Charles Phoenix JOYRIDE - 1962 CHEVROLET IMPALA

SURVIVOR CLASS is the class of classic cars that I cherish the most !!! … and when it’s an
ICONIC make and model like a CHEVROLET IMPALA that makes it even better !!! … This 1962
Impala is a RARE find … driven just 42K miles … has factory paint and interior … and that … is
nothing less than a true MIRACLE … so sit back, relax and enjoy the JOYRIDE!

[@glynngreenwood8788]

So glad you’re back with Joyride Charles, please keep ‘em coming. Love the rolling review and the individual features close ups. What a stunning car. Thank you!

[@nageeb96]

i am growing green with envy. behold the Glory.

[@falsehero2001]

It’s so minty that just watching it gave me fresh breath.

[@cristianabarsuglia629]

😄😄😄"How minty is it?"

[@ValdezJu]

@@cristianabarsuglia629 It's like 2, 2 mints in one!

[@choward5430]

My dad had a '63 Impala Ermine white red interior. One summer day, my mom took her four kids to pick up my dad from work. In her haste to get us all out, etc., she left the keys in the ignition. When we returned to the car, it was gone! We walked back towards my dad and we saw his car stopped at a light. He ran after it but the light turned green and the guy turned the corner. He did it so fast he lost control and ran into a house! He was 14 years old! My dad got it back but he didn't want it. So he traded it for a 1966 Buick WIldcat.

[@musk4mars116]

Spectacular '62 Impala.

[@FoxeemaTV]

hey great old car..glad you are back on youtube as i dont watch videos on facebook...

[@christopherkraft1327]

Wow, what a stunning survivor Impala!!!! I love those convertible hardtops!!! This beautiful Impala is museum quality for sure!! 👍👍

[@nlpnt]

To each his own, I like the post sedan roofline or the 4-door hardtop on these better. Crisper roof line, bigger back window, more in keeping with the rest of the car.

[@craigadams4143]

All that attention to detail is a lost art and it ain't ever coming back....such a well preserved yet functional instrument...✅🎯🙌👀👁️👁️💋❤️

[@bozodog428]

A real beauty and I love that it has the optional 327.

[@Markybug-Keira-Cody]

Beautiful green machine 😎

[@ronlynch7744]

Behold the rareness. Wow, to survive 60 yrs and still look brand spanking new. CP can find the best of the best. 😎👍🇨🇦

[@armedinbama]

Absolutely charming! They're only original once... 👍

[@paulbennell3313]

Gorgeous car in phenomenal condition!

[@philipstreechon4523]

I KNOW WOW

[@laserwizard2]

Charle's videos are always FABULOUS!

[@rpeterson223]

What a beauty, showcasing these classic cars are a real treat…..like your drama, adds fun and smiles.

[@cjdesign5700]

Many thanks Charles! They are only original once.

[@RBAILEY57]

It could be the nicest one left! The cherry on top is the growl of that 327. Thanks, Charles. I love your videos.

[@retroseventy]

It is Immaculate! What a survivor!! They just don't make cars like that anymore!!! One of the first jobs I ever had was working a Chevrolet used car lot in 1967 and boy can I remember all of the Impala's. What a memory! Thank You Charles!!

[@johnnyace1954]

Awesome 62 Impala. A time capsule. Color is phenomenal

[@redirad7732]

Behold the glory! Thanks, Charles! -RediRad Matt

[@michaeltaylor1603]

Lovely color, Lovely lines, just the right amount of chrome & aluminum. Great video Charles!

[@craigcoe5332]

I don't know what it is, but car guys just get it. Those old cars just are getting better every year. Thanks Charles.

[@vinnybobby4015]

Charles your voice is so freaking awesome. It brings back memories of watching old TV game shows. Please keep making those videos.

