What Rolling Stones song is that?

+Kevin Lofur Gimmie Shelter

BigDannyK That song is amazing

@@kevinlofur8103gimme shelter

@@mentallyhandicappedpoptart2649 Gimme Shelter.

hope you kept it.

Would love to have that car today!

The "X-Body" full-size Chevy from 1958 to 1964 represented a huge step forward in handling over the '55-'56-'57 Chevys and introduced the larger displacement 348/409 engines with dual-quads or 3-deuces to rock our world. I grew up in a Chevrolet dealership where my father was Sales Manager from 1960 to the mid-70's. I worked there in the summers detailing and delivering cars. Thanks for the memories!

Yeah, A&W Root Beer mug was too tall to fit and soda in cans hadn't been invented yet!

Correct you are sexysagi! .The SuperSport option was released to the public at the same time as the introduction of the famed "409" Engine at the beginning of the 1962 model year. The 409 was available in the Impala, Bel Air and Biscayne models while the Super Sport option was only available in the 1962 Impala 2-dr hardtop & convertible equipped with either a 327 engine or the 409. I believe the 283 became an option for the SS in the 1963 model year. Ford was kicking Chevrolet's butt in the roundy-round races in the summer of 1961, but Chevy's much anticipated 409 engine was not scheduled to be introduced until the 1962 model year.... Most people are unaware that late in the 1961 model year Chevrolet built 200 1961 Impala Super Sport "409" cars and sold them across the dealer's floor to racers to make the killer 409 legal for NASCAR racing that year. That immediately turned the tables on Ford. Chevrolet also built 325 1961 Impala Super Sport cars equipped with high-performance "348" engines. I owned one of those rare models for several years while President of the National Impala Association car club (1958-1964 full-sized Chevys). The 1961 Super Sport was identified by the letters SS etched on the cowl tag as well as SS badging on the two side spears, the trunk emblem and the SS Grab Bar mounted above the glove box. Both the 1961 and 1962 SS featured special wheel covers with unique 3-blade chrome "spinners". Very few of the total production run of 525 1961 Impala Super Sport cars are in circulation today - I certainly wish I had never sold mine....The 1960 "Retro-Rod" Impala featured in this video is a sweet ride but is most certainly NOT a Super Sport as the SS did not yet exist. (Note that the car has NO SS badging, just the IMPALA script across the front of the hood.) Other viewers correctly noted that the radio is an AM model, as FM radio didn't exist yet either. The narrator missed the fact that the Impala had a Rear Speaker in the middle of the back seat. I owned a 1960 Impala with a "348" engine in high school and equipped it with a "Reverb" switch from the JC Whitney catalog for a most awesome sound experience from that AM Radio! Long live radio station KOMA in Oklahoma City - we listened to rock-and-roll tunes by skip every night in Eastern Idaho... LOL

If I understand you correctly Ron you agree that the '61 SS Package was only available on the Impala 2-door Sport Coupe and Convertible, although I've never seen an authentic '61 SS convertible with the SS stamped on the cowl tag. My brother had a '63 SS ragtop with a 283 and my mother had a '62 SS ragtop with a 327 & AC. You could be correct about the 283 being available in the '62 SS package, I no longer have my reference books from when my dad was a Chevrolet dealer from 1960 through 1976 so I have no way to verify. Thanks for your comment, your '62 409 sleeper must have been a gas!

Yeah buddy you are correct!

Yes Dale and us in northeast Colorado. Those were the days

Dale Walker Correct , butt that is a nice 60 bubble top. I had two 61 bubble tops A 63 and 64 & 65 SS & 63 & 64 four doors !

Too right, it needs solid chromes.

+Bjork Vlogdok No, it needs white walls and hubcaps. You damn hipsters really need to stop fucking up classics!

The Ying & The Yang Simply beautiful

Yeah those are brand-new wheels on a classic car just makes it look like a new car made to look like a classic car

Dam straight! I smell tacos!

Agreeed!!!

I also agree!!!!!!!

So did I Mike Stone. Chevrolet built 200 1961 Impala Super Sports with 409 engines & sold them across the dealer floor to be NASCAR legal in late summer of 1961. They built an additional 325 1961 Impala Super Sports with high-performance 348 engines that were sold to the public. I ended up with one of those in the late '70's and suspect yours was one of the 325 as well.

heffo and juff no you are correct!!!!

Yes you are wrong, there were 3 audible clicks as he shifted through the gears. It was very common in the '70's or so to swap the Turbo Hydramatic in the place of the good old PowerGlide Trans. As there were no THMs in 1960 the "dial" on the steering column is the 2-speed PowerGlide, but the driver ignores the dial and "counts the clicks" if he wishes to shift between 1-2-Drive. Good catch!

YOUR RIGHT ON THAT

You're right! '61 was the first year for the Super Sport! There's no SS badging on this car so where they got the idea that it's a Super Sport is a mystery!

He had to pump it for the 2nd start. Probably has the stock choke disabled on the dual quads....

Yes .Love this year model.

Crager S/S Chrome rims were the best on any '58-'64 Impala. Believe the radio is a push-button AM, but not a "signal-seeking" Wonderbar like the Tri-5 Chevys had.

Not a stupid question at all. Front seat belts were an option, rears were not offered as far as I know.