When you see a pretty car...

[candcallen]

Just sold for $178k.....

1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu COPO L72 427/425 4-Speed

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-chevrolet-chevelle-malibu-21/

They used to full the junkyards. For a grand you could buy 3 or 4.

 

[easy rider]

Just sold for $178k.....

1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu COPO L72 427/425 4-Speed

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-chevrolet-chevelle-malibu-21/

Gonna give me a ride when after you get it?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Gonna give me a ride when after you get it?

Ha!

 

[ZX9RCAM]

They used to full the junkyards. For a grand you could buy 3 or 4.

Sounds like you messed up not buying them.

ETA: Are you sure they were COPO?

 

[Big Green]

Saw this is Ft. Worth tonight.

 

[Brains]

Saw this is Ft. Worth tonight.
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Damn thanks for finding it! I was drunk and couldn’t remember where I parked it.

 

[BillFairbanks]

I saw this in FW last week

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[Big Green]

Saw this one tonight. I’ve always like these.

It had antique tags too.

 

[BRD@66]

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Saw this one tonight. I’ve always like these.

It had antique tags too.

I worked for a company that issued the plain jane version of this to it's field employees. It was referred to as a Shamu.

 

[Big Green]

I worked for a company that issued the plain jane version of this to it's field employees. It was referred to as a Shamu.

Plain Jane version? The Caprice Classic?

 

[BRD@66]

Plain Jane version? The Caprice Classic?

yes.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Actually, it's an Impala SS

Plain jane would be Impala, no?

The Caprice was an upgrade to the Impala.

 

[BRD@66]

Actually, it's an Impala SS

Plain jane would be Impala, no?

The Caprice was an upgrade to the Impala.

Oh well, in that era, I considered the SS an upgrade to the Caprice.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Oh well, in that era, I considered the SS an upgrade to the Caprice.

Agreed.
But plain jane would have been Impala.

 

[Brains]

If memory serves .... For the mid 90's car ... The Caprice Classic was the plain jane car. The Buick Roadmaster was the same thing but somehow grew to be an even bigger bumper car than the Caprice. The Impala was directly based on the Caprice, and only offered as the Impala SS as the .. uh .. "performance" variant. Only three colors if I remember right.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

If memory serves .... For the mid 90's car ... The Caprice Classic was the plain jane car. The Buick Roadmaster was the same thing but somehow grew to be an even bigger bumper car than the Caprice. The Impala was directly based on the Caprice, and only offered as the Impala SS as the .. uh .. "performance" variant. Only three colors if I remember right.

I'll defer to experience.
I can't speak for specifically 90's cars.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Oh well, in that era, I considered the SS an upgrade to the Caprice.

My apologies, I wasn't aware that a "non SS" Impala wasn't available then.

 

[Army 1911]

They were all downgrades to the 57 Belair.

 

[Brains]

I'll defer to experience.
I can't speak for specifically 90's cars.

Just saying I could be wrong too, I pulled that info from the dark dusty parts of my brain

 

[kyletxria1911a1]

Still the most beautiful car I have ever seen