Chevrolet introduced the Super Sport as the Impala SS in 1961. It initially was intended to be a performance car and a 348 cubic inch V8 was the smallest available. Sales only amounted to a few hundred copies, so Chevy changed directions and decided to focus on style instead. That resulted in sales of 99,000 units in 1962 – and they would continue to grow for the next few years. This beautiful ’62 Impala SS could be a sweet survivor, or it may be an older restoration (no indication either way is mentioned by the seller). Located in Eugene, Oregon, this vintage Bow-Tie is offered here on eBay for $32,000 OBO.
The Super Sport would soon find its way to other Chevy products, including the compact Nova and the mid-size Malibu. Sales were going so well that the GM division decided to make the Impala SS a series of its own in 1964. From the cowl tag on the seller’s car, it appears to be a real deal SS (it was a trim option) that left the factory with Twilight Turquoise (aka Twilight Blue) paint and an Aqua bucket seat interior (only available on the Super Sport). We don’t know if any of this is original, but a safe bet is that the cosmetics of the automobile were previously redone (though the odometer reads only 64,000 miles).
We’re given few details about this Chevy by the seller. The 283 V8 is matching numbers as is the 2-speed Powerglide automatic transmission. A 327 was new in ’62, but the original owner didn’t elect to go that route. The seller says the floors and body are solid and the vehicle runs great. But no history is offered on the 62-year-old classic.
This generation of the Impala was produced from 1961 to 1964, with 1962 being the most attractive (IMO) followed by the 1963 edition (also IMO). The ’62 model year launched the formal roofline on the Impala Sport Coupe, although the “bubble top” look of prior years could be had one more time on the lesser Bel Air series. If this Chevy is as solid as it looks, it should be great fun for weekend outings!
You need more pics of underside, bottom of door seams. Etc etc. and way more description like what doesn’t work, brakes need redoing, tires???
Agree. That rusty rear speaker grill tells me this isn’t all they’re passing it off as.
Hmmm….a grey dash & steering wheel on a blue interior? I don’t think so. This
`62 has gone through a color change. And the carpet looks entirely too new to be original; not a mark on the heel pad! It looks OK but I get the impression this car was originally grey. Odd.
I have wanted one of these since I was a kid. I really should go and see it. But I am really trying to DOWNSIZE!
When I was 16, my mother bought a ’62 Seafoam Green SS with a 327/250, a powerglide, and a light green interior. I loved that car, but unfortunately my mother let my drive it to school and, on the weekends. One Saturday night about 2 months after she bought it, I missed a 35 MPH corner at about 70 and the Impala was history. Then just to punish me, she went down and bought a new ’65 Seafoam Green Malibu SS and would not let me drive it. Regarding this car, as much as I like the ’62 SS, it seems to be pretty optimistically priced.
zero rating….limited story on condition/history of car..hard pass..
Definitely a repaint. Firewall should be satin black, not body color.
Seams like a deal. I have turned down $25000. for my regular Impala with a 327 auto and power steering. Mine needs a little upholstery work and has a small dent in front fender but is untouched original car.
To TIM HAHN: YOU said the magical words: “untouched original” which this one, definitely, is NOT. And when a seller deceives, I don’t walk away, I RUN the other way. 1961-1964 Chevys were NOT one series. 1961-1962 were the same, essentislly (1962, by far, the more attractive); then 1963-1964 bore an entirely different body-shell (in that case, in my opinion, the 1964 was the nicer-looking of the two).
A friend had a ‘62 Impala SS and the front seats on this car are not the bucket seats that were in his car.
According to the trim tag, the interior is correct. 854=Aqua, which this seems to be. The exterior is said to be Twilight Blue, which calls for code 918. This car has a trim tag of 965 but I cannot find this code listed. Can someone help with this? Maybe 965 is SS only or is it a special order color? The write-up says the car is Twilight Blue, which would be code 918, but the tag says code 965.
965 is twilight turquoise…..
How did it get a grey [or, is it BLACK?] dashboard and steering-wheel? GREY is incongruent with the turquoise, I should think, but perhaps not black. There was a turquoise 1958 Impala convertible in my family, and the dash was turquoise also, as was the steering wheel.
The cowl tag doesn’t lie.
There seems to be an awful lot of chatter questioning whether this car is original or not. Thus far, I have not seen a convincing argument to support those claims.
How did it get a grey [or, is it BLACK?] dashboard and steering-wheel? Grey is incongruent with the turquoise, I should think, though black not necessarily. There was a turquoise 1958 Impala convertible in my family, and the dash was turquoise also, as was the steering wheel.