Station wagons were always a big part of Chevrolet’s portfolio back in the day. The 1964 model year was no exception, with one out of every seven full-size Chevies built in that body style. The Impala continued as the big seller, though quite a few Bel Air and Biscayne people movers were sold. The seller is the second owner of the low-mileage ’64 Impala wagon, having owned it for the past 28 years. Looking 100% original, this Chevy is in Yuma, Arizona, and is available here on eBay. The opening bid is $39,500, but there have been no takers. $45,000 is the amount needed to close the deal here and now. Kudos to T.J. for this cool tip!
All of the 192,000 full-size Chevy wagons produced in 1964 came with four doors. Two-door versions hadn’t been in the mix for some time. Since the Caprice was a year away, the Impala was the swankiest model you could buy, and the seller’s car doesn’t disappoint. Besides having a 327 cubic inch V8, factory air conditioning was ordered by the original owner, who had the car for 33 years. Only 43,000 miles are reflected on the odometer, indicating it’s always been a garage queen.
The 327 is a “Turbo-Fire” which we assume has a 2-barrel carburetor. The automatic transmission should be the 2-speed Powerglide that Chevy sold a ton of back then. In original condition, we’re told the machine runs really well, so its third owner should be able to drive it for many years to come. While this is not stated as a 3-seat wagon, we’re told the Chevy has an electric tailgate window.
This ’64 Impala wagon may be among the nicest left. And, as such, the seller has set a lofty price tag that could set you back more than 40 large. Wagons have become more popular in recent years, but most collectors might opt to put this money toward a Super Sport. What would you do?
So, another dreamer who thinks it’s still 2020 and is asking $45k. Nice car, but very niche, as they say, GLWS.
In a 1964 full-size Chevy the 327 came off the line with a 4 barrel.
May be the only one left that appears to be in nice and original condition, but that’s a lot of money for a station wagon. It seems everyone thinks their car is worth its weight in gold.
The seller priced the car for perfection, or better. If the seller want to get paid he needs to write an ad that attempts to justify the asking price, he didn’t. Where is the proof of mileage? A picture of the speedometer and using the word original shouldn’t be accepted. The seller says it’s in original condition, what exactly does it mean? In the context of the ad, potential buyers are left to determine what exactly that means. It’s one thing to do this on a car with a $2,500 asking price, not $40,000.
Steve R
Nice wagon. It looks a lot like one that my pastors wife had back in ’68. I used to service their car when it needed a tune up or an oil change or some meatball repair like that. It was my pastor who suggested that I get into auto repair as he watched me put new radiator hoses, a thermostat, and anti freeze on and in their wagon. In
fact, it got to the point where I was servicing ALL the peritioner’s
cars every Saturday morning while the ladies cleaned the church. You’d find me there nearly every week doing a tune up
or an oil change there in the parking lot. If it was more serious than that, I’d tell ’em that
it needed to be fixed by a real
mechanic. Those folks really appreciated what I was doing and
gave me a brand new set of Craftsman tools (a small basic set) and 2 pairs of coveralls for my efforts. And this car? $45K
for this? No way in hell! You can find one a lot cheaper if you look.
He must be trippin’ on payote to
ask a price like that or he has some damned good smoke!
Worth 18-20k!
Seriously! ? I’m still reviewing the photos searching for the logical spot to find the 10 ounces of gold.
Isn’t Marijuana legal in Arizona?
And really Russ. Please don’t tell me that you believe this odometer has not rolled over at least once. Look at the interior shots..corrosion on the chrome, etc.,etc..
This car has spent the early majority of its life in northern latitudes.
Honestly, the representative selling the car has a schill bidding it up to the stratospheric price that it sets at now.
Honestly, I can’t be the only person who can see through this play.
There have been no bids.
Steve R
No surprise.
The carpet shows a lot of wear for only 43,000 miles. Either it’s been rolled back or it has 143,000 miles.
Nice car at $12,000. These wagons are light in the rear, in rain or snow are scarily twitchy.
“The opening bid is $39,500, but there have been no takers. ” Surprise, surprise, surprise. (In my best Jim Nabors Gomer Pyle voice).
Just add a Sha Zam no takers after the surprise, surprise, surprise.
The so called reflected 43k appears to be poorly reflected. Dash pad cover very worn carpet and evident wear marks on the arm rest and door panels say otherwise. More like 143k. The Ford wagon on this same page is a much better deal at I/4th the asking price. IMO
Nice car but the seller has been watching Barrett-Jackson way too much.
