The Tremendous Sport identify is well-liked amongst Chevrolets through the Nineteen Sixties, however the degree of kit could be complicated relying on the mannequin. Take a look at the Camaro and the SS was a efficiency bundle however, for the Impala, it was a trim degree with buckets and console for many years. Nonetheless, for its inaugural 12 months solely, the SS was a efficiency bundle for the Impala, as exemplified by our Decide of the Day, a 1961 Impala SS with the 409 engine. It’s being offered on ClassicCars.com by a personal vendor in Litchfield Park, Arizona. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

The 1961 Chevrolet is arguably the nicest of the last decade, and it’s simple to see why, particularly in Impala Sport Coupe type. Chevrolet eschewed the fins that had been a trademark of the last few years, now ushering a tidy design and proportions whereas sustaining the styling development that made the model America’s favourite. “If ever a automobile was proper for its time, it’s Chevrolet for ’61! … Its clear traces are mixed with a trim new dimension,” stated the brochure. It was very true when in comparison with Plymouth, which clearly had one foot caught within the Fifties. Ford for 1961 was high-quality, however the Chevy was a step above.

Powertrain decisions had been much like 1960, with the Excessive-Thrift 6 and a variety of small-block 283 and big-block 348 V8s out there for each purse and goal. Mid-year, Chevrolet would introduce the 360-horsepower 409, which might explode in recognition in spades beginning in 1962 (going from 142 to nearly 9,000) and be enshrined in well-liked tradition by the Seaside Boys.

Additionally new was the Tremendous Sport bundle, which introduced sports activities automobile model and energy to the massive Impala. The bundle required the big-block 348 with a minimal of 305 horsepower, plus four-speed or Powerglide. It additionally included a front-passenger help bar, electrical tachometer, padded instrument panel, particular wheel covers on 14-inch wheels and whitewall tires, energy steering and brakes (the latter with sintered-metallic linings), heavy-duty entrance and rear coil springs and shocks, and SS identification. Not like for subsequent years, the SS bundle was out there for four-doors.

This 1961 Chevrolet Impala SS is considered one of 453 constructed with the bundle, plus it is likely one of the hallowed few with the 409. “This automobile is all-original. It has not been modified because it rolled off of the showroom ground within the fall of 1961,” says the vendor. Painted Tuxedo Black with pink and white inside, it includes a column-mounted 7000-rpm Solar tach, bumper guards, entrance antenna, push-button AM radio, and bench seat.

The fee for this good mixture of class and efficiency doesn’t come low-cost (and, actually, hasn’t in a long time): $108,000. For that worth, you get what is likely to be essentially the most historic full-size Chevrolet of the Nineteen Sixties.

To view this itemizing on ClassicCar.com, see Decide of the Day.