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YouTube Video: 1959 Chevrolet Impala Convertible
YouTube ^ | Jun 17, 2018 | Lou Costabile (My Car Story)

Posted on 03/04/2019 7:07:23 AM PST by ETL

1959 Chevrolet Impala Convertible on My Car Story with Lou Costabile

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1957 Chevy


21 posted on 03/04/2019 8:03:49 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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1956 Chevy


22 posted on 03/04/2019 8:05:36 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Have you seen this crash test? 1959 vs 2009. You would think that big monster Chevy would have beat out the smaller, modern version.

Nope:

2009 Chevy Malibu vs 1959 Bel Air Crash Test | Consumer Reports

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPF4fBGNK0U

There is even a follow up explaining why things happened the way they did. A lot of people really have no idea just how poorly made those old cars were.

Thoughts on the Impala Crash - 1959 vs. 2009 V8TV-Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ3Y0lxGz6s

Those cars were as good as they needed to be in a world where the last word in safety was, “Well, try not to hit anything and you’ll be safe.”


23 posted on 03/04/2019 8:07:57 AM PST by cuban leaf
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1955 Chevy


24 posted on 03/04/2019 8:09:47 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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I heard a story when I was a kid that a boy riding a bike too fast down a hill actually got impaled on some Cadillac fins.


25 posted on 03/04/2019 8:10:30 AM PST by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.r)
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The 56 Ford and the 56 Chevy are close in looks. the Chevy wins.


26 posted on 03/04/2019 8:11:07 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: ETL

Never really liked the ‘59. The ‘60 was my favorite of all Chevies.


27 posted on 03/04/2019 8:11:32 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: ETL

We went on a town tour in Alaska where a lady drove us around in her 55 Chevy 4 door. It was a blast. (Ketchikan IIRC).


28 posted on 03/04/2019 8:11:49 AM PST by nascarnation
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29 posted on 03/04/2019 8:13:02 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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1955 Chevy

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30 posted on 03/04/2019 8:13:51 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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My older cousin had a Ford very similar to that one (bought it new).
Very sharp looking car.


31 posted on 03/04/2019 8:14:07 AM PST by nascarnation
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1955 Chevy

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32 posted on 03/04/2019 8:14:36 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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1959 Ford Galaxie



1959 Ford Fairlane Galaxie Skyliner


33 posted on 03/04/2019 8:17:18 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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Years ago I saw a “skateboarding” video where the group took an old 1959 Cadillac convertible, cut off the back fins and opened up a hole in each where the fin had been. They then padded the heck out of it and made each rear “nodule” into a kind of rumble seat to fit two extra guys, one on each side. Pretty funny.

I think that if there had been any sort of accident, though, decapitation would have been the order of the day.


34 posted on 03/04/2019 8:17:54 AM PST by cuban leaf
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35 posted on 03/04/2019 8:19:23 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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Ugly.


36 posted on 03/04/2019 8:20:07 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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I’ve got a 67 Camaro.
On these vintage of cars you could open the hood and see the ground underneath.

On the new stuff you can drop a wrench or socket and maybe never get it back LOL.


37 posted on 03/04/2019 8:20:25 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: ETL

I love the back end but it looks better without the Continental kit. Best if stock or close to it. The front end styling was a troubling hint of the bad years to come (60-64).

Used to be a red and white one around here with a license plate that read “FINE 59”. It certainly was!


38 posted on 03/04/2019 8:20:50 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Trump: "America will never be a socialist country!")
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To: central_va

1956 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner


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39 posted on 03/04/2019 8:22:19 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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Dang. Whatever that was, my firewall won’t let me see it...


40 posted on 03/04/2019 8:22:55 AM PST by cuban leaf
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