[@nickbruni8041]

Wow !!! One helluva cruzer !! One helluva video !! 🤘🏼🥃

[@bobleroy1924]

My 1st car was a 66 impala. Love them

[@wrm3016]

Watching video's like this only makes me cry! I had a '62 Super sport w/327 auto & factory air back in HS of 72-73. Mine was white with blue interior! Sooooo sweet! Still mad for selling it. :-(

[@tonycolca2241]

Really enjoyed the ride i have a 61 i absolutely love

[@janetyurkin822]

What a gem! When quality was job #1. Back then people with some mechanical ability could repair them. 👏👏👍👍

[@jonathan_nc]

Charles, you brought back memories of my great aunt and uncle's 1962 Bel-Air in surf green. It was also a survivor and survived them. An anachronism even 40 years ago when we bought it from the estate and I got to drive it and have my own joyride. It had a 283 and PowerGlide and a rear antenna. I can hear that PowerGlide whirr on this car too, when you put it in park. Like a cat purring.

[@new2000car]

That whirring powerglide was a strangely unflattering sound to me. The car (any gm powerglide back then) a nice sound, good exhaust sound, maybe some valve tapping, when it is pulling into the driveway. Then the driver puts it in park and it’s all over, like a macho guy with a little girl’s voice. I never understood how that high pitched whirring was allowed (of course I was 4 or 5 at the time)

[@jonathan_nc]

@@new2000car My Aunt Betty's 1953 Chevy 210 made that same whirring sound and so did my friend's 1966 Impala, so I was always aware of it. It was just the "Chevrolet sound" to me. I was also a car nut as a kid and it's amazing what kids pick up on. Cars back then were so unique and their starters had different sounds.

[@new2000car]

@@jonathan_nc wow it makes sense that your aunt’s 53 210 made the same sound. I remember Chrysler cars made a similar whirring sound when slowing down for a light. As the car slowed to a stop, the transmission shifted itself down to first gear. The whir lasted for 2 or 3 seconds. Then it stopped. It never did this when shifting to park. I wonder why the difference?

[@gojoe2833]

I have the whirring on my 66 Corvair Monza's Powerglide and I love it...

[@ROXSTARCorvette4371]

Thank you so much for sharing your joy and happiness!

[@bretluyet1896]

the 1962 impala was my first car,i payed 250 bucks for it 80000 miles had the 283 powerglide was a joy of a car i have a soft spot for these,mine ended up getting destroyed when a drunk driver rear ended me,i still miss that car,i was 16 then im 59 now

[@mikereitz1245]

Where ya been?? Glad to see your videos are coming back to us. I know! Great great great! thank you, Charles!

[@peterselten500]

Love the car so great to see a survivor in mint condition thanks charles

[@asteverino8569]

Fab U lous example of original Impala! Thanks

[@keithglenn7155]

I love it! My grandpa had a SS in the Surf Green inside and out. It had buckets and console, but column shifter. Floor shifter came in '63. 😍

[@tombarb2864]

Very nice……great condition. Love your videos !

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

Such a big car. And such a small Master Cylinder.

[@davidm2778]

Nice car.....

[@josephconsoli4128]

The '62 was particularly beautiful model. Not as rounded as the '61 or boxy as the '63. The color is very unique. I love green tones from this era. Very "cool" looking. Just beautiful.

[@bk14nyc]

Beautiful Chevrolet Charles! Only one thing, PLEASE get rid of those awfully wrong Tail Pipes! They were supposed to come out a little bit behind the rear wheels in 1962! 👍👍👍

[@novawagon1965]

Your right but I dig the 62 anyway.

[@LeSiZmOr]

Good stuff CP! The same year I rolled off the assembly line as well. '62 was a very good year indeed.

[@Porsche996driver]

Love it! Great colors - I knooooooowwww!! ✅

[@michaelwhite2823]

I can feel the Dinah Shore coming out in you. MORE.

[@robertknapp7612]

Thanks for sharing this gorgeous Impala. My Dad bought a ‘62 Impala in gold. It was my job, when I was home during the summer from college, to wash and wax the beauty, including polishing the bright work with chrome polish. Maybe I learned my love of cars making that “ingot of gold” shine and gleam. I learned to drive using that car. I never fully appreciated how the designers built in so much eye candy… it was “just” transportation (but never, never abused). You brought back 61 yrs worth of memories. Many thanks, again.

[@2packs4sure]

That thing is beautiful,, you can always tell an original because that front end is riding low and that's the way I would keep it !! I had a 62' Bonneville and it stance was exactly the same as that. I met up met a dude with a 62' Catalina with all new springs and it sat like a 4X4,, it looked ridiculous,, he said it rode like a tank as well...

