- BODY: Auto World
- WHEELS: MEV
- TIRES: Auto World
Few of my cars have names, but this one does; it was originally derisive, because the thing was so slow I could barely get it lumber around the track. Changing out the magnets dramatically improved the performance, which is when I learned how much variance there is in the production of the Auto World chassis: I removed the original stock magnets and stuck in another set of stock magnets, but the difference was night-and-day.
I’m a sucker for all of the 1959 GM line-there’s not a single one I wouldn’t love to have-and when I saw this for sale, it was instant buy-it-now.
Originally she wore a set of chrome baby moons. I later decided that, as an Impala, it needed a set of whitewalls, so I swapped those out for a set of stock-sized chrome reverses so I could fit this hard-to-come-by set of white whites from Auto World. Like the real thing, it is a big and heavy car more at home on straightaways than curves, so its always in the lower ET’s and gets eliminated early, but dammit, it sure looks good doing it!
