1958 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe - 348 V8, Loaded with Factory
Accessories
The 1958 Impala occupies a peculiar and valuable spot in Chevrolet
history: it existed for exactly one year in this form. The '58 rode
on a unique X-frame chassis, wore a body shared with nothing before
or after it, and introduced the Impala name as a top-trim Bel Air
package. Chevrolet redesigned everything again for 1959. That makes
the 1958 a one-year-only car in a decade full of them, and the
Sport Coupe - with its distinctive six taillights, sculpted rear
quarters, and dummy air scoops - is the shape collectors chase.
Under the hood is the other reason 1958 matters. This was the debut
year for the 348 cubic-inch W-block V8, Chevrolet's first big-block
and the direct ancestor of the 409. It is a torquey, deep-breathing
engine that suits the car's character, and it pairs here with an
automatic transmission for the kind of effortless cruising these
were designed around. Power steering and power brakes handle the
rest, and they make a real difference in a car of this size and
era.
Where this Impala separates itself is the accessory list. Fender
skirts, wide whitewall tires, and full-size hubcaps with spinners
give it exactly the profile a '58 should have - long, low, and
unmistakably late-fifties. Tinted glass and a push-button radio
round out the comfort equipment. And then there is the dash-mounted
tissue dispenser, one of the great period Chevrolet accessories and
the kind of detail that tends to disappear over sixty-eight
years.
The result is an Impala that presents the way these were meant to
be seen when new, fully dressed rather than stripped to basics.
Available now in our climate-controlled indoor showroom, with our
in-house service department on site.
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