Will Weisel knows very well that among the points in favor of Chevrolets is the truism that, for decades, seemingly everything was interchangeable with minimal modification.
“A young kid had the car,” said Weisel, the Sellersville, Pa., owner of the 1962 Impala featured here. “He put the first V-8 in it. It was a 350 that he put in. He went off to college and he never put antifreeze in it, so the block broke.
“That’s how I bought it. I left it sitting for about 15 years.”
The “first V-8” is an important distinction to make, since Weisel’s Impala was delivered new with a 135-hp, 235-cid Hi-Thrift Six under the hood
