Comments on: Can You Id The Vehicle?

By: wanderer

wanderer — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:12:00 +0000

It looks to me like a 1960+ Corvair with the vertical window frame, placement of rear view mirror at the base of it and the shape of the mirror. There also is a station wagon.

By: Ponderous

Ponderous — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:20:03 +0000

After some poking around I’d say it was a second gen Impala, either 1959 or 1960. I’ve found pictures for those two years where the edge of the window frame is perfectly vertical and lines up near the mirror, as it does in this photo. In the 1958 models the window frame is angled, in 1959-1960 it’s straight up and down, and from 1961 on it’s angled again. It seems that there were some variations within the same model year so this might not be universal, but there you go.

By: Ponderous

Ponderous — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:53:33 +0000

That looks like a Chevy Impala to me as well. I was born in ’68 and the car we had during my childhood was a convertable light blue Impala. 1963 is in my head but that’s fuzzy. I will check with the family to see if someone recalls the exact year.

By: Xlowtek

Xlowtek — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:51:55 +0000

Looks like 1959 chevy biscayne with how the mirror lines up with the glass.

By: Desert Dave

Desert Dave — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:33:00 +0000

I posted photo of 59-60it chevy mirror (fb). It looks like the same mirror. It is possible that it was also used on Buick and Pontiac of the same years?

By: gollumses

gollumses — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:19:57 +0000

Yes. Late 1950s full size GM.

By: mandors

mandors — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:23:25 +0000

Based on mirror design and placement, I’m thinking ’63 or ’64 Buick LeSabre, maybe a Wildcat.

By: Chalupacabra

Chalupacabra — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:01:18 +0000

Blow this up (Impala photo) a bit and you can see the mirror looks like a match:

By: Chalupacabra

Chalupacabra — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:58:05 +0000

My guess is a Chevy Impala. They had that style of side mirror from 1959 to 1960.

By: gen81465

gen81465 — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:11:09 +0000

1965 Pontiac GTO ?