GTP Cool Wall: 1961-1964 Chevrolet Impala

1961-1964 Chevrolet Impala

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White & Nerdy

White & Nerdy

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1961-1964 Chevrolet Impala nominated by NotThePrez

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Stats:
Production: 1961-1964
Style: 2-door coupe (pillared and hartop), 2-door convertible, 4-door sedan (pillared and hardtop) 5-door wagon
Engine: 230 ci/3,768 cc naturally aspirated OHV inline 6 (rated 135 HP & 220 lb-ft until 1963, 140 HP & 200 lb-ft from 1963 onward), 283 ci/4,638 cc naturally aspirated OHV V8 (rated 170 HP & 275 lb-ft with one carburetor until 1963, 195 HP & 285 lb-ft with one carburetor from 1963 on, and 230 HP & 300 lb-ft with two carburetors), 327 ci/5,354 naturally aspirated OHV V8 (rated 250 HP & 350 lb-ft in lower-tuned form and 300 HP & 360 lb-ft in High Performance form), 348 ci/5,694 cc naturally aspirated OHV V8 (rated 250 HP & 355 lb-ft with one 4bl carburetor, 280 HP & 355 lb-ft with 3 2bl carburetors, 305 HP & 355 lb-ft in High Performance form - with or without the high lift camshaft apparently, 340 HP & 362 lb-ft in Special High Performance form with one 4bl carburetor, and 350 HP & 364 lb-ft in Special High Performance form with 3 2bl carburetors) 409 ci/6,697 cc naturally aspirated OHV V8 (rated 340 HP & 420 lb-ft in lower-tuned form with one carburetor from 1963 on, 380 HP & 420 lb-ft with one carburetor until 1963, 400 HP & 425 lb-ft with in higher-tuned form with one carburetor from 1963 on, 409 HP & 420 lb-ft with two carburetors until 1963, and 425 HP & 425 lb-ft with two carburetors from 1963 on), Z11 426 ci/6,988 cc naturally aspirated OHV V8 (apparently underrated at 430 HP & 575 lb-ft)
Transmission: 3-speed manual, 4-speed manual (3-speed + OD), T-10 4-speed manual, Powerglide 2-speed automatic, Turboglide 3-speed automatic
Layout: Front-engine, Rear-drive
Related: Chevrolet Bel Air, Chevrolet Biscayne​

Some notes: first, OldRide.com doesn't list the 426 ci V8, which was extremely rare anyway (up to 57 may or may not have been built, and only 7 are thought to have survived). Second, Wikipedia's pages (both for the car and for big-block Chevrolet engines) lists it as displacing 427 ci, but also as having a stroke of 3.95 inches, or 100 millimeters, which when combined with the engine's 4.312 in./109.5 mm bore would give a displacement of almost 460 ci. I suspec it's a typo, as punching the 3.65 in. stroke listed on 348-409.com into a displacement calculator yielded the 426 ci figure I ended up using. Third, the T-10 may not have actually been the only true 4-speed manual available, though it was the one used with the 426/427/whatever. Finally, the Wikipedia page on this car is confusing, incomplete, and sometimes inaccurate, which caused me much frustration and time-wasting throughout the process of making this thread.
 
Holy crap thats a lot of engines!

I give this car Cool.
 
A.. SWEET.

*Tenpenny is tricked*

What i meant is.. this is a sweet sweet sweet (Cool) ride. We need lowriders in Gran Turismo, stat!
 
All '59 through '61 Chevys are legendary in Denmark for starring in a series of 1970s movies as the official car of the nation's favorite gang of bank robbers. An Impala will stir up childhood memories in basically everyone. Sub Zero.

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So sue me, homie, I like low-riders. :D

This one is a sub-zero for me than for no other reason than I think it's a fantastically cool car.

But seriously, it takes a whole lot of work to make anything with the name "Impala" uncool.

Chevrolet tried:

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But even that model got a V8, which made it spectacularly, stupidly fun... it was a roly-poly barge, yes... but still stupidly fun. (and borderline cool)

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Anyway... Beach Boys!


 
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''Cruisin' down tha street in my six fo'
Jackin' tha freaks clocking tha dough
Went to tha park tah get the scoop
Knuckleheads out there come shootin' some hoop
A car pulls up who can it be
A fresh El Camino rollin' Kilo G
He rolled down his window and he started to say
It's all about makin' that GTA''

Eazy-e makes this sub-zero for me
 
There's a certain type of music reserved for this type of car, and that music is cool. That music is the soundtrack of the space race, and Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
 
Have ridden in one. Despite my dislike for anything resembling a land yacht, this one is one of the few I like.

Cool.
 
Cool and possibly sub-zero when in lowrider trim. I love old school lowriders and I haven't come across too many people that aren't at least a little amused when someone flips the switches on one of them.
 

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