I was there when the family driving this arrived at the grocery store... great 68, 327, 4 barrel and 4 speed

 

original owner of an immaculate 58 Impala just sold it. No info on how much, or the mileage

https://www.facebook.com/andrew.rumley/posts/pfbid02xPQDxdgV5ShSJAGELZNB4k1r4kh11dLue45obrKKiSHHvbbBesHtgjhk3AaVuCFal

Amelia bought this car brand new off the showroom floor at Central Chevrolet, in downtown Columbia, SC. Her dad loaned her $500 for the down payment. Then went and ordered the cruiser skirts at Kenny's Auto Supply in Columbia when the car was new.

seen on tonight's walk

Chevelle? Horrid rims.

I don't think I've come across a Prospector in person until now

they are asking 2500, it's not running. It's likely total junk. 73 Super Beetle

just 82 Impala wagons came with a 409. Of those 82, how many stayed with one family for nearly six decades, and is in showroom condition?

The Glendale auction in march of last year saw this car change hands for the first time in its life for  $29,700 

The original buyer owned an auto repair shop, and a fuel station in Pennsylvania, and he kept meticulous records for the car’s maintenance for the rest of is life.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/1965-impala-409-wagon-sat-42-years-moscow-family-hid-the-time-capsule-42-years-in-a-barn-264687.html#

tv series, Dark Winds takes place in 1971, and has some very cool late 60s vehicles.

Because it's a tv series, with limited budget, they didn't go for accuracy, or authenticity in the right vehicles - but they sure did choose some cool vehicles 

 Curbside looked into what really was used  https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/cc-tv/netflix-dark-winds-blows-its-automotive-casting/ back in 1970

"let’s mount a cannon in the trunk, fire it downward, and blast this Impala into the sky like Evel Knievel in a steel coffin" (Hal Needham invented the car flipping canon, and this was it's 1st use) A movie review of McQ, the John Wayne movie with a Trans Am in 1974 Thank you Doug!

https://captainmycaptain.blog/2025/10/25/movie-review-mcq/

I haven't seen that movie in decades, and didn't make the connection when I saw it what a similarity there was between McQ and Bullitt. 

that kid seems to be sure that gravity and Murphys Law will soon have that Impala's tail lights the right distance from the ground thank you John!

 

John sent this photo, wondering if it's a hardtop convertible at Morris Motors on Route 66 in Flagstaff, Arizona, at 216 W. Santa Fe Ave. Brownie's Cleaners was at 222 W. Santa Fe. It's a Rivera Esquire Impala convertible hardtop

 

Riveria Inc, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, offered the hardtop convertible between 1963-1964 for the full / standard-size GM convertibles.

Such was GM’s production-line standardization, the entire range of models, spread over five divisions and three years could be covered by just three variations of hard top. Made from fiberglass with an external texture which emulated leather, weight was a reasonable 80 lb  but the sheer size rendered them unmanageable for many and not everyone had storage for such a bulky item. The gradually growing size of the American automobile meant garages that easily fit a car only a few years early were now cramped.

Riveria offered their basic hardtop in black or white, a more elaborately textured model in gold or silver while the top of the range used the same finishes but with simulated “landau” irons. 

No modification was required to the car, the roof attached to the standard convertible clamps, the soft top remaining retracted. Prices started at US$295 and the company seems to have attempted to interest GM dealers in offering the hard tops as a dealer-fitter accessory but corporate interest must have been as muted as buyer response, Riveria ceased operations in 1964.

https://nihilistnotes.blogspot.com/search?q=Hardtop%2C+Hard+Top+%26+Hard-top

thanks John, CoSC, and Steve!

everything looks better with a hood scoop, even a 62 Impala

interesting and cute promotion, a pizza place is pricing breadsticks and pizza slice @ 64 cents, and a pizza at 1964 price... and giving away a 1964 Impala