This brings back memories my dad got a new company car every 2 years and was “Plymouth guy” but in 64 decide to go chevy and came home with a top of the line butternut yellow and white chevy full size wagon black cloth interior with 327 he had nothing but trouble with it in fact the rear passenger door fell off when he opened it once and the car burnt two valves over the 100 k miles in 2 years he had it
66 he went back to a fury wagon
I had a ’64 Bel Air wagon – 283 stick shift with overdrive. ‘Bought it used in ’68. ‘Did have to replace the pumpkin with a used one. Otherwise one of my favorite cars.
Later I found a ’63 Impala 2-door hardtop for $350. Another 283 but with Powerslyde. This was in Rochester NY and it had a bit of rust-through on the rockers, but it showed only 32K miles. Judging by the spotless interior and excellent mechanicals, I believed it. Great car… ‘loved it. ‘Loved the ’63-64 models in general.
Many years still later, I bought my daughter another ’63. Think it was a Biscayne 4-door (bottom of the line). Another 283 Powerslyde. $275. Another winner. Eventually it blew a head gasket and it sat for a week or two before I found out about it. Engine seized. Off to the junkyard. A month later, I saw it back on the road. Somebody knew a trick for freeing up a seized engine that I didn’t know.
Mom drove station wagons from 1962 to 1973, 5 of them. We had a white 64 with red interior optioned the same as this car. The pic that shows the ignition switch brings back a lot of memories because you could turn the car off, pull the key out, and still start and operate it unless you turned it over to lock. Mom’s car was always in the garage not locked ignition or otherwise until one summer day.
Mom bowled a couple days a week so when she was riding with someone else, I would bigshot with my buddies around and start, rev the engine, operate the back window etc. I finally got the stones to back the car out and pull it back in. after a few times I hit the garage door stop and scratched the car when pulling it back in. The next day when mom got in with my two older sisters 12 and 14, she discovered the scratch thinking she did it without knowing. Well my sisters had extremely jumbo sized mouths claimed “Matt takes it in and out all the time”.
Well that was the end of that. Car was always locked and I had to go to work with dad and clean up construction trash for a couple weeks. The worst part was he told his framing crew and they ruthlessly rode me like a rented mule as they always did.
Nice loaded wagon here with P/B, P/S, And A/C but the price is way to high. Probably 143,000 miles. Still looks is pretty good shape.
Ours was a Biscayne. The opposite of swanky with its all steel dash and manually tuned AM radio. Equipped with the 230 straight six and Powerglide it was a capable beast. Thing is that dad paid a couple hundred for this in ’72 when he offed our rusty old ’66 Chevelle 300 Deluxe. That old wagon was truly a ringer, opposite of the lemon. He drove it until ’74 when the neighbors across the road bought it. We had acquired the next door neighbors ’69 Galaxie. We always said that across the road was where cars went to die. Not this one. In ’76 another family around the corner from us bought that wagon and headed west to California. The old Biscayne made two cross country trips that I knew of. I’ve said that it ran for no apparent reason.
Good looking wagon. My mother had a 64 impala 9 passenger wagon in same color that I learned to drive on. It had AC, PS,PB. Powerglide and single 4 barrel 409. I loved outrunning all of my friends in that car–until I got to the gas station.
40K ?!? for that price it should be a 409 c.i.. with four gear and then only 20 K.
Not seeing a AM/FM radio or the asking price…….
I bought a ’64
I bought a ’64 Biscayne wagon in ’84 for $650 . It had 74,000 on it at the time and I was the 2nd owner . The car must have been a special order because it was optined real heavy for a Biscayne . It had a 327 with Powerglide , P/B , P/S , Power rear window , padded dash and A/C ( didn’t work ) . Idled so smoothly you couldn’t hear it when standing next to the front fender and drove nice . One of the best cars if not the best car that I ever owned .
Wow just Wow I wonder how many gold bars it would take to buy this I like the engine thats about it 283 and 327 were great engines you could motor many trouble free miles with them as long as it did not have a powerglide transmission
Crash pad is shot and the armrest pads are burnt, pretty typical for Arizona.
Carpet is worn through on the passenger side front floor. That’s an odd place for that. Somebody rode in it almost as often as it was driven & dragged their foot over the sill. The rubber mat there tells me that either the condensor drain is blocked or the windshield is leaking.
Headliner unstitched at the rear seams. Probably let go from driving with the rear window down, you get a convection current curling under & hitting the interior roof there. Means the rest of the stitching is weak, so that’ll have to be replaced eventually.
The rest – engine compartment, exterior, underside: looks like original miles to me. I’d consider $15k knowing I’d be buying and/or personally rebuilding/replacing the carpet, dash pad, headliner and armrest pads.
It’s a very, very solid car but not worth $40K. Seller has probably never seen a car of this vintage in this condition outside of a museum and has stars in his eyes. The rest of us know better.
Good luck anyway, enchanted dude.