You all will think I'm crazy...

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You all will think I'm crazy...

June 20, 2009, 08:29:29 PM

...but I would love to have one of these cars:

http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1977-Chevy-Impala-2-Door-Coupe-W0QQAdIdZ136699049

The stupid home made wheel skirts would have to go, but otherwise I love this thing. I've always loved the bent-window two-door Impalas. Something like this would have loads of potential as a sleeper, too, and could be built to be fast for cheap.

You all will think I'm crazy...

Reply #1 – June 20, 2009, 08:37:55 PM

I love those bent window cars.

Those skirts are awful though.

You all will think I'm crazy...

Reply #2 – June 20, 2009, 09:46:07 PM

X2 on those skirts... If I bought it I'd pull them off and leave them with the seller...

I'm another that always liked that rear window style... The '77 Impala was Chevy's first redesign after the gas crunch hit in late '73, results were a much lighter and cleaner design... While I never owned one, I did have a '78 Malibu that had similar styling sans the bent window...

You all will think I'm crazy...

Reply #3 – June 20, 2009, 09:48:02 PM

screaming for a nasty big block and a manual trans

You all will think I'm crazy...

Reply #4 – June 20, 2009, 10:05:34 PM

Skirts aweful, but the car is awesome. I'd love to get one to make a "What if" car Impala SS

You all will think I'm crazy...

Reply #5 – June 21, 2009, 01:26:34 AM

you like what you like, simple as that. lifes too short to keep it one brand/country of origin/planet/whatever. FYI, i believe there are other people that like them that arent crazy. okay,a little crazy.

funny, a whole bunch of those later 70s gm-mobiles started popping up on CL around here lately.

personally, i like the late 70s grand prix:mullet:
they are just getting expensive around here in any condition.

You all will think I'm crazy...

Reply #6 – July 02, 2009, 02:22:38 PM

case in point...

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/1250551934.html

very expensive in any condition

You all will think I'm crazy...

Reply #7 – July 02, 2009, 02:29:16 PM

Im glad you brought this up ductape...reminded me...

I was at the mall couple days ago helping a friend pick a new laptop since hers died and she knows nothing about computers...were riding into the best buy parking lot...Im rubbernecking as usual and dont I spot...INSTANTLY...one of these things, white, no fenderskirts, but I couldnt believe the irony first of all, and in person they're that much cooler-looking.

I'd love to have one.

Its funny but I get excited over 80s cars even. I see a clean caprice or something, that catches and holds my eye. What *I* would love to have is:

It does NOT get any bigger and classy than that for the 80s. Blows the Town Car out of the water if you ask me. There are one or two like this around here that are both MINT and every time I see them my jaw drops. They really do command a presence and I just think theyre gorgeous. Classic huge-ass caddy taillights...chrome...love it. Full frame rwd...built the old way...the last vehicles that bear a connection to the big luxury cars of the 60s and 70s. Thats how I see it anyway. Hopefully some people are working to preserve them....