Sometimes the most obvious cars are the ones that get overlooked for Theme Tuesdays and that is certainly the case with Impalas.
Heavily featured in Boyz N The Hood, and rap videos I had on repeat growing up I quickly became a fan of the classic ’64 on wires. As I got more into cars as a whole I also began to enjoy pro touring and drag prepped Impalas as well.
One of the most iconic, and well-known American cars ever built, the almighty Impala was long overdue for a Theme Tuesday.
Spinning the clock back to my first SEMA experience this car, black, on what looks to be black Supremes still does it for me
These are actually two different cars, with this one being sold, but close enough for a before and aferBefore Megaspeed and Motorama there was Performance World where I saw this RPM Motors buildI’ve never seen this car again but it was a very, very different Impala (see: Windshield frame or lack there of)These pictures don’t really do it justice in hindsight…A lot of this post (naturally) centers around mid 60s Impalas, but all generations seem to handle wires and low quite wellThis even includes the later modelsIf wire wheels are not your thing don’t fret, simple five spokes also work quite wellDale’s Impala was one of the first features on this site, it’s a great looking summer cruiser I see fairly often…and if the car above were a wagonIf memory serves this wagon belongs to the late Jae Bueno’s WifeThis photo, via Howard Gribble, is the original Bloody Mary carand this one via Wheels Are Everything is a mighty fine tributeThis car,broke very shortly after this photo was takenWho doesn’t love a good all metal drag car?This is the Impalasaurus video of it can be seen below, it runs 8s and weighs 3400lbs
Being x-framed cars Impalas do lots of funky things given the right amount of torque
This video is a whopping eight years old!
Going to end this one with more Impalas on wires just because honestly it is just the right thing to doLil chippin’ ain’t hurt anyone
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Where’s Chilango?
Ha, good call. It was in then I guess I popped it out on an edit.