58 Impala Wagon

[ncbuckeye67]

On 6/22/2024 at 12:20 PM, Can-Con said:

The green one is not stock. They did not come with the ribs.

Only the Nomad, which had the same trim as an Impala had the strips on the tail gate and it only came as a 4 door.

Good to know! Thanks for sharing that. 

[espo]

14 hours ago, DoctorLarry said:

From what we could tell via a quick internet search it looked like the Yeoman models were "strippers" that lacked the rear trim. It could have been an option. I know very little about this era but the wagon was neat. It had exhaust cutouts and a beautiful interior as well.

I took a '58 Yoman Wagon in trade from a guy I worked with, back in the '60's for a '57 Ford I was selling. They were the base model, but they could be had with options. I the case if this particular car it had the 283 with a 2-bbl. carb. a 3-speed column shift and overdrive. many had the blue flame 6. I never really know for sure, or even was that concerned about it, but it was painted an unusual shade of light green with a cream-colored roof above the drip rails. Looked strangely like the color used by the California State Division of Forestry at that time. When I got it was a 100k plus miler with no rust, faded paint and like new interior. Had been used for years by a local house painter so the inside of the back has colorful. At the time it was considered just an old ugly station wagon that no one cared about, unlike now.