oldvamoparfan; The engines were no re-sleved, but destroked. The crank was in the catologs for years.
Andrew; No the stripe was part of the package. No deleates.
That picture, Good picture of the exhaust. It shows the double back pipeing. No over the axle exhaust here.
JS27N0B; I also heard, not sure about this, but also tire clearance for the first time ever on any car, 2 different size tires were used and the arch of the springs was for the taller tires and apearance of more rake. At spped, (Read real fast), the car would level out some due to the spoilers (MINimal) down force.
The more familar and seen "GO" wing will do this. From the been there and done that, it'll push the rear downward.
NZ440R/T mentions the hood was fiberglass. Also a noteable mention is the hood is functional to feed air to the 6pac set up. In case of water/rain, not car wash, the pan has drain holes/ducks(?) with tubes to direct water away.
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They remained virtually unchanged through 1966,
should read until 66.
In 1967, it was completely redesigned, into the 2nd generation.
Should read '66
The Impala was too big to be a Pony car. If you look at it, it's the size of a B or C body.
The Impala was big, but, not as large as a B body car....The '58 Impala was much larger than the early 60's Impala. From this start, they were never deemed to be part of a pony car. I think they were intermediates in there size discription. Though later years like the 64 and earlier became small, they were just simply called compacts. They did get a nice dose of muscle and so termed muscle cars.
The term/title pony car started with the Mustang due to the "Horse" in the grill. Being a smaller car and not a large one, it became known as pony, for smaller horse like a smaller car.
The style of the car, long nose/short deck lid (Trunk) was the sig. of a pony car. Something the Impala never had. MoPar has 2 "Pony" cars. The E body Cuda and Challenger. Thats it.
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