Re: 1965 Impala SS Convertible L78 396/425 Production?
A fiend of mine was living in Anaheim, CA in 1965 and he ordered a 65 Impala SS with the 396/425 L-78 motor right away when they first released the L-78. His was sierra tan with a black vinyl top, black buckets, L-78, M-20, 3.55 gears and posi. The car keep getting held up because Eaton Corporation was on strike and they couldn't get the posi unit. He finally said to build it with the open rear and he would put a posi unit in it later. I believe that he told me that it was built at the Van Nuys, CA plant.
He drove it back to MN late in the summer of 1965 and all of us had never seen one before and we were very impressed with the big car with the solid lifter 396.
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69 camaro X11, 56,000 miles, original HO paint
67 camaro SS/RS, Butternut yellow, bench, fold down
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