[@sadame1414]

I'm loving that 62 !! The color . The interior. The dash . BEAUTIFUL

[@OldCarAlley]

What a beautiful automobile! See the USA in a Chevrolet.

[@chrisjeffries2322]

My favorite with, Jet Smooth Ride for 62!

[@devonvictor3210]

Beautiful!!!

[@gene978]

Just Amazing

[@mikebojtor]

Breathtaking wish I could afford to have one beautiful automobile or as we say nowadays car 😢

[@salvador1800]

I love you're voice Mr P.❤️

[@chuckw1021]

My 1962 Chevy was white with red interior . 3 speed stick schiff on the column . Drove it across the country in the 70's. Loved that car.

[@genericwhitemale1114]

I just inherited a blue 62 with blue interior from my grandfather. Completely original until I got ahold of it. The wiring almost caught fire so I had to change the generator to an altenator. 3 on the tree just like yours. I love it! It's showing its age but with a gental bath and some spray on wax the paint looks amazing. The inside is a bit nasty looking. Too much for me to handle so I'm going to get it cleaned.

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

Beautiful 62 Chev. I love these in original condition. And that 327 sounds so sexy

[@KoHoSo65]

This might be the best Survivor Class you've shown since that late 50's green Mercury you posted on Facebook a few years ago.

[@shiftintohigh5564]

I know right? Ditched the bubble top for faux convt hard top. A spectacular time in automobiles. As only Charles can present. 👍👍😎🇺🇸.

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

The bubbletop was still available on the Bel-Air in '62 .

[@shiftintohigh5564]

@@bobbrinkerhoff3592 Very cool intel. Thank you for that👍👍😎🇺🇸

[@xrmerkur]

longtime awaited classic car review, golden as always.

[@jakespeed63]

Glamorous indeed!!! Such fantastic value when you bought one of these. It nowonder they sold so many NOTHING today compares to this in style or price point. Thanks for sharing JT: Orlando Florida ( Nadeem’s buddy)

[@davidnaquin6914]

Car is still sharp looking

[@farmhand6524]

And the 327ci 300h was no joke as many know...

[@audieconrad8995]

The condition of this car is beyond stunning.

[@jjkerwin4677]

Charles is the best. My dad had a maroon '62 with the 283 c.i. engine. I remember sitting in the child seat that literally hung over the beautiful bench seat of that car! Imagine a car seat that rests, not even strapped in!!

[@brendakrieger7000]

Very cool💚

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Beautiful Impala!!!

[@johncaballero8013]

Absolutely gorgeous machine! '62 Chevy Impalas are one of my favorites in the classic cars world! Love this car! :)

[@craigjorgensen4637]

A couple of flags. The dull lower paint sure looks like a repaint. Has a non stock exhaust. Stance is off especially in front. Either badly sagged springs or it’s been lowered a bit. Engine paint looks red instead of Chevy orange. 42,000 miles? I would want to see a paper trail to verify. STILL, a very, VERY nice example of a 62 Impala! Very desirable!

[@dcformee123]

Hi Charles I love the joyride that you do on such beautiful days with such beautiful cars but I was going to tell you I was looking at this Impala 62 light green you're showing and I think the guy needs to put some new coil springs in the front she's sitting kind of low? And they will sag after all them years to even though it has low miles it's been sitting on those springs for all those years so it's just a suggestion but if you look at it you'll see what I mean she seemed a little low on the front thank you

[@robgrear1142]

Gorgeous Impala…love that shade of green. Thanks, Charles.

[@user-ot2bk5kh8y]

beautiful car

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

Dash and glove box reminds me of my 61 Buick Le Sabre. Sedan

[@guydicarlo]

Love your videos.... Thank you for your work to showcase these iconic cars. Bravo!

