1964 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport Convertible

The final year of the third generation of Impalas, the 1964 is probably the most desirable. The most desirable of all Six-Fours would be the Super Sport convertible, like this Ermine White droptop with a red interior.

Super Sports came with bucket front seats divided by a console. All transmissions in an SS, whether 3- or 4-speed manual or Powerglide automatic, had a sporty console-mounted shifter rather than a proletarian lever on the steering column.

Despite the name, the '64 Impala Super Sport could be had with the whole gamut of Chevy powertrains, from the humble 230 cubic inch Turbo-Thrift inline six rated at 140 gross horsepower and two-barrel 283 Turbo-Fire 165-horse small block V-8, up through several flavors of 327 and 409 performance mills. Assuming a stock exterior on this example, the lack of "V" badges would indicate that this car began life, at least, with the inline six.

It'd still be plenty fun to cruise with the top down on a sunny day.

This one was photographed in October of 2021 using a Nikon D800 and a 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 zoom lens.