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1958 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe - 348 V8, Loaded with Factory Accessories
The 1958 Impala occupies a peculiar and valuable spot in Chevrolet history: it existed for exactly one year in this form. The '58 rode on a unique X-frame chassis, wore a body shared with nothing before or after it, and introduced the Impala name as a top-trim Bel Air package. Chevrolet redesigned everything again for 1959. That makes the 1958 a one-year-only car in a decade full of them, and the Sport Coupe - with its distinctive six taillights, sculpted rear quarters, and dummy air scoops - is the shape collectors chase.
Under the hood is the other reason 1958 matters. This was the debut year for the 348 cubic-inch W-block V8, Chevrolet's first big-block and the direct ancestor of the 409. It is a torquey, deep-breathing engine that suits the car's character, and it pairs here with an automatic transmission for the kind of effortless cruising these were designed around. Power steering and power brakes handle the rest, and they make a real difference in a car of this size and era.
Where this Impala separates itself is the accessory list. Fender skirts, wide whitewall tires, and full-size hubcaps with spinners give it exactly the profile a '58 should have - long, low, and unmistakably late-fifties. Tinted glass and a push-button radio round out the comfort equipment. And then there is the dash-mounted tissue dispenser, one of the great period Chevrolet accessories and the kind of detail that tends to disappear over sixty-eight years.
The result is an Impala that presents the way these were meant to be seen when new, fully dressed rather than stripped to basics.
Available now in our climate-controlled indoor showroom, with our in-house service department on site.
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Unless states otherwise, mileage shown on odometer is exempt and unknown if original.
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