Saturday, May 5, 2012

Junkyard Find: 1969 Chevrolet Impala

GM made immense quantities of full-sized Chevrolets in 1969. How many? According to the Standard Catalog, the total production of '69 Biscaynes, Bel Airs, Impalas, and Caprices was 1,168,300 cars. Well into the early 1980s, these things were as commonplace on American streets as mid-2000s Camrys are today. Given that nobody with the money to restore a '69 big Chevy is going to waste time on a non-hardtop four-door (what with the large quantities of restorable coupes and convertibles still extant) we can assume that the few remaining sedans will be flushed out by $250/ton scrap-steel prices and crushed during the next few years.
This one is fairly rough, though not rusty, and it looks like many of its pieces have been grabbed for other cars.
I can't decode Fisher cowl tags by heart, but I believe the "JAN" means this car was built in the Janesville, Wisconsin plant.
As a former 60s Impala sedan owner, it makes me a little sad to see another one get eaten by The Crusher. However, there's no way I'd pay even scrap value for a beat example like this, so I can't be too sad.

14 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 01 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 02 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 03 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 04 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 05 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 06 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 07 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 08 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 09 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 10 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 11 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 12 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 13 - 1969 Chevrolet Full-Size Down On the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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