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Default 67 Impala SS396 3 speed on the column?

168677J254878 VIN

Cowl tag

05B
67 16867 JAN 1101
TR 844 B F1 PAINT
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Doing this for a friend, says its an Impala Convertible SS 396 with three on the tree??
PS, PB no a/c

Was there ever such a combination? If so, any idea on how many where made?

I think I have the tag decoded, just wondering about how rare this beast is.
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Default Re: 67 Impala SS396 3 speed on the column?

I'll bet that was the default set up for that car and probably more common than you think. Options would then be th400 or Muncie 4 speeds.
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Model 16867 2 Dr SS Conv
8504 US 43 Canada total 8547

total big car

L-35 396" 61945
3 spd - 117318
PB - 343284
PS - 925000
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Default Re: 67 Impala SS396 3 speed on the column?

The General did some strange things that make you scratch your head....

I recently looked at a '66 Caprice with a 3-on-the-tree and console gauges. Buckets and console, but the console plate was smooth where the shifter would have been. Can't have been many of those either!

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Default Re: 67 Impala SS396 3 speed on the column?

VERY, VERY rare indeed. I have only ever seen one for sale and one in a car. At one time I had the blank top plate and have no idea where it went. I also had a flat console end plate vs the triangular one used when I believe you ordered the 8-track or Multiplex unit. Maybe during the move it will show up.....
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Default Re: 67 Impala SS396 3 speed on the column?

I always wondered if it would be possible to order a console without ordering a floor shift. Was this exclusive to the 66 Caprice/Impala 3 speed stick, or could it be had with an automatic column shift too? Were gauges mandatory, or would it have also been possible to order a console with absolutely nothing on it but 2 blank plates? (that would be even weirder looking!) Any other Chevy's offered this way, or was it a 1966 only thing? Pretty sure the 69 Camaro ordering info specifically states that a console is only available with a floor shift, but I'm just going by memory on that... I do know a 3 speed manual column shift was standard.
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Default Re: 67 Impala SS396 3 speed on the column?

The old bachelor that lives up the street has a 65 SS 3 on the tree, with the short console, and buckets. He bought it new. Story goes he didn't want to spend the extra 15 bucks to put it on the floor. He just got a hot water heater about 10 years ago. Inside of the house looks like 1950.
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I used to own a '69 Impala Super Sport 427/390 with 3 on the tree, bucket seats, and a factory shifter delete plate in the console......still have a copy of the build sheet.

It was brown, and my wife nicknamed it "the log".
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Default Re: 67 Impala SS396 3 speed on the column?

66 and 67 Fairlane XL's all came with consoles but a three speed stick was column shifted. They had a blank console too. The Fairlane GT console was an option and they made some of them three on the tree with a 390.

That's what makes 60's cars great. You can get things like 4 speed wagons and manual steering on full size cars.
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Default Re: 67 Impala SS396 3 speed on the column?

Same with the 1966 Charger.

However, while it does seem unusual, 3-on-the-tree was pretty much standard fare for most cars in the 1960s, so we shouldn't be surprised some cars exist like this.
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