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LOT #708 - 1958 CHEVROLET IMPALA CUSTOM HARDTOP – NO RESERVE

SPACE-AGE

STYLING

THIS 1958 CHEVROLET IMPALA CUSTOM HARDTOP
IS READY FOR LIFT-OFF

One of the most beloved aspects of cars from
the 1950s is the Atomic-Age styling, influenced
by atomic science and symbolic of the emergent
space age. Vehicles from this era represent a clear
snapshot into American culture at a moment in time
encompassing a unique flair that is hard to come by.
A prime example is this 1958 Chevrolet Impala
custom hardtop offered with No Reserve during
the 2022 Houston Auction, October 20-22 at NRG
Center. The Impala perfectly captures this era, and is
taken a step further with a Resto-Mod treatment that chrome-like vision that many had for what the style of
preserves its original styling while enhancing the car the future would entail.
with modern performance.
Not only does the Impala look like a rocket ship ready
This particular vehicle endured an extensive and to take flight with enormous fins and taillights that
comprehensive frame-off restoration that included resemble afterburners, it drives like it as well thanks
media-blasting the body and undercarriage to bare to the LS376/525hp engine with 489 ft/lbs of torque
metal before painting. The Impala’s new grey-and- under the hood, kept cool by a custom aluminum
white color scheme is reminiscent of the polished, radiator with dual electric pull-style cooling fans.

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