Vehicle Description
1974 Chevy Impala Sport Soupe “Spirit of America” Despite the 1973 OPEC Oil Embargo Chevrolet was still selling a lot of America’s favorite family car the Impala. Like most of the USA GM and Chevy were gearing up for the Bicentennial in 1976. Not wanting to miss out on all the patriotic fever Chevrolet introduced their “Spirit of America” models for 1974. You could purchase three Spirit of America models. The Vega, Nova and the top-of-the-line Impala. If you opted for the extra cash to be patriotic and purchase the Spirit of America Impala you got a very special car. For the Top Dog Impala your ‘Sprit’ consisted of Glacier White paint, red, white and blue stripes, full vinyl roof, special wheels and fender skirts. The interior was finished in white vinyl with either red or blue carpet. Special interior badges and colored keyed seat belts. Your suspension was typical large barge American car of the era. More like a boat than a car. Your Spirit of America Impala floated like a butterfly. You could option your Spirit Impala to the hilt was power everything. In most cases these cars came fully loaded. This was quite the find. A 1974 Chevy, one of the three Spirit of America models offered for a limited time in 1974. This limited-edition Impala is an incredible example, 50 years old and still shows as well as it did in the 70s! There were not many made. Can’t be many left especially in this condition. Check out the interior which is original and still looks in new car condition. All the inscriptions and badging to commemorate. The bicentennial are all there, door trim panels, steering wheel, cushion, etc. The Odometer reads 74,000 miles believed to be actual. Turnkey car as well. Everything is operating as it should except for the radio. Air conditioning has been converted and is ice cold and drives like you would expect, the engine and transmission have been removed, resealed and detailed, exhaust system is new. Here’s an opportunity on an example that’s extremely rare
