Why are there sum old cars missing ?

it's funny my dad and i were talking about that the other day he said back in the early to mid 60's you couldnt give away a 58 chevy

 

Ford went with the unabody and thats what rusted out first. In the 60's we called the cars three year throw away cars.

 

There is a 1958 Caddy two door sitting under car port less than two miles from my house it is probably for sale! Looks like he took it a part for paint.

 

I have to admit that I like it, too! Didn't Ford outsell Chevrolet in '57? I've heard that somewhere.

 

I have heard that as well .Something like this "while everyone else was selling safety in 1957 ,Ford was selling cars ".An old timer told me that .Not sure how true it is though since i wasnt born for 16 more years ,lol...

 

I know where all the 58 Impalas went...well not all but a lot. There is a collector here in MA, and I work for him restoring his cars. He has about 150 58 Chevy cars behind his shop, mostly Impalas, about 17 Convertibles, 50+ 2 door HT, and the rest are either 2 or 4 door biscaynes, be air's, Del Ray's, and he has a couple long roofs, one is a Nomad. Inside the shop and almost complete, is two convertible's one performance red on red with a white top, and one turgoise conv. and a black HT. All three have almost every option available on an Impala, 348 tri-power, power everything, rear seat speakers and p-side speaker knob, autronic eyes, etc... These are 100 point cars. The Impala's had some great available options, I was amazed at what was available. One options was air ride, smokeless ash tray (vacuumed it out to a canister in the engine bay along with the ashes.
He also has a ton of 59-61 Impalas as well.

 

Ford did outsell Chevrolet in 1957, mainly due to the fact that the '57 Chevy was a third year facelift while the Ford was all new.

Ford was the company selling safety the previous year, in 1956, with dished steering wheels, break-away rear view mirrors, crashproof door locks standard; padded dash and sunvisors cost $16 extra, and factory-installed seatbelts cost $9. But the public wasn't interested, and Ford failed to catch Chevrolet that year