Real Barn Find: 1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon

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The Chevrolet Impala was one of the more popular family cars during the period this one was produced, and going with the wagon was a smart choice if you had lots of kids.  However, this 1967 Chevrolet Impala Station Wagon hasn’t been much of a people mover in over four decades, as the seller says it was driven from Florida to Maine back in ‘83 and then stuffed inside a barn.  It’s still in The Pine Tree State, currently in the town of Lisbon, and can be seen here on Facebook Marketplace.  This one comes with an asking price of $5,500, and no trades will be considered other than a Dukes Of Hazzard lunchbox filled with cash.

Bruce M., thank you for providing us with the tip here!  Some pros here are that this Chevy appears to have a fairly solid body, and it seems to be mostly complete on the outside.  There’s no mention of whether or not the green paint is original, but considering the wagon was around 16 years old when it went into storage, the amount of patina seems in line with how I’d think an exterior finish would look after that sort of age.  The body has a dent on the very back of the driver’s side, but it could probably be smoothed out by a skilled body man, and fortunately, the damage doesn’t look like it affected the tailgate.

A couple of cons become apparent once you move inside, including some corrosion inside the driver’s door jamb, which is hopefully confined to the surface.  There’s also a word used I never like to see which is rodents, who took up residence inside the original seat, so that’s why the seller installed a pair of buckets up front instead.  A few pin-size holes are said to be present in the floors, with some old license plates and a Do Not Enter sign masking the issue, but some better news is the seller describing the frame’s condition as mint.

Rated at 275 HP, a 327 cubic-inch V8 can be found under the hood, but unfortunately, the small block isn’t making any power at all these days as it’s currently not running.  There aren’t any clues given as to why, but with 41 years of inactivity, this one’s probably due for a rebuild.  It’s good to see that the A/C components are still present, and things in the bay don’t look like they have been tampered with much, which is always a plus.  I could see wanting to get this 1967 Impala Wagon going again, but after 5 weeks nobody’s paid the asking price, so maybe the cost is a little high.  How much would you be willing to spend here?  Do any interested buyers own a lunch box with John Schneider on it to tempt the seller?

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  1. Stan StanMember

    Remember when Roscoe caught the Oak Ridge Boys speeding thru Hazzard County 🚨 🚔 🎸 🍻 🕺 🎶🎙

    https://youtu.be/fx6YefOs6nw?si=ammisZpZUAkO1vuz

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  2. Joe

    She’s a looker!

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  3. Pat P.

    I think that “Do Not Enter” sign says it all.

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  4. Big C

    Them are some mighty large pinhole, in that floor. But she’ll be a cheap fix, for the “slap an LS in it” crowd.

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  5. Al camino

    There are people out there that get into station wagons,why I’ll never know,people bought these to put all they’re kids in and put groceries in and used them like a truck to put their two by fours in plus who knows what.now they want to put big motors in,fancy wheels and whatever.it’s like putting lip stick on a pig!

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    • 38ChevyCoupeGuy

      @ al-camino. Probably for the same reason people are into el-caminos, novas, darts, Belvederes, Apaches,etc….

      Like 5
  6. steve-o

    This is TRASH ! Not even sure why it’s featured ??

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    • jrmedsel

      @steve-o — it’s the coolest car on this site today! Just ask my dad, who bought a used one just like it in 1969 to haul us kids around in. I still have fond memories of our family road trip from Oregon to Ohio that summer.

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  7. Ablediver

    My Dad had one of these new in ’67. 283 ci. He drove it for the next 14 years, then sold / bartered ($150 + snow removal for that winter) it to me. I used it as a ‘work beater’ for about another 10K miles, trouble free. That thing was parking a box truck. A guy I worked with, begged me to sell it and bought it. He drove it for about two (2) weeks before he killed it. Go figure…

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  8. ken

    i had 1 of these in the belair version with a 300hp 327 factory tach and gauges back in the late 70s. not much to look at but she was a runner. if knew then what i know now. oh well

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  9. charlieMember

    I had the ’67 Pontiac version, same body, doors, but the 400 engine, vynal roof, only one I ever saw on a wagon, nine passenger. Major difference with the Chevy, was it sat lower, partly due to wheel diameter and partly the suspension. Put used Chevy wheels on it to get a bit more clearance. Kid’s birthday party at neighbor’s house, chimney fire, put all 14 kids and one adult in it so we would know where they all were and they could watch the fire trucks.

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  10. 38ChevyCoupeGuy

    Love my Chevy wagons, I’m curious about the being stuffed in a barn in the early 80s, only because the floor pan patches are dated in the 90s, not that someone couldn’t have just been tinkering with it, but why patch a hole if it’s setting around rotting up.
    Side note to seller : I do in fact have a steel Duke boys lunch box, complete with thermos, plastic cereal bowl, and cup to match,with some cash in it …..

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  11. Kenneth Carney

    Went to my senior prom in one almost like this one. Ours was ice blue with a blue interior. Ours had the
    300 HP 327 with a 4bbl. carb and dual exhaust that was more than likely from the factory. It was a great car for what it was and was very reliable. I did a portrait of one for a
    friend of mine over in Riverview, Florida a few years back. I sketched it with Steelie rims and dog dish hubcaps with black wall tires. Under
    the hood, I added the biggest baddest
    427 V-8 and T400 tranny I could find.
    My friend got a kick out of seeing it as the one she really owned was never as nice as the one I made for her. Sure would love to have this one
    for no other reason than the memories it holds. And maybe, just
    maybe, I could build a real one with
    the big Rat motor included.

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  12. Nelson C

    She’s got it all, boys. Air conditioning and those nice chairs out of an old Camaro. Sweet. Now all it needs is some metal.

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  13. Jim Helmer

    I had a 67 wagon with a 283 it was a sweet running car. I bought it for $200 as a winter rat. My brother who was a volunteer fireman borrowed it to go to an accident scene. One of the cars was off in a field with 6” of snow on it and they needed someone to take one of the accident victims to the hospital. He drove that wagon out into that field picked up the accident victim and drove out of there without getting stuck. That car with new snow tires would go anywhere.

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  14. Robert Atkinson, Jr.

    Those “pinholes” in the floor will get a lot bigger when the pop rivets securing the license plates to the floor are drilled out, LOL! The body repairs and paint alone will far exceed the cost of this car itself, let alone what it will take to get that 327 turning again, along with the transmission, U-joints, rear end, brakes and suspension repairs. A good project for someone with the time, tools and skills to repair it, but a very deep money pit otherwise. Even assuming one wants to spend money that will never be recovered in a future sale, it will take deep pockets to bring this one back from the dead without a lot of your own labor, and I have neither the time, tools, skills or money to take this one on. I’ll pass, thanks.

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