Chevrolet Impala Side Trim Evolution
I wrote about the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Impala in this post . But what about earlier designs launched intermittently starting with the 1958 model year? General Motors' entry-level brand is Chevrolet, and such brands seems to care less about styling feature continuity across redesigns compared to upscale makes such as Roll-Royce, or Packard in its day. Chevy's Impala model is a case in point, as can be seen below. Gallery 1958 Chevrolet Impala, Barrett-Jackson auction photo First-generation Impalas featured a complicated side-trim composition. There was a long, horizontal spear shape from which a link was provided to curved chrome trim along the edge of rear fender sculpting. Aligned (almost) with the forward point of the latter is a vertical decoration mimicking exhaust venting that also sports four horizontal "speed lines." Abaft of the rear wheel opening is a spear form that blends with rear bumper shaping. It contains four vertical chrome hash...


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