There is no shortage of 1967 Chevrolet Impalas! None in ’67 and seemingly, none now as they turn up with surprising regularity. They’re not Chevelles or Camaros but they are starting to come into their own as the market values of those smaller Chevies have become exorbitant. This example is not a more desirable Super Sport (SS) equipped model but it’s still worth a once-over. Discovered in Barrington, Rhode Island, this big Chevy hardtop is available, here on eBay for a current bid of $9,900 with the reserve not yet met.
The seller tells us, “I suppose you could call this a barn or warehouse find. We bought a piece of property and this was in a building with some other vintage vehicles“. Imagine that, buy property and voila’, old cars turn up – nice! Anyway, there is some rust referenced in the listing and it is certainly evident in the passenger-side fender leg, door, and rocker panel. Due to the car’s long-term indoor storage, the seller seems surprised at this turn of events, but the steel consumption probably started long before the slumber did. I know from my own experience that these fourth-gen B-bodies (’65-’70) will rust on demand if so asked. Additionally, the seller mentions, “For some reason, license plates have been screwed into the floors presumably to patch rust (?). As seen in photos, they do NOT seem to be rotted away“. Hmmm, my preference was always “No Parking” signs, a bit bigger and quite a bit stronger… Anyway, the front footwells, from the underside, do look incorrectly replaced. Rounding out the exterior are Cragar S/S wheels at all four corners. Generally a hit, I’m not certain about combining them with white stripe tires.
Moving on, the engine is claimed to be a last year 195 gross HP, 283 CI V8 – “old reliable” if ever there was one. The engine appears to be wearing some mods but no details are given. The seller adds, “The car runs, drives, and stops“. The automatic transmission that is in place looks like a Powerglide and that’s the only one that was available with a 283 engine.
Inside looks sorta fair other than for the very rumpled dash pad. The front seat shows as if it has been overlayed with a slip-on cover and the pulled-away carpet reveals the previously mentioned license plate patch. The instrument panel is amazingly clear for a 55-year-old specimen but the steering wheel is doing that typical old car cracking routine – at least it’s in better shape than those used in ’68, they’re notorious for disintegrating into chunks. The seller lists the mileage as only 66K miles but there is no authenticating documentation.
OK, so this Impala is nothing special but it’s still a decent, nice old car – one that’s going to need some attention. The reserve is unknown but I have to imagine that it’s probably in the $12K range – again, this isn’t a big-block-powered SS and/or a convertible and that’s just an open-ended guess on my part. The takeaway here is to make sure that the next time you buy some property with outbuildings, look em’ over closely, you might be surprised at what you’ll find, right?
I wonder if fixing the flat tire wouldn’t have helped get bidders up higher? The rust picture doesn’t show anything good going on there either.
Woah, ha-ho! Someone took some liberties with the factory bodylines. Check out pic #9 behind the tire, and pic #10 before the tire. That’s some creative – um – er – fixing of rust.
I closed the auction after that…
Orange peel tells the deeper tale of rust and collision repair. Nice 30 footer! Nothing screams lazy owner than those nylon seat covers from K-Mart.
This car has apparently been (poorly) repainted at some time, as there is evidence ALL over the body, and remember RUST never sleeps! GLWTA!! :-)
I wonder how bad it was hit….aside from other notable concerns…….. it looks like a poor repair to the trunk….. the lines are way off
“Hey, Melvin, what do you want to do about all this rust?”
“Paint over it, Gomer, problem solved.”
I had a 67 back in the 70s the wheel wells rusted out like crazy in pa,if you would buy one it would have to be from out west without a doubt
Very rough car, from every aspect, just that it’s white, so from a photo or 30 feet, it’s ok, there’s rust lurking, bondo everywhere, interior is dirt, along with dashboard, has a removable radio face, not parked that long, probably left behind more like it
My second car was a 67 Biscayne, same color, also from Maine.
Best hundred bucks I ever spent, drove it about 50k mi. Had the 6 cyl, 3 on the tree.
But didn’t Impalas come with real marker lights next to the headlights, not just those metal pieces? I remember hunting the junkyards for that piece.
That car even made it up Mt Washington in NH- But barely made it down, sucking oil up thru the valve guides, trailing blue smoke all the way. Once down again though, the smoke went away.
Those ‘front fender lights’ were standard on the Caprice – optional on ‘lesser’ models
https://paintref.com/cgi-bin/brochuredisplay.cgi?year=1967&manuf=GM&model=Chevrolet&smod=&page=21&scan=21
Paint over rust is a 100footer. I thought the flags on the V symbol on the front fender meant it was a 327 engine, maybe someone can enlighten me if I’m wrong.
Flags with no numerals=283. Flags with the numerals “327” perched just above=327.
JO
Bobdog I had a 66 impala same motor and Trans same flag on thr fenders said 283 under it
I wonder what would be left if you media blasted it? It would be a nice old car except that the tin worm is all through that body, the repair work is approximate at best, I can practically see the rattle cans in the trash behind it from the paint job… Hard pass.
Some creative wiring apparent under the hood, and my two pet peeves, yellow ignition wires and fake braided stainless hose coverings. The rest of this mess has been addressed! Still at $9900, the optimistic reserve not yet met! The instrument cluster, however looks fantastic, how did that happen?