1973 Chevrolet Impala

Needs much better pics.

https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/5614726675.html

 

Here are the options I can tell it has without contacting the seller:

Passenger-side mirror
Cornering lights
Roof Rack
Third-row seat (according to seller)
400 Engine (or whatever size it's properly called, I don't know about these things so well)

 

Cornering lights??

 

Cornering lights? Which corner?

 

I think they are referring to the marker lights in the bottom edges of the front fenders.

 

All '73 Impala/Caprice have that.

 

I have better sight when I'm cornering at night with my cornering lights.
I wondering if the dual curb feelers are a factory option?

 

Oh.

It's a bit easier to see in photo 2:

 

I know what you're talking about. Those aren't "cornering lights", they are side marker lights.

 

OK then... I'm just using whatever phrasing I heard and I didn't know that's what they're called, thanks.

 

If I may, cornering lights are the bright white lights - located roughly in the same spot as the front marker lights of the clamshell era design. They would only illuminate when the directional is activated with the headlights already on. If I have my Chevy Caprice history correct, these were not yet in existence until the box wagon design era came along; these were not offered on clamshell Chevys. So, when they were offered on the box wagons, the standard MARKER lights (amber) were moved to the upper corners near the headlights.

 

The cornering lights were an option on all GM clamshell wagons except Chevrolet - they only became optional on Chevrolet Caprice from 1980 on.

 

Actually looks pretty good, from what I can see. It won't have appreciable rust, living in that area, though the soft stuff like door seals and upholstery will likely be toast. Tempting. For the price, I could sell the goofy wheels and recoup my money. In this vintage, that 400 would likely (not guaranteed) be a small block. If it has lived this long, it is of the era where Chevy increased the radiator size. I worked for a dealer in those days ('70-'72, with a brief stint at the factory, right after the '70 strike was over), and I've seen these big wagons with AC and an automatic transmission come in for warranty work with blue torque converters, they got so hot. A two-row radiator in that environment was a big mistake.