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George Schire · 2026-11-06T18:46:14Z

I added these two '65 Chevrolet Impalas that are 1:25 scale models to my parking lot. I found them at a Toy Flea Market at our local county Fair. Just sitting next to each other and they were the only 1:25 models on the table. All other toy items were tractors, dump trucks, fire engines, and some old brass models that were very limited to precisionly created. The vendor was asking $20 each for the two Chevy's and after I stared at them for a while, I left, and then came back, having decided I was going to buy them. Bravely though, I asked the vendor if he'd take $20 for BOTH of them. With a slight hesitation, he shrugged and said, "Yea, sure. No one else has shown interest in them". WOW! My lucky day! I gave him a $20 bill, he handed me a small bag to put the models in, and I left the table. Now of course they are not Mint quality in their workmanship, but they are nicely done and the big selling point is they are 1965's! None of the Mints ever bothered to give us a '65 Chevy in 1:24, so that's another reason I "needed" them. There are no visible markings on the models to indicate who produced them. But I like them and as you can see, they are replicated well for a cheap model.

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Topic starter 07/11/2026 7:57 am

Posted by: @kevins

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@georgeschire I wholeheartedly agree George, I’ve always thought that the ‘65 was the best looking full size Chevy of the sixties. As simple as it seems, one of the hooks for me are the individual round taillights.

For the sixties Chevrolets, my top 3 favorite styling years were (in this order) '62, '65, '61. And though we haven't talked here about the fifties Chevy's, my top 3 favorite styling years were (again in this order) '58, '59, '56. Overall I always thought Chevy was a style winner in both decades, but the 6 I mention were home runs for me.

George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota

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