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| 1963 Chevrolet Impala |
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Price: $32,500 |
Last Updated 4 hours ago
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| Year: |
1963 |
| Make: |
Chevrolet |
| Model: |
Impala |
| Trim: |
N\A |
| Engine: |
350ci V8 |
| Fuel: |
N\A |
| Color: |
Medium Blue |
| Miles: |
8840 |
| Stock #: |
7075 |
| Body Style: |
Wagon |
| Condition: |
Used |
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Vehicle Description
1963 Chevrolet Impala SS Hardtop The impala is one of the most common and most graceful of all Africa's antelopes. A slender, agile creature, it can clear formidable obstacles and run at speeds faster than 60km/h. They are fleet runners who can leap up to 30 feet in length and 10 feet in height.  They use their tremendous speed and agility to avoid predation, and seemingly for pure enjoyment.  The name 'Impala' comes from the Zulu language meaning 'gazelle'. Aptly named, the Chevrolet version introduced in 1958, continued to emulate its animal namesake through years of design modifications, and power options made available. In 1963, the jet age was in full swing, and automobile designers were transitioning from nonfunctional visual embellishments, to sleek, cleaner line designs for their cars. Engineers also caught on that more power will attract more buyers, and the race was on! Here in the corridors of the Classic Auto Mall we have all kinds of cars with all kinds of purposes. Some classics to be shown, others to be driven, and others to do both. Here we have a classic that exemplifies early muscle cars. It is to be driven and should be shown. A good paint job, a new engine, and you will be turning heads by leaps and bounds in the Impala SS right out of 1963 showing 8,840 non verifiable miles on the odometer. The love affair with the '63 Impala started for our consignor in late 1962 when he saw one while working at a Volkswagen dealership. His dreams came to fruition in 2020 when he spotted this car near his home. It needed the restoration finished, and after some good old fashioned dickering a deal was struck and 58 years later his dream became a reality and the rest, as they say, is history. Exterior The beneficiary of a respray changing color, this bounding SS is now draped in a medium blue, and has been garage kept since. Some bubbles are also noted within the paint, but again you have to look closely to really catch them. From its chromed bezel dual headlights flanking an egg crate grille, and lower wrap around bumper, beautiful belt line trim spear that runs the length of the body and the dual sets of three tail lights within more aluminum trim, and a chrome surround, and lower bumper, this car sports plenty of nice britework and chrome to feast your eyes on. Wrap around chrome window surrounds,  Impala SS badging with the galloping impala in a circle, and the crossed flags badge on both front quarter panels shines brightly against its blue paint. All lines and gaps on this car are laser straight, and it could have been just driven off the showroom floor back in 1963, this restoration is that good!  Faux spinner wheel covers are on the 14-inch wheels and are wrapped with thin white stripe tires. Interior A swing of the door and we see some classic 60's touches with tuck and roll stitched white vinyl, and just a bit of dark blue carpeting on the lower third. As we move inside 2 nicely restored wide buckets also in door panel matching white vinyl framed in chrome, flank a center console that is very thin and shoehorned between the buckets, and reach no further than the seats backs. The top of the console is covered with a houndstooth machined aluminum pattern and houses the chrome arm Hurst shifter. As the console narrows when it gets under the dash, it ducks down for a trio of Sunpro gauges mounted below the dash. The rear seat takes its cues from the front buckets and has the rear speaker inserted in the middle. These seats float in a sea of blue carpet in lightly soiled but good condition. The dash is pure early 60's Chevrolet, with a padded topper two tiered setup speedo and gauges on top and a stainless strip with embedded knobs all within easy reach of the driver, again in a machine turned panel..  Drivetrain Flipping their hood we are met with circa 1976 350ci V8 in correct orange block painted glory. A 4-barrel carburetor sits under an op |
Vehicle Options
Padded Sun Visors & Dash,Instrumentation,Hurst Shifter,Heater/Defroster,Electric Clock,Bucket Seats,AM Radio |
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