The 1965 Impala Super Sport that I owned was Mist Blue. Of all the cars that I have had, that's the one that I miss the most and wish that I still had. I sold it after I bought a 1969 Pontiac GTO convertible. Today, whenever I think of a dream car I think of that ' 65 Impala Super Sport.
So many great options back then. My Grandpa ordered a 67 Chevelle sport coupe with a Deep water blue top and Nantucket blue body. The interior was lighter blue on the bucket seats and door panels, but had a dark blue dash pad and carpets. Two tone on the inside and out. It was an amazing car and any GM in the 60s had these amazing options. Thanks for sharing!
I remember all these colors!! Saw them when my dad worked at the Saginaw Metal Plant! Mostly all Chevrolet employees had a representation of every GM color on all its 5 divisions! But mostly 98% Chevrolet cars in the parking lot!!
Nice video. There were so many more color choices in the day. I think most people ordered their cars back then rather than buying them off the lot. So, the factory didn't have to worry about producing something no one would buy. My Mom and Dad ordered a brand new '65 in Madeira Maroon with a red interior. If you go back and look at some of the marketing literature from the day, you'll see that color combination in some of it. They always called the car either "the plum," or more often, the "red Chevy." You can see the "red" in the photo provided here. Today, I have a stunning (not a factory color) red '65 SS with white interior. Both color combos are striking. I probably prefer the maroon and red for personal reasons. All that said, I think my favorite factory color for this car may be the Tahitian Turquoise. If "color" were the only factor in my decision and I was rebuilding one from the ground up, that would be my choice.
I painted a 55 Buick Roadmaster for my boss 2-tone, and I changed the metallic Color to the 65 Impala Tahitian Turqoise. (without asking him). The color scheme was well received, and another one got the same colors, and later also a 60 foot Hatteras boat.
I've got an SS convertible in Evening Orchid, but being an SS it lacks the rocker moulding incorrectly installed on the Evening Orchid SS shown in the video. Note how that car lacks the quarter panel moulding. Those mouldings were non SS Impala only, and were on both the rocker and quarter, not just the rocker.
Love the Tahitian Turquoise. How did you ever find all the pictures of all of the colors. 65 and 75 were my favorite to years of the Impala and Caprice. I had a dark chocolate brown 75 Caprice Classic convertible with a tan interior/white top. My aunt had a 65 Impala 4 door sedan in yellow with black interior. Our neighbors had a 65 4 door hardtop in white with turquoise top and interior - it was a showstopper to me as a kid.
My favorite is Evening Orchid with white interior. it's stunning., especially with a white vinyl or convertible top.I Had a '65 two door hardtop ehich i guess mine was mist Blue, though the color in the video does not match my memory i had it a little over 50 years ago.my memory matches closer to the paint sample than the vrhicle shown. I bought it used and never asked about the color name.
I like the tuxedo black, regal red, madeiro maroon, ermine white and Tahitian Turquoise the best for this car. Of course, if I ever get to restomod this car, I’m going with a custom color.
Mine was the Cameo Beige Impala SS. Beautiful car. It was a gift so options were limited. 283 with power glide sucked. Fender extensions in front of front wheels rusted at the seam. Lower corners of rear window collected water rusted. No drains. Today I would know how to fix with the sealers and caulk now available. My fixed at the time were temporary like todays inflation.
The folks bought an Ermine White Impala four-door sedan new in 1965. The first car they owned with air conditioning. It had a couple interesting features 1) two ashtrays in the dash instead of one and 2) in addition to the HOT idiot light, it had a COLD idiot light. Dad would wait to fire up the fan in winter (Iowa) until the COLD light went out. The interior was a two tone light/dark blue. Good car. Traded in 1969 for a Cortez Silver 1969 Impala. It would be 1974 before he bought a Caprice four-door hardtop. Always a Chevrolet, with the exception of his third car, a 1953 Ford, and his last, an Oldsmobile Intrigue.
Yep That cypress green 65 manual with white top at 15 Buddy had a red/red 65 ss 4 speed Third friend had a white 65 ss with black interior, auto I believe with black vinyl top (?)
In 1965 the folks bought a white Impala SS with blue interior 327 with a power slide trans brand new I can still remember the new car interior smell nothing like it .
