she liked the body style and bought a '65 vert. She didn't keep it for too long as the power scared her - she would be chirping the tires and more especially in wet weather forgetting what she had under the hood. She traded it in for the '66 Bird. My dad had some interesting cars too.
I miss ya dearly ma! Say hi to pop for me.

 

[67charger383]

Posted a thread a while back on here about a '65 SS396 4speed vert I found abandoned in my town.
still haven't done anything about it, not until at least I have more space...

Really want to save it someday but right now I've got 2 mopar projects and my eyes on a '67 Camaro RS that's rotting next to a run down house

 

[64BEL]

Before they became Mopar legends:

 

[Brandy]

my 65' was an SS with a 454 in place of a blown 396.

 

[69a100]

CHEVY = Car Has Every Valve Yelling

 

[67charger383]

CHEVY = Car Has Every Valve Yelling

Cracked
Heads
Every
Valve
Rattles
Oil
Leaks
Engine
Ticks

 

[khryslerkid]

Looks like sum Hoopty wire wheels too...