Vehicle Description
If you like to do things your own way, if you like to be a little
bit different rather than following the crowd, then check out this
Impala. It's a car you don't see that often, in a color that is
definitely unique.
Full sized muscle cars are great. You have plenty of room to
comfortably take your friends or family along on adventures,
whether those adventures are across town on a Friday night, or
across the country. This car doesn't look like a full-sized car
though. The Black vinyl roof and the gorgeous Copper Metallic paint
makes this two-door body look much smaller. The bulging rear
fenders arch up and over the wheel wells and meet the sloping
roofline smoothly for a great look. A body line running front to
rear down the side is highlighted by a pinstripe adding to the
long, low look, and chrome trims out the wheel wells as well as the
rocker panels. Up front there is an SS 396 badge in the chrome
eggcrate grill flanked by quad headlights which is underlined by a
wraparound bumper. Crossed racing flags and Super Sport grace the
front fenders, and at the back, triple round taillights are
underlined by an Impala SS badge and another sharp looking chrome
bumper.
Open the door and you will find a super sharp interior in Black and
Chrome that looks like it's brand new. The door panel has a pleated
upper section with an SS badge in the center and a smooth vinyl
center with chrome piping adding some flash between the sections.
The front buckets are big and comfortable for long distance
cruising and look good with chrome seat back framing and pleated
black vinyl with a custom pattern pressed into the center. The back
seat gets the same treatment along with a leaping Impala on the
speaker grill in the center. A two spoke steering wheel has another
leaping Impala in the center of the chrome horn ring. Behind it is
a horizontal speedometer with the engine gauges in a round pod on
the left, and a tachometer in one on the right. A polished and
machine turned panel running across the dash below it holds the
control knobs. The T-handle shifter for the automatic transmission
rises out of a sharp looking, chrome trimmed, black center
console.
Pop the hood and you will find a healthy 396 cubic inch motor
nestled down in a neat and clean engine bay. Like the outside of
the car, this motor is presented in a bit of unique manner too.
Instead of piling it up with chrome, a nice silver look dominates.
It dresses out the air topper and the M/T finned valve covers.
Under the air filter is an Edelbrock 4-barrel carburetor and intake
manifold feeding the engine. An MSD ignition system handles the
sparking duties and long tube headers get the spent gasses out and
headed back to dual Flowmaster mufflers. Power is sent back through
a 2-speed Powerglide transmission to a 12-bolt rear end. Trailing
arms and coil springs along with fresh suspension work that
includes new sway bar bushings in the front help the car get the
power on the ground and handle well. Eagle alloy wheels tuck up
under the fender wells and complete the look of this car
nicely.
A full-sized muscle car with big block power and an
attention-grabbing paint job. If this sounds like the way you like
to do things, then come on down and check this car out. It's a nice
one.