1969 Impala Vintage Auto Review.mpg

Bud Lindemann was the gold standard for auto reviews back in the day.....

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1969
• Chevrolet
• Impala
• Vintage
• Auto
• Review

[gmerchant11]

Not so sure that it's nonsense inasmuch as the car was equipped with a 2.56 highway gear. Gear ratios are everything and I would bet that your 396 version sported a 4BBL Carb AND a 3.42 axle to push you back in the seat as you recall. It was a damn good looking car, but I suspect the cars performance was exactly as described in the review... pretty sucky.

[gmerchant11]

They did so many crazy things back in the day. I remember my dad had a 1971 Ford with a 429 with a 2 barrel carb! This was before the smog stuff and low compression engines, so hard to tell why that particular Chevy 400 was so pokey. I was just a kid back then but dad used to flip back and forth between Chevy and Ford for family sedans and truth be told, neither of them were all that great with regard to quality. The Fords seem to go faster when I would sneak out with one of them.

[weewtrteert]

Man, they didn't like this car at all.

Seeing that car spin sideways when they did the brake test made be want to comment on how much I love not having anti-lock brakes on my car. It's slightly more dangerous (if you don't know how to drive), but being able to slam the brakes and drift sideways like that is so much fun.

[chpman2013]

@PotatoGunsRule he actually got it wrong...it's actually 8.7 seconds

[tocsa120ls]

Sidewall flex!

[jeffersonianideal]

@PotatoGunsRule I had a 1973 Impala Custom coupe with a 350 2bbl. It was one of the last years for true durability and dependability. No pollution control devices except for an air pump which was easily removable. It ran on leaded gasoline and the Turbo-Hydramatic transmission was more solid and shifted smoother than most computer controlled automatic transmissions today. My Dad purchased a 1978 Caprice and its lightweight transmission overheated and burned up in less than 32,000 miles.

[PotatoGunsRule]

@jeffersonianideal That's true. By the mid 70's US cars SUCKED. I should know as I have a minty Pontiac Bonneville just total factory all around, and the damn thing has always hesitated. 

[Jim4575]

That car handles like crap !!! At 4:57 you can see the front tire just about running on the rim ! Not surprised, 395 2 bbl no better than 1972 Chevelle SS . Love how they hate headrests might of had seatbelts hope they like them.

[glasscitadel12]

My grandmother had one, it was useless by 1973.

[curepddnow]

The 0-60 times they report in this video is closer to the standard engine, the 6-cylinder 250 cubic inch engine..

[curepddnow]

This video is nonsense. We had this exact car and engine with the 400 Turbo Hydromatic transmission. It was a very fast car with and would put you back in the seat with 400 ft-lbs of Torque. The official time is 0-60 in 8.6 s and I can testify to that.