I’ll take mine in Tahitian Turquoise, please……🤗 Now when you purchase a car you get about six color choices and four of them are white, silver, gray, and black - Yuppies are so BORING……!!!!!
what is the actual color code numbers if I need to buy the original paint from a store because they don't recognize the two letter codes? My 65 Impala SuperSport has the SS color code for Sierra Tan metallic brown and the paint shop is asking for a number code not SS code?
Hey Ruben, the paint code is only SS. I bought paint for my car from The Coating Store online. They have all the original colors list by the original paint codes. Mine was NN . They must not be familiar with old Chevy paint codes.
Wow! This was a flashback to 8 year old me. I remember the first time I saw one in each color. The evening orchid blew me away.
Evening Orchid is a cool color.
The 1965 Impala Super Sport that I owned was Mist Blue. Of all the cars that I have had, that's the one that I miss the most and wish that I still had. I sold it after I bought a 1969 Pontiac GTO convertible. Today, whenever I think of a dream car I think of that ' 65 Impala Super Sport.
That’s awesome
I owned a 65 Impala SS, Madeira Maroon, black interior, 327, auto, power steering, power brakes, A/C. That was a nice car.
Sounds very nice
Nice Thank You for posting.
No problem
Great video thanks for sharing this. Wish we could still buy cars like that
You can, but not new
It would’ve been hard to choose just one, they’re all beautiful colors.
I agree
So many great options back then. My Grandpa ordered a 67 Chevelle sport coupe with a Deep water blue top and Nantucket blue body. The interior was lighter blue on the bucket seats and door panels, but had a dark blue dash pad and carpets. Two tone on the inside and out. It was an amazing car and any GM in the 60s had these amazing options. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing
Mine was Willow green. Loved that color
Very cool
I'll take one of each. Awesome package in '65!
I agree with you
I agree. All the colors are so nice!.
Evening Orchid was the best which is more popular now then back in 65!
That’s true, I like it
I remember all these colors!! Saw them when my dad worked at the Saginaw Metal Plant! Mostly all Chevrolet employees had a representation of every GM color on all its 5 divisions! But mostly 98% Chevrolet cars in the parking lot!!
Awesome, thanks for sharing your memories.
Nice video. There were so many more color choices in the day. I think most people ordered their cars back then rather than buying them off the lot. So, the factory didn't have to worry about producing something no one would buy. My Mom and Dad ordered a brand new '65 in Madeira Maroon with a red interior. If you go back and look at some of the marketing literature from the day, you'll see that color combination in some of it. They always called the car either "the plum," or more often, the "red Chevy." You can see the "red" in the photo provided here. Today, I have a stunning (not a factory color) red '65 SS with white interior. Both color combos are striking. I probably prefer the maroon and red for personal reasons. All that said, I think my favorite factory color for this car may be the Tahitian Turquoise. If "color" were the only factor in my decision and I was rebuilding one from the ground up, that would be my choice.
Cool, thanks for the comment. I saw a maroon with red interior, it’s a nice looking combination.
I painted a 55 Buick Roadmaster for my boss 2-tone, and I changed the metallic Color to the 65 Impala Tahitian Turqoise. (without asking him).
The color scheme was well received, and another one got the same colors, and later also a 60 foot Hatteras boat.
Very nice color
I've got an SS convertible in Evening Orchid, but being an SS it lacks the rocker moulding incorrectly installed on the Evening Orchid SS shown in the video. Note how that car lacks the quarter panel moulding. Those mouldings were non SS Impala only, and were on both the rocker and quarter, not just the rocker.
You have a very good eye. Thanks for watching
This is a cool video so glad you posted it I'm going to watch it a few times more and more
Cool, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Love the Tahitian Turquoise. How did you ever find all the pictures of all of the colors. 65 and 75 were my favorite to years of the Impala and Caprice. I had a dark chocolate brown 75 Caprice Classic convertible with a tan interior/white top. My aunt had a 65 Impala 4 door sedan in yellow with black interior. Our neighbors had a 65 4 door hardtop in white with turquoise top and interior - it was a showstopper to me as a kid.
