This 1967 Impala sat in storage for 30 years before being brought out into the sun. It was parked in 1988, which may be the reason for it’s condition today. Although it is mostly original and unmolested, it will require some work to be anything more than a “used car” at this point. It has never been repainted, but the car is showing some small surface rust spots in various areas. There is very little rust, and this could be a great light project for someone looking to get into a more desirable Super Sport vehicle without paying restored Super Sport money. With bidding at $17,100, this car is approaching price territory of regular 1967 Impalas in restored condition, but has a ways to go to Impala SS 427 territory! Find it here on eBay in Oklahoma.
The seller does not say whether it was stored inside or outside, but the interior indicates prolonged exposure to the sun. Some folks might find this to be a fun, ratty muscle car. While I can see the appeal, I would have to eventually fix up the seats! It also looks like the dash and steering wheel are cracked, which is characteristic of sun exposure. Damaged as some of it may be, the interior is intact and prime for restoration. According to the ad, comfort options include “AC, power windows, power door locks, power bucket seat, console shift, speed warning indicator, tach and gauge cluster, tilt steering, cruise control.”
The fun part of this car is pictured here: the 427 cubic inch Chevrolet big block. The Impala is a fairly large car, but GM sure did figure out how to make them fast! From the factory, this was rated at 385 horsepower and could no doubt pull this big beautiful Impala with ease. Even though it has been sitting since 1988, the seller states “I was able to start the engine for brief moment by priming the carb but it will need overhauled or serious tune up to run properly.” This bodes well for this car, especially if the new owner were to want to drive it as-is. The engine is hooked up to a TH400 automatic transmission, and it should also be noted that the brakes do not work.
I really love the rear end of these cars. This is where you can see many of the design cues that make the car! The old Oklahoma license plate is a testament to its time spent off the road, and the missing trunk lock suggests perhaps it wasn’t in a secure location. With no through rust on the car, with the exception of small ones by the SS hood scoop, this could be the perfect project. Would you do a full restoration, or only repair what is necessary?
every thing is great about this car but the hub cabs.
They are original from the factory though, and worth quite a few bucks if you change wheels.
Good point… keep them but, I wouldn’t drive with them
I like em, but due to their value, I’d be worried someone would steal them. Throw some 15″ Torq-Thrusts on it and store the wheel covers.
I’m a lowrider fan and Dayton wire wheels are the only wheels for this car. But not the traditional 13″. I’d do a 4WDB conversion with some 15″ or 16″ wheels.
Putting wire wheels on a real SS 427 is nothing short of blasphemy. This is a rare muscle car, not a base model.
I’ll take the wheel covers….love ’em.
I would just go thru the drivetrain,all new black interior and some AR Torque Thrust’s and Drive!
Those are factory optional wheel covers for 1967 Chevrolets.
Man this is cool, right down to the dings and dents. I’d just put new seat covers on and rock it as is.
One of the best cars ever to restomod…but only if you can get it for < 4k.
love the hot wheel hubcaps. This car would rock with a 4-spd
Now all it needs is a 4 speed.
True, l
4 speed – nightmare. I converted a very rare Sport Fury GT to a 4 speed and it just wasn’t worth it. The TH400 will never miss a shift, among other benefits.
SS427 Chevrolet, Z24 code, the holy graal of the Full-Size in 1967!
Car needs to stay original
No 4 speed needed
Changing from stock will destroy any future value
Never said to modify it to a 4 speed, said that’s what it should have had in the first place IMO.
You got it D – must be saved
I had a black plate 396/325 Impala SS while living out west in 1987. 12 bolt posi, factory (cold) AC, tilt, AM/FM reverb, hollywood tinted glass. Sold it to the mail man in Camarillo due to it’s hind quarter making cricket noises after too many hot, smokey, fish-taily burnouts. What a great family car it was. Mine was pale yellow w/a black vinyl top.
“Its”!
Please. Oh, pretty please.
