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SHORT-LIVED LEGEND

If you’re a regular reader of these Knowledge Blasts each month, you may have already picked up that General Motors’ decision to put a stop to all factory-backed racing in 1963 was a pivotal moment for the US auto industry. It’s a historical blip on the radar that seems to come up again and again when discussing rare and special vehicles of the era.

Chevrolet’s 1963 Impala Z11 is just one more machine that will forever be linked to GM’s misguided racing ban decision, thanks to its

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