Sounds like you have a great appreciation for the cars
I like the evening orchard, and Mist Blue-
They are very nice colors
My favorite is Evening Orchid with white interior. it's stunning., especially with a white vinyl or convertible top.I Had a '65 two door hardtop ehich i guess mine was mist Blue, though the color in the video does not match my memory i had it a little over 50 years ago.my memory matches closer to the paint sample than the vrhicle shown. I bought it used and never asked about the color name.
That is a very nice color
I like the tuxedo black, regal red, madeiro maroon, ermine white and Tahitian Turquoise the best for this car. Of course, if I ever get to restomod this car, I’m going with a custom color.
Yeah, truthfully I like them all.
Mine was the Cameo Beige Impala SS. Beautiful car. It was a gift so options were limited. 283 with power glide sucked. Fender extensions in front of front wheels rusted at the seam. Lower corners of rear window collected water rusted. No drains. Today I would know how to fix with the sealers and caulk now available. My fixed at the time were temporary like todays inflation.
Cool car
What were the Interior Colors on that car !??
What were the Interior Colors on that car !??
@@tonyross1105 My 65 SS was a beige color. Seats matched exterior and carpet was brown.
@@tonyross1105 My 65 SS was a beige color. Seats matched exterior and carpet was brown
The folks bought an Ermine White Impala four-door sedan new in 1965. The first car they owned with air conditioning. It had a couple interesting features 1) two ashtrays in the dash instead of one and 2) in addition to the HOT idiot light, it had a COLD idiot light. Dad would wait to fire up the fan in winter (Iowa) until the COLD light went out. The interior was a two tone light/dark blue. Good car. Traded in 1969 for a Cortez Silver 1969 Impala. It would be 1974 before he bought a Caprice four-door hardtop. Always a Chevrolet, with the exception of his third car, a 1953 Ford, and his last, an Oldsmobile Intrigue.
The 2 ashtrays came on A/C cars. Good memories
I got a 1965 SS two tone. The top is Madeira Maroon NN and the bottom half is Cameo Beige VV all factory
That’s really cool, is it a factory two tone? I would love to see a picture of that.
And yes that cypress green with white top was my first ss 65’ at 15. Changed top to black
Friend had red on red !! 65 ss
That’s awesome, you don’t see many cypress green ones
Yep
That cypress green 65 manual with white top at 15
Buddy had a red/red 65 ss 4 speed
Third friend had a white 65 ss with black interior, auto I believe with black vinyl top (?)
Awesome
Tahitian Turquoise, for sure for sure!
That is an awesome color
When I was working on my 65, I found the dealer sales tag $2300 bucks, blew my mind
That’s crazy, wish we could still get them for that price
In 1965 the folks bought a white Impala SS with blue interior 327 with a power slide trans brand new I can still remember the new car interior smell nothing like it .
That’s an awesome memory, thanks for sharing
I like the Danube blue the best still have mine all original from the factory ss Impala
I love the Danube Blue ones too
I’ll take mine in Tahitian Turquoise, please……🤗
Now when you purchase a car you get about six color choices and four of them are white, silver, gray, and black - Yuppies are so BORING……!!!!!
Not to mention the cars all look the same now too
You are SO RIGHT! Limiting color is like limiting flavor, and who does that?
👍🏽thanks 😎
You are welcome
My Dad bought a yellow 65 Super Sport with black interior.....he put 125K on it and then gave it to me as my first car
What an awesome first car
ILL TAKE THEM ALL
Me too
Good video
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My 65 ss still has the original regal red paint
That’s a really cool thing
wish they had a army green 🇺🇸
That would be cool
owned 2 back in the day one was the SS,
That’s really cool, I also owned 2 66s and one 63ss
what is the actual color code numbers if I need to buy the original paint from a store because they don't recognize the two letter codes? My 65 Impala SuperSport has the SS color code for Sierra Tan metallic brown and the paint shop is asking for a number code not SS code?
Hey Ruben, the paint code is only SS. I bought paint for my car from The Coating Store online. They have all the original colors list by the original paint codes. Mine was NN . They must not be familiar with old Chevy paint codes.
@@ImpalaCadillacRestoModDIY OK thanks I really appreciated!
Why do people post great videos like this with cheesy music? Please, just stop.
Thanks for your input, I will take it into consideration
@@ImpalaCadillacRestoModDIY Bullshit! You won't! lol
How about Barbie Pink
That would have been cool