In the 80’s I used to play poker in my mechanics garage after hours. He had a 67 red SS Impala just like this but a convertible sitting at the back of his shop. Tried to buy it but he was going to give it to his daughter for her 16th birthday, I said are you nuts she will kill herself or someone else. He just wouldn’t sell. I wonder how she made out with that car, NOT her boyfriend.
Yep, One more I wish I could have found. Really nice and a lot of options.
my first sergeant had one of these but his was a 4 spd. when I was in Germany in 76. gas was like$1.5 a liter back then so he didn’t drive it much. he bought it brand new when he left Vietnam. man I wish I’d took some pics of it cause it was allsome. his was seafoam green with a white upholstery. 411 posi with the same wheel covers
and this isn’t an impala. this just an ss. you’ll not find any impala badging on it anywhere just Chevrolet badging an ss.
Nice find….SS427’s Impala’s are rare – because of low production….me likey !
If I am not mistaken the trunk molding should have a 427 emblem under the SS logo. I wonder if this started as a big block? Neat car, but will turn into a large dollar restoration.
Bob, You’re correct on the 427 emblem. It is missing but, on my 30″ Desk top monitor I can see the mounting holes where it was originally. Good eye! I missed that the first time around.
Such a RARE hood on those. What a spectacular car restored red over white, even with the hubcaps and some redline tires. Love it.
Still have this photo of mine when I was in my 20s. I still miss it to this day..
Dude! it has the same rims as the original hot wheels! even has the iconic red line tires! so cool!
I’m currently looking for a ‘67 SS427 convertible and have looked at a few (including some hard tops in a time of weakness). All I can see when I look at this car is the excessive overspray on a car that “…has never been repainted…” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Here is mine, SS numbers matching fully loaded, Confortron a/c, buckets, rally pack, front disc brakes (power), 4 spedd. buckets, console, 8 track player (missing), rally wheels, 12 bolt posi, it´s a 327, Rochester Cuadarjet, I met it when I was 16 and coudn´t buy it but 20 plus years later I got a 2nd chance; here in Argentina there´s not much of them, I love it!
Nice!
Had a friends brother who had a 67 427 4 speed with a bench seat that was a special order that someone at the local dealer did not buy. OMG what a smoke show that thing would do also eat the local GTOs, GTX 440 and Trans AM for lunch
Interesting. Looks like it would have had a space-saver spare tire in that massive trunk, up by the rear axle hump. I know my 67 Pontiacs did.
I believe those wheel covers were actually a dealer accessory, rather than factory. I had a neighbor that had a 1966 Impala convertible with those wheel covers. When I went into seventh grade, I had three teachers that year. My math teacher had just bought a new 1967 Cadillac DeVille convertible, my history teacher had just bought a new 1967 Buick Lesabre 2 door hardtop, and a new teacher at the school that year, my science teacher had a new 1967 Chevrolet Impala SS convertible. I thought it was neat they all had new GM vehicles. The science teacher stayed only one year but ended up at my high school a few years later. In the years between she had been driving some distance to another school and was driving a Volkswagen Beetle. I believe her husband was driving the Impala SS or its replacement. Unfortunately, she was killed in the Volkswagen one day when she backed onto the street into the path of an 18 wheeler, leaving a young son.
My dad had the 327 model. We’d use it for camping and haul a holiday trailer and three trials motorcycles ( not trail ). My dad being a welder and mechanic made up attachments for the front bumper for one bike, extended the tongue on the trailer and made mounting hardware for the second bike, and more mounting hardware on the back of the trailer for the third bike. With three kids and mom and dad we were louder for bear. I remember that that 327 would pull pretty hard on the hills but never let us down, these were great cars indeed. Dads car eventually fell victim to the tin worm and he sold it in 1974, I really hated to see it go but I was still a little to young to take it over.
My best friend had one in high school would blow the doors off any mustangs wish I had it today loved that car SS 427/4speed
sold for 26K+
Hell of a car.