of the two-door hardtop, and then on to the top-of-the-line Impala--available as a four-door sedan, a two- or four-door hardtop, a six- or nine-passenger station wagon, and a range-topping two-door convertible.

Chevy offered a sporty bucket seat SS package for the two-door hardtops and convertibles for $53.80 plus $102.25 for the bucket seats.

Overall, an incredible 1,424,000 full-sized Chevrolets were built in 1962. That year, Chevy surpassed two million sales for the first time, outselling its Dearborn rival by 600,000 units.

Chevy offered six different engines and four different transmissions in its full-size lineup for 1962. These included the 135-horsepower Hi-Thrift 235-cubic-inch six, a 170-horsepower 283-cubic-inch V8, two different 327-cubic-inch V8s with either 250- or 300-horsepower, and two 409-cubic-inch V8s (380-horsepower when equipped with a single four-barrel carburetor,

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