Chevrolet’s ‘True Stories’ Follows a 1965 Impala SS Back to it’s Original Owner

Chevrolet True StoriesEvery Chevrolet has a story, and the 1965 Chevy Impala Super Sport that Herb Younger bought in the fall of 1964 has a story that continues today. Herb owned the car all the way up until the late ’80s, when hard times came along and he decided to sell the car to help ends meet.

A few years ago Herb’s sons, Jared and Derek came up with the idea to try to locate the car. They had no idea where the car was, or even if it still existed. They searched the internet using the VIN number and were able to find the car, but unfortunately they couldn’t get a response from the owner. The car went from Arizona to New York to Pennsylvania to Maine, and then my favorite part, “a group of Canadians came down, loaded it on a flatbed and drove it to Canada. At that moment I figured the car was gone forever. (seriously dude, if you check you’ll find most Canadians only live an hour from the US border)

They did one more search, and found the Chevy Impala SS for sale from the new owner in Montreal. Once they confirmed the VIN number they bought the car over the phone. What happens next involved a film crew hired by Chevrolet who pretended to be documenting three generations of the American family. While Herb played with his grandchildren in a park in Redondo Beach the car rolled up into view. Herb’s reaction, “Oh no, what the hell. Dear god, that’s my old Chevy”.

Herb’s story is the first of many that Chevrolet hopes will be shared on their Facebook page.

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Chevrolet Celebrates Centennial Online With Cool Cars and Pandora

Chevy 100On November 3, 1911 automotive engineer and racecar driver Louis Chevrolet cofounded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Now, 100 years later Chevrolet is set to celebrate it’s Centennial Anniversary including a digital program incorporating a microsite, Facebook and Pandora.

The site Chevy100.com asks the question ‘What’s the Greatest Chevy of All-Time” and features a bracket showdown of 16 Chevrolet classics including several Corvettes, Camaro, and Impala. Even the Volt managed to sneak into the sweet sixteen in what must have been a special write-in nomination from the marketing department. The voting is done by using Facebook ‘Likes’ with each vote being shared back to the user’s profile.

For those who are looking to find a party to celebrate the centennial with other car fans, the Chevrolet Facebook page features a searchable event calendar. If an event doesn’t exist in their area, a fan can create an event and add it to the calendar.

Music fans can listen a playlist of 100 songs that mention the Chevrolet brand on Pandora including ZZ Top ‘Chevrolet’ and even Billy Joel’s ‘Movin’ Out. (he’s tradin’ in his Chevy for a Cadillac-ac-ac-ac)

UPDATE Sept 25, 2011: The eventual winner was the 1969 Camaro, visit the Chevy100 site to see how the bracket competition worked out in each round.