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The 1967 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport is far from perfect, but still beautiful
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The 1967 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport is far from perfect, but still beautiful

The 1967 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport is far from perfect, but still beautiful
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Photo: Maple Motors |

The Chevrolet Impala sounds like pure American muscle car quality. That’s how it came onto the market and has kept that title over the years, along with being the “best-selling” model of American production for a time. That’s exactly why it still turns heads and makes hearts beat faster today.

Take this 1967 Chevrolet Impala, for example. The red paint complements its athletic silhouette and it rides on 15-inch rally wheels with Cooper Cobra tires. The model is taking a lap to show off in traffic. It doesn’t have power brakes, but it does have power steering, which makes it easier to maneuver.

The model is powered by a 283 cubic inch (4.6 liter) small-block Turbo Fire V8 naturally aspirated engine. It was the entry-level version, producing 195 horsepower (198 metric hp) and 285 pound-feet (386 Newton meters) of torque. A three-speed manual transmission normally sends power to the road through the rear wheels, but this car is equipped with a manual transmission.

The car took 10 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) and completed the quarter mile in 17.6 seconds. Nothing special by today’s standards.

1967 Chevrolet Impala

Photo: Maple Motors |

But remember that the small block had to pull a car that was 5,415 millimeters long, 2,029 millimeters wide, 1,382 millimeters high and had a wheelbase of 3,023 millimeters. The model weighed 1,715 kilograms.

The Impala was a great success at the time

Chevrolet introduced the fourth generation of the Impala in 1965. The completely redesigned car set an industry-wide sales record in the USA. Over a million customers bought an Impala.

General Motors played another trump card in 1967 by giving the Impala a Corvette-inspired front end and rear fender flares, as well as more pronounced curves. Those are the curves that this 1967 Chevy Impala rocks.

On the road, it feels like it’s floating. It tracks straight, responds properly to driver inputs, and the brakes feel reliable, even if they’re not power brakes. The speedometer reads the right speed and the transmission shifts flawlessly. The Impala is so quiet it’s as if it had modern automotive insulation.

1967 Chevrolet Impala

Photo: Maple Motors |

The seats are covered in red leather and show little to no wear. The air conditioning works, the radio plays music, while the analog gauges bring the ’60s vibe into the present. The odometer shows 51,428 miles, but it’s unclear if that’s a lifetime mileage or just since the rebuild.

Despite a number of restorations, the 57-year-old car is far from perfect. The front chrome bumper is plagued with rust spots. A few chips and bubbles in the red paint complete the list of defects, as well as some rust on the roof and a dent in the A-pillar on the passenger side.

The trunk floor is now also covered in rust spots. However, this Impala is light years away from its siblings, which are left to rot on farms or in barns, abandoned by their owners.

Despite all its flaws, someone has already fallen in love with the red 1967 Chevy Impala and taken it home for $29,900. That’s less than an Impala of its age would normally cost. According to classic.com, the average price of the model is $39,492, with the best examples going well over $100,000.

The most expensive of these was sold in October 2019, when it was auctioned by Mecum in Las Vegas. Someone paid $118,250 to take it home.

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