One-Owner 1972 Chevrolet Impala Convertible for sale on BaT Auctions - ending February 15 (Lot #65,852) | Bring a Trailer another pretty rare full-size convertible
I love it when California people speak about rusty cars like this one. Totally different perspective to what a 285,000 mile Michigan car would have when speaking about RUST Looks like a used car from about 1979. Remarkable it was still with its original owner. Good honest looking car. very loaded for an Impala
It’s interesting he replaced the black top with a white one. Good call on that, IMO. For 56,000 miles this car does have some pretty serious things going on. His understatement on the dash is kinda laughable. And, he’s a little cavalier about the rust issues. It’s got some stuff going on. But, as jwdtenn pointed out where would you find such a loaded ‘72 Impala convertible if that’s the model and year you absolutely had to have? It’s also interesting that the car was built in St.Louis when big Chevy’s were built a lot closer to Southern California. The big Ford convertibles were all built in Louisville. Wonder if GM was the same way that convertibles because of non-ordinary issues came off of a specific line. Any guess from you Chevy wonks out there?
GM in those days built cars generally east or west of the Mississippi for each location, but sometimes you'd have a customer who just *wanted* a Chevy convertible with all the options and the only place that had room in the schedule to build it in a timely manner was some place far off. I'm mostly focused on Pontiacs so I've had cars that were built in Southgate, Los Angeles that weirdly enough were sold in Texas new (when Arlington, TX or Doraville, GA was building the same cars), same with a Fremont, California built Lemans that wound up in East Tennessee when you'd think a Pontiac, MI car would have been closer. And Pontiac, MI cars being sold new in San Diego. It all came down to scheduling and fitting things in to the various factories.
Thanks. It is strange how the different manufacturers did what was convenient for their production, and in this case scheduling. Like I said on the Ford side I haven’t seen a convertible that was made in Louisville, which oddly enough was a main Edsel plant. Thanks again for the perspective.
