The fourth generation of Chevrolet's Impala launched for the 1965 model year and received a heavy styling refresh for 1969.
More sharply creased, the '69 Impala saw the disappearance of vent windows and a front bumper that was a flush chrome loop surrounding the egg crate grille and its horizontally-arranged quad headlamps.
The base version of the 1969 Impala convertible started at $3,261 ($27, 830 in today's dollars) and came with the Turbo-Fire 327 cubic inch small block V-8 with a two-barrel carburetor. With a 9.00:1 compression ratio to allow running on regular gas, it was rated at 235 SAE gross horsepower.
The badge over the front side marker light on this Glacier Blue example says it came with one of two optional 350 cube Turbo-Fire small blocks: The 9.00:1 compression two-barrel LM1 rated at 255 horsepower, or the racier L48. The latter, originally developed for the Camaro SS, had a premium-fuel-only 10.25:1 compression ratio, dual exhausts, and a Rochester 4-barrel carburetor and made 300 ponies.
This example was snapped in September of 2020 using a Nikon D5000 and 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR II zoom lens.
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