My ‘65 Impala was a V8. My parents got it in 1972 as a second car after our 1966 VW 1600 “squareback” was wrecked. A few months later, they sold it to me for $500.
Our family had had driven Volkswagens for the previous dozen years, and even though my car was at the bottom of the Impala line, it felt like a Rolls Royce compared to the cramped, underpowered VW’s.
OK, of all things we had a 72 Bug as well. I had the straight six 65 Impala. If yours was a 283 and was a V8 then mine must have been like a 218 or something.
Easy car to work on. Ran like a top. Just loved it. Writing about it brings back great memories.
As a kid in New York I remember gas was like a couple of dimes and you got a glass with a fill up, and they filled it up for you full service at that time.