[@auntbarbara5576]

My 3rd or 2nd ex-husband had one. Beautiful car deary. Aunt Barbara adores you! 😚

[@MrBluoct]

“… in your grandmother’s handwriting…. “ Classic

[@mdcbert]

Oh! It’s got Good Blap! Johnny Agnew’s Econoline Van had really good blap when I test drove it for him…🤗

[@johnnyace1954]

Awesome 62 Impala

[@francispotter5300]

Thanks what a beautiful chev good ol American made , another great video , Doug 😎

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

Love the Color 👀😎

[@jonboy9912]

Just discovered your work on KZbin and love it. Thanks for brightening up a grey day in London England. We have been waiting to get back to Naples Florida and Palm Springs California for 2 years and are in real need of our "fix". We love all things mid century America and really enjoy your homes and cars content. Also love your classy and enthusiastic presentations! We love America and are counting down the days to visit 34 days and counting!!!

[@dugwthree]

nice clean design. i like it

[@steves9905]

luv this...good memories. my great aunt and uncle bought a new '62 Impala Sport Sedan - 4 door hardtop - with every option except air, turquoise with white top and turquoise interior. had twin radio antennae on the rear, power everything, and a 327 4 barrel. one day my sister and i amused ourselves - we were around 5 or 6 years - by playing with the power windows and seat all afternoon...we'd never seen anything like that before. ran the battery down and then everyone was wondering why this nice car wouldn't start...my sister and I were like 'I don't know!"

[@andrewromano3105]

Nothing like an original car the mileage is perfect I want to buy it and I just want to tell you the color that is truly original is an awesome color many have made that a street rod but kept that color

[@aaronwilliams6989]

Sharp!

[@kayeninetwo3585]

BEAUTIFUL car, Charles! This Impala reminds me of two different cars: 1) My oldest brother's '62 white two door hardtop Impala that he bought in 1968 (for $500) and...2) my friend's dad's mint '63 two door hardtop Impala that I admired back when I was a teenager. Both were very original and in excellent condition. There's only one thing wrong with these old Chevy's of the early 1960's: they're too expensive in today's vintage market (i.e., I can't afford one :( ) Other than that, they're wonderful.

[@frankmartinez4856]

Hope you get to review the 1959- 60 Impala Vista four dr. H/T!

[@mdcbert]

Hit that switch!!!!

[@camlendrim7609]

Charles, you missed commenting on the round interior lights on the inside rear pillars instead of the typical central overhead location. Love the channel. Thanks

[@johnnyace1954]

Awesome!!

[@M1Ascoutsquad45]

My favorite stock Chevy color

[@dennisleporte2327]

Love me the Blue Bow Ties. Did you know Jimmy Durante came up with that badge?

[@kennixox262]

All you need is Dinah Shore in a swooping ball gown singing the praises of Chevrolet.

[@danr1920]

Charlie needs to review a 60-64 Corvair, and a 65-69 if that isn't too new, I own a '65. Also love theses reviews. So much personality. 😎

[@new2000car]

Hey Charles, great video! Is there any way you could show the cars starting from a cold start? I miss those retro sounds! All classic car reviewers always cue us viewers in after it’s already running, as if by magic. But you Charles can give us MORE (please!)

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

Those rear window fake vents they have them on a 62 Pontiac as well Lemans. Those front turn signals are designed just like a 63 Studebaker and a checker same design also on a 70 to 73 Ford F5 50 truck Cabover same design

[@markmaiello9180]

The ‘62 was a great design - no doubt. It’s leaning more modern but still has a few 50s nods like the fender ornaments. 3 highlights for me: that ultra cool steering wheel, the flared dash & the large aluminum surround on the taillights. My next favorite: the ‘68. But this baby has the design goods. And a big engine. Needs a/c but I wouldn’t do it. Too much of a classic.

[@danielulz1640]

Chevrolet offered dealer-installed under-dash air conditioning and it could be added while keeping everything period Correct.

[@rja3226]

My parents bought a new 62 Chevy Biscayne Wagon for $ 2249.00. I learned to drive in that huge Beach Wagon.

[@ziozioman2855]

Great video...I assume it was equipped with the powerglide transmission...as it sounded when placed into park....

[@turbo8454]

Beautiful car. Only change I would make it the tailpipes. Have them angle out from behind the rear tires as original.

[@davidallen5776]

I still have yet to find a real good one!

[@gigi7778]

Hi Charles!!! Where do you find these gems? I know you know but we need to know:)