How many ways are there to say you’re in love? Well, if you don’t know them all right now, your fertile mind will reveal them after you acquire this amazingly original 1965 Chevrolet Impala SS convertible. Tip master TJ turned us on to this tidy package, which is here on craigslist at an asking number of $39,500. It’s located in or near Yakima, WA. (The ad doesn’t say, though it gives a 509 area code for more information.) So if you’re inclined to go for a once-in-a-lifetime keeper, get your offer in and hope the seller goes for it, then book for Seattle and drive your dream home.

Not a particularly rare car in its day, this SS (“Super Sport,” a package that debuted in 1961 and was a standalone model starting in 1964) was part of a cohort of approximately 243,000 out of total Impala production of over a million Impalas in its model year. This car is part of the fourth generation of Impala, a model run stretching from 1965-70. What we forget all these years later is that an SS was not necessarily a fire-breather, though thousands of SS Impalas had the mighty 409-CID engine that the Beach Boys immortalized with their 1962 lyrics (you can hear it as I type it, right?) “She’s real fine my 409.”

This car makes due with a somewhat more tame 327-CID V8, but that’s OK. The SS could have come with an engine as lowly as the 250-CID 6-cylinder, good for 140 horsepower. The 327 had ratings of 240 or 300 horse, depending on configuration. The power in this one is put to the ground through a floor-shifted two-speed Powerglide transmission. To date, 83,870 miles have rolled beneath the wheels, leaving you room to drive and not feel guilty about compromising a low-mileage original. This is a car for preserving, sure, but it’s not hermetically sealed and untouchable.

Do you like the color and the interior trim? To me, the hue only adds to the mystique. It’s got “careful single owner” written all over it, and I wouldn’t trade it for blue, red, black, or even white with a red interior, perhaps my favorite combo on any car. You can almost smell the original, old-car smell just looking at the pictures. The only things I’d like to know are what documentation comes with the car and what’s been done to it lately. A photo of the top  down (the only non-original trim item, per the seller) would be great. And why the open-element air cleaner? But assuming all’s well and the car drives and has been used enough to be road-worthy, I’m interested. What’s it worth? Better question: What’s it worth to you? This kind of car comes along so rarely these days that nearly 40 grand, especially for a drop-top, might not be all that insane.