True legend - '67 Chevrolet Impala

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

The Chevrolet Impala is an iconic American full-size car. It was produced by a division of the Chevrolet Corporation. The car borrowed its name from the African antelope, which is distinguished by its speed and article. The car with the image of a graceful animal on the hood fully justifies its name.

In the 1960s and 1970s, this car was the number one for almost all Americans. The absolute sales record belongs to the Chevrolet Impala: more than a million copies per year. The Iron Curtain of that time did not allow our compatriots to get to know the car better and become its admirers.

The '67 Impala was produced in several variations: four-door sedans, wagons and hardtops, two-door hardtops, coupes and open top models. Two-door coupes and hardtops were the most popular, while four-door models were used more as a family car.

The '67 Chevy Impala is a restyled body of the '65 model that was the most successful American car owner for many yearsremained in service. After technical modernization, the car receives a spring wheel suspension and a massive peripheral frame.

After careful sculpting, the Impala 67 becomes the owner of a body with slightly smoothed sidewalls, headlights recessed into the grille and large direction indicators on the sides of them.

The appearance of the car turned out to be quite harmonious and aggressive. In place of the round rear lights came three-section, horizontal, wide, with pointed edges counterparts.

Impala 67 was distinguished by enhanced chrome plating of body parts. All subsequent models contained much less chrome and no longer stood out with such unusual curves.

Thanks to the new legislation, car manufacturers have seriously worked on its safety. The Impala 67 was equipped with a deformable steering column, turn signal indicators, a padded instrument panel, three-point seat belts (on models with closed bodies).

Chevrolet Impala 67 was equipped with a 6.7-liter V8 turbo engine delivering up to 425 hp. With a weight of 1964 kg, the width of the car is 2.2 m, the length is 5.5 m. The car with rear-wheel drive and disc brakes could reach speeds of up to two hundred km / h. You could choose a car with a three- or four-speed manual or automatic transmission.

The fuel tank held 90 liters of gasoline, but this amount did not last long. The average American appetite is about 26 liters per 100 km.

It is the Chevy Impala 67 years old, as the most famous of all representatives of this brand, that becomes the heroine of many American films in which it is the vehicle of bandits and gangsters.

In our country, the Impala 67 becomes famous thanks to the release of the TV series Supernatural, where two brothers, using a black hardtop sedan, are fighting against "evil spirits". The protagonist's love for the car is transferred to the audience, and the Chevy Impala becomes the dream of car enthusiasts of various generations.

The 1967 Chevrolet Impala is deservedly considered a legendary car that will never leave the hearts of true fans and connoisseurs of this model around the world.