Short Story
Quick Specs
Short Story
You are looking at the Impostor. This 1965 Chevy Impala is not what it appears, it is a C6 Corvette in Impala wears. A 2009 Corvette was purchased brand-new from a Chevy dealership mere blocks away from Foose HQ. To make it all fit, the chassis of the Corvette was stretched over 7” and the Impala body was shortened a total of 14”.
Quick Specs
Owner
- Don and Elma Voth
Vehicle
- 1965 Chevy Impala on a 2009 Corvette
Build Specifications
Owner
- Don and Elma Voth
Vehicle
- 1965 Chevy Impala on a 2009 Corvette
Chassis
- Frame / Manufacturer: 2009 Corvette C6 stretched and modified / GM
- Rearend / Ratio: Stock
- Rear Suspension: C6 with monoleaf spring
- Rear Shocks: New
- Front Suspension: C6 with upgrades
- Front Shocks: Upgraded
- Steering: Stock
- Front Wheel Make, Size: Custom one-off Foose Design
- Rear Wheel Make, Size: Custom one-off Foose Design
- Front Tire Make, Size: Pirelli P-Zero
- Rear Tire Make, Size: Pirelli P-Zero
- Gas Tank: Custom
Engine
- Make: LS3 V8 with Magnuon Supercharger
- Exhaust: Magnaflow
Transmission
- Make: GM
- Shifter: Reworked C6 Six speed automatic
Body
- Body Style / Material: 1965 Chevy Impala / Steel
- Body Manufacturer: Chevy
- Body Mods: ’65 Impala Body on a 2009 Corvette Chassis; chassis stretched 8”, body shortened 14” (roof 8” shorter and 1.25” lower, additional taken out of the decklid and reworked rear quarters); new front and rear valances; exhaust ducts in front fender
- Grille: Custom Foose Design
- Paint type / Color: BASF Glasurit 90-Line custom two-tone mix / Impostor Pearl Dark and Impostor Pearl Light
- Painter: Tommy Marcotte / Freddy Valdez
- Headlights / Taillights: Custom aluminum bucket headlights / mid-60s Corvette modified rear taillights with custom bezels
- Bumpers: Custom
- Interior
- Handsculpted in clay mold with carbon fiber and epoxy parts
- Dashboard: C6 Corvette
- Air Conditioning: Stock
- Wiring: Stock
- Steering wheel: Stock
- Steering column: Stock
- Seats: Twin Corvette bucket seats
- Upholsterer: Lil John
- Material / Color: Leather
You are looking at the Impostor. This 1965 Chevy Impala is not what it appears, it is a C6 Corvette in Impala wears. A 2009 Corvette was purchased brand-new from a Chevy dealership mere blocks away from Foose HQ. To make it all fit, the chassis of the Corvette was stretched over 7” and the Impala body was shortened a total of 14”.
The theme for this build is “what if” Chevrolet’s Corvette studio modeled a muscle car in 1965 as well as the sports car we all know and love.
