Thee has always been a place in the US for big comfortable over the road cars. I read somewhere that it took the least number of work hours to buy a new car in 1961. And the people wanted the biggest one they could afford. After all, gasoline was $.24 a gallon when I started driving in 1963.The start of the era of American land whales...
Yep, the 396 "rat" motor made it in about November of 1964, so few '65 409's. In 1996 I bought a '63 red on red Impala SS that I had lusted after my whole life. Kept it almost ten years, drove it Reno Hot August nights, and up to BC for the shows in Vancouver. It was fun when your kids are grown and gone and you can play!My 1965 SS 409 Impala installed early lessons in poverty. It was bright red, white interior, 5 mpg and a can of carburetor cleaner every Saturday morning. But man it could fly. I think 1965 was the last year of the 409, and few were built.
Yep, the 396 "rat" motor made it in about November of 1964, so few '65 409's. In 1996 I bought a '63 red on red Impala SS that I had lusted after my whole life. Kept it almost ten years, drove it Reno Hot August nights, and up to BC for the shows in Vancouver. It was fun when your kids are grown and gone and you can play!