Four-Links – Rally de Bandama, NHTSA Impala, pop art Plymouths, bed dancing
* We’ve called the East Africa Safari Rally one of the toughest rallies in the world, but as intense as it was, it didn’t have much on the Rallye de Bandama in Ivory Coast, which didn’t even see one...
View ArticleChip Foose-designed 1965 Chevy Impala takes 2015 Ridler Award
The Imposter, Don and Elma Voth’s Chip Foose-built 1965 Chevrolet Impala. Lead photo courtesy Pirelli, all others courtesy Championship Auto Shows, Inc. In 2008, when Don Voth asked Chip Foose to...
View ArticleThe $5,000 Challenge, times two edition
Since launching the $5,000 Challenge as a semi-regular feature, we’ve routinely received reader comments along the lines of, “Why not raise the limit to $10,000 to get a wider variety of vehicles to...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1966 Chevrolet Impala
Put in for a new job, and there’s guaranteed to be an interview process. The same holds true with adopting a pet from an animal shelter, meeting prospective in-laws-to-be for the first time, and in...
View ArticleBetter than Darryl Starbird’s Superfleck Moonbird? 1958 Impala from “American...
Screenshot from American Graffiti. With a dweeb at the wheel, it might not have captured the imagination of moviegoers and cruisin’ fans like Milner’s coupe or Bob Falfa’s black Chevrolet, but the...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1966 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport
Here’s what you need to know about this 1966 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport, for sale on Hemmings.com: It’s got a built 427 V-8 that dyno-tested at 434 horsepower, it gets power to the ground via a...
View ArticleAsk a Hemmings Editor – What’s the best generation of Impala?
1958 Chevrolet Bel Air Impala Convertible. Photos courtesy General Motors. Chevrolet’s Impala has been around for a long, long time. Debuting in 1957 as a 1958 model, the Impala soldiered on (in its...
View ArticleA 1934 Ford Model 40 DeLuxe roadster cracks the top-10 in Auburn
1934 Ford Model 40 DeLuxe roadster. Photos courtesy Auctions America. When it comes to vehicles selling in an auction’s top-10, a Ford Model 40 generally isn’t the first model that comes to mind....
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1969 Chevrolet Impala
From the seller’s description: 1968 Chevrolet Impala 9 passenger station wagon. Special order-396 engine, turbo hydra-matic transmission; all-original except new 4-barrel carb; 91,368 highway miles;...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1974 Chevrolet Impala Spirit of America
Spirit of America package 1974 Chevrolet Impala for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This car is an extremely low-mileage example, with original paint and interior. Dual exhaust...
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