For Sale: 1965 Chevrolet Impala in St. Louis, Missouri

1965 Chevrolet Impala SS Convertible ?Genuine SS Convertible (code 65-16667) with an interesting vin number #93000 ?One of 27,443 V-8 SS Convertibles sold in 1965 ?Regal Red (code R) exterior with Ivory vinyl interior (code 802) and white folding canvas top ?327 CID Turbo Fire V-8 engine with several Edelbrock parts ?Four-speed manual transmission (code M20 #P0604) ?Power steering Fifty-five years ago, General Motors and Chevrolet were on top of the world. GM controlled at least half of the domestic sales market and was the largest automaker in the world. One of the examples of the company?s prowess was the Chevrolet Impala, Chevy?s full-size sedan since 1958. This example is an actual Super Sports Convertible (style code 65-16667), one of 27,443 SS Convertible sold that year. This example has a very interesting vin number of 166675J193000! This example was made in GM?s Janesville, Wisconsin factory (VIN code J) during the second week of March 1965 (code 02C). Finished in Regal Red (code R), the car?s paint is in very good order overall and it has a new, white, power-folding canvas top but the top only goes up and down by hand. The engine bay is extremely tidy and the car?s body is overall nice but has some minor blemishes. The chrome bumpers are in very good condition. This Impala rolls on Goodyear Eagle Sport radials, size 225/60R16 at all four corners. Each tire is mounted on a gray, five-spoke American Racing alloy wheel. The wheels and tires are all in very good order. Under the hood is a 327 CID Turbo-Fire V-8 engine with an Edelbrock air cleaner, carburetor and intake manifold. Backing up this motor is a Muncie M20 four-speed manual transmission. Driver convenience features include power steering but this is mainly a racer, with no other power assists or air-conditioning. Inside, the car?s Ivory (code 802) vinyl upholstery is in very good order, as is the contrasting black carpet. The front buckets with their chrome frames are wide enough for most body types while the rear bench has room for three people. A two-spoke black steering wheel faces the driver. The white over black inner door panels and black instrument panel are in good, original order but the speedometer is inoperable. A floor-mounted shift lever and factor AM radio complete the interior. Nineteen Sixty-Five Super Sport exteriors differed only slightly from regular Impalas. Rocker panel trim was deleted. ?Super Sport? scripts replaced the ?Impala? fender badges. The new center console housed a rally-type electric clock, and full instrumentation now included a vacuum gauge. Totally redesigned in 1965, the Impala set an all-time industry annual sales record of more than one million units in the U.S.; which has never been bettered. The new full-size Chevys featured dramatically rounded sides, and an all-new front end with new hood contours, curved, frameless side glass (for pillarless models), and sharper angled windshield with newly reshaped vent windows. Sport Coupes wore a sleek semi-fastback roofline, and wheel well moldings were revised. Chevrolet promoted the cars? Wide-Stance design, adhesively bonded windshield and improved full-coil suspension. A two-tone instrument panel put gauges in a recessed area ahead of the driver. The ?X? frame was dropped for a new Girder-Guard full-width perimeter frame which reduced the size of the inside driveline tunnel and redesigned suspension. Two-range Powerglide, as well as Synchro-Mesh three- and four-speed manual transmissions were available. The Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic transmission was offered for the first time. As with previous years, Impalas featured more chrome trim inside and out, with pleated tufted upholstery and door panels plus simulated walnut trim on the lower instrument panel. Competition to this Impala SS Convertible in 1965 included Buick?s Wildcat Custom Convertible, Dodge?s Coronet 440 Convertible, Ford?s Galaxie 500 Convertible, Mercury?s Monterey Convertible, Oldsmobile?s Dynamic 88 Convertible, Plymouth?s Fury III Convertible, Pontiac?s Bonneville Convertible and Rambler?s Ambassador 990 Convertible. If you?re looking for a classic mid-60s convertible, you should stop by MotoeXotica Classic Cars today to check out this Impala droptop. It?s a great driver, a cool cruiser and finished in a classic color combination with a Muncy 4-speed! VIN: 166675J193000? This car is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 58,857 miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt Missouri title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!? Note: Please see full terms and conditions listed below that pertain to the purchase of any said vehicle, thank you.