OT: Dan Gurney's '61 Impala
04-10-2019, 09:40 AM
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OT: Dan Gurney's '61 Impala
If you're a Gurney fan, as I am, you might enjoy this one:
04-10-2019, 03:22 PM
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Very beautiful car and very professional video, looks like it was done by a Hollywood company!
04-10-2019, 03:38 PM
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Who isn't a Dan Gurney fan?-
04-10-2019, 03:44 PM
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We (the USA) USED to make neat cars. Sad, those days are long gone!
04-10-2019, 04:29 PM
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Even the few NEAT cars such as the Camero, Mustang and Challeger are neutered with very limited interior choices and having to buy the hippo cars as a package. Gone are the days of buying a base model stripped car with a big engine.
04-12-2019, 07:26 PM
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04-12-2019, 08:13 PM
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What a terrific story about an amazing man and a legendary machine from my youth.
My very first car was a '62 Impala convertible. Unfortunately it was an anemic 283 that I paid too much for and burned nearly as much oil as gas, instead of a stump pulling 409!
The really good news was that I parted with it a year later for my first Corvette ...that I still have today.
Thank you for posting it... GUSTO
My very first car was a '62 Impala convertible. Unfortunately it was an anemic 283 that I paid too much for and burned nearly as much oil as gas, instead of a stump pulling 409!
The really good news was that I parted with it a year later for my first Corvette ...that I still have today.
Thank you for posting it... GUSTO
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04-12-2019, 09:44 PM
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Great car. Iconic driver! 
04-12-2019, 10:12 PM
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Great video CU, thanks for the share
Yes, it might be a bummer to see an American icon in England, but it seems to be with a very appreciative and knowledgeable owner.
I think I'm good with that.
Yes, it might be a bummer to see an American icon in England, but it seems to be with a very appreciative and knowledgeable owner.
I think I'm good with that.
04-12-2019, 11:23 PM
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Love those bubble top Chevys- and Dan Gurney!
04-13-2019, 12:38 PM
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Really fun story - thanks for sharing. Love those early Impala's. My late Father-in-law had a '65 SS that was his pride and joy. What a beast to drive! Loved it.
04-13-2019, 11:07 PM
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...thanks for sharing!!! Love those X frame '61-'64 Impala's, especially 61's(born that year) & '62's. Had a neat '62 BelAir bubbletop factory Black w/Blue interior, 327 2bbl with 3spd on the tree back in the early '80's!!!
04-24-2019, 09:03 PM
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It was limited assembly line production. Not such thing as FMVSS in 1961 and if there was, I see no reason it wouldn't make the rule book.
04-25-2019, 09:29 AM
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The 409 was an RPO, not an LPO.
Verne
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