Impala "barnfinds" in Sweden

[COPO_Anders]

Today I visited a guy who has been a cardealer for many years. He´s been buying and selling many hundreds of American musclecars. He finds some here in Sweden, but most of them he buys in California. Like this 1967 SS 427 Impala that he has had for many years. At least it sits in a warm and dry building so it doesn´t get hurt.





Interior

[COPO_Anders]

Here is another one that has actually been sitting in a barn-like building for almost teen years. It needs a new paint and vinyl roof but its actually still very nice. It´s got a 325 hp 396. It was brought in from Belgium by a guy who has one of the NASCAR 1969 Camaro Convertibles.



Tag in engine compartment



Engine compartment

[COPO_Anders]

More of the 1968 Caprice



That is a GM Suisse emblem with the Alps in the grille. I forgott to take a close shot of it.

[x Baldwin Motion]

Any more pics or story on that Blue 67 Chevelle ? I see it has the 65 SS trim on the rear quarter, is that a Canadian model?

thanks for posting.

[427.060]

Cool looking cars but tell us more about the 67 Malibu SS.
James

[BJCHEV396]

Good stuff.Thanks.

[COPO PETE]

Kool speedo on the 68 Caprice. 180

Peter

[CC Rider]

Nice stuff!

[markjohnson]

WOW! 1967 SS427's are very special cars. You just gotta love that hood. I'm also pretty fond of that '68 Caprice with the Hide-a-way headlights and four speed. I've always had a soft spot for 4-door hardtops where you can roll all the windows down and have all that "openess" around you.

[COPO_Anders]

Chris and James, that -67 Chevelle is a Nordic model that was built in Canada, as can be seen on the firewall which is bodycolor. As for the -65 SS trim, I can´t remember the exact reason why they used it. But since they used the L-6 as the base engine (which was also used in the SS Impalas) mabye they wanted it to look different than the US-built/sold cars ? I didn´t scan the whole article and now I can´t find the magazine, so I´m not sure why.



The Canada-built blue car has a blue firewall and the US-built om the right has a black firewall. This blue Nordic SS doesn´t have the base L-6 but rather the upscale 195 hp 283 .


I´m not sure if the car in the article is the same as in my pic, but I think so.
Did I mention that all 1967 Chevrolets sold in Sweden by GM Nordiska AB were equipped with disc-brakes ? At least according to ads in the newspapers.