'64 Chevrolet Impala

heavenbound

Does anyone know difference's between these two cars between 1963 to 1965. My father owned one. I was born in 1965 and it is the only car he owned between 1965 to 1975 when he died. I would like to find just general information on the differences and figure out what year it was. Thanks for help and info.

badgerpaul

The Impala was the top of the line and the Biscayne was the bottom of the line, with the
Bel Air in between.
Externally you could tell the difference between them, the Impala had three tail lights per side with the backup light in the middle, the Bel Air and Biscayne had only two tail lights per side.
The Impala had the most external trim, the Bel Air less and the Biscayne was rather bare.
Inside the Impala was dressed up inside, with a deluxe steering wheel, chrome trim on the dash etc.

heavenbound

Thanks for the info. Can anyone tell me about the exact tail lights description for 1963-1965. I now that may help determine the year. My dad's biscayne had the two tail lights per side and the inside one's were white/clear. Thanks!

badgerpaul

For years 63-65, the tail lights were round. The one with the white lens were the backup lights, although I think the backup lights were optional on the Bel Air and Biscayne for 63 and maybe 64.
In '63 and '64 the tail lights were set in a cove like part of the trunk lid. For '65 the tail lights were mounted higher up on the trunk lid.

heavenbound

Thanks very much for the info. Now I will go find my pictures to figure out what year it was.

isellhondas

We used to remove the back up light lens on the Impalas and replace it with a red one.

And we would wire them up so we had three red lights on both sides. Gave the car a much nicer look.

And, who needed back up lights anyway!

badgerpaul

I did kind of like them with all red lights. I had a friend who would move the back up lights around, sometimes in the middle, sometimes at the end and occasionally in the middle on one side and on the end on the other. He kept it up until he rounded off the phillips head slot on the lens and was stuck with what he had.