Vehicle Description
You are looking at a super slick 1961 Impala bubble top. This is
one of our favorite cars here at American Street Machines. This
beauty sports excellent correct code 936 White paint with correct
code 582 Turquoise interior. Fresh rebuilt 348 tri-power in a
nicely dressed up engine bay that includes MSD ignition, full
length headers with dual flowmaster exhaust, custom air breather
and valve covers. The 4 speed transmission goes great with the
bench seat interior. There are some great options on this 61 that
make it even better. Options include: power steering, power brakes
with disc in front, air conditioning, dual rear antennas, added
gauges, sun tach, CD changer in trunk and the 17" steelie wheels
with the hub caps really set this car off. Look down the side of
this car at how straight it is along with all the trim and chrome
that just pops. This is a great piece of American Car History right
here! If you are in the market for a 61 Impala Bubble top then this
is it. Please call for more details. 770-427-VETT 1961 Chevrolet
Impala Specs and History 1961 Chevy Impala Two Door Sedanwhich was
added to the line in 1961 and that year only. As a result there
were not a great number sold and today the Two Door Impala Sedan is
a sought after collector car. The Chevy Impala Two Door Sedan had a
1961 production total of about153,000vehicles. Chevy's New Super
Sport During mid year production for 1961 anSS "Super Sport"kit was
also added. It was available only on the top-line Impala. Along
with that was the new bigTurbo Fire 409 cubic inch enginethat
delivered 360 horsepower. Both of these additions proved to be very
popular with car buyers. It's interesting to note that onlyabout
443of the Impala SS models were produced in 1961. You can run
across some people today that may not even know that Chevy produced
an SS model in 1961. These are certainly rare collector cars today.
To give you an idea of how well the SS models caught on, production
totals for 1962 were approximately100,000vehicles...in 1963,
approximately153,000vehicles and in 1964, approximately185,000
vehicles. The V-8 hardtop and convertible model SS Impala are the
top collector cars as of today. The Chevrolet Impala is afull size
Chevroletand was the Chevy Division's most costly passenger vehicle
at the time during the early 1960's. It was also the best selling
full size passenger car in America. It held that position for about
a decade. In 1965 Chevrolet sold some 1 million Impalas which
achieved a record. The1961 Impalawas the beginning of the third
generation Impala and as such was restyled. Probably the biggest
design difference and one you'd readily see is that the 61 Impala's
hadno tail fins. The 61 model did still remain on the GM B-Body and
kept the 119.0 inch wheelbase. The new 61 Impala was a bit shorter
than the 60 model (1 1/2 inches) but still kept the three taillight
design that the model was noted for. It was those tail lights that
differentiated the Impala from Chevy's other full size models. In
fact, the three taillight design became an Impala trademark.
Chevrolet Impala advertisementsfor the 1961 model yearstressed
comfort. Touted were wider doors and bigger seats, easy to reach
and see dashboard and an easy to load trunk. Impala was also
advertised as elegant and luxurious and with a clean new style. In
essence, Chevrolet advertising in 61 was saying..."No matter what
you say, you won't find a car that pays more attention to your
comfort than the jet-smooth 61 Chevy." 1961 Chevrolet Impala
Specifications There were five different engines available for the
1961 Chevy Impala including both six and eight cylinders. The six
was called aHigh Thrift 6which was233 cubic inchesputting out 135
horsepower. Among the eight cylinder engines were two versions of
theTurbo Fire Eight 283 cubic inchmodels, one delivering 170
horsepower and the other 230 horsepower. The others were two
versions of theTurbo-Thrust 343 cubic inch V-8, one delivering 250
horsepower and the other 280 horses. As mentioned above,
theTurbo-Fire 409 cubic inch V-8came out during mid year that put
out 360 horses. Chevrolet was known to spend a lot of money on
engine development and the powerful 409 from 1961 was certainly a
product of that. Five transmissions were available in 1961 which
included aTurboglide, Powerglide and Overdrive automatic along with
a three and four speed manual Synchromesh. Dimensions for the 1961
Chevy Impala included a wheelbase of119.0 inches, an overall length
of209.3 inches, a width of78.4 inches, and a height of55.5 inches.
Chevrolet Impala also produced a "Nomad"station wagonin 1961 with
these exact same dimensions.
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