A 1974 Chevy Impala lowrider nicknamed “Glasshouse” won the Houston stop of the 2021 Hot Wheels Legends Tour last week and will now go on to compete in the Grand Prize Competition in Los Angeles later this year.
This head-turning show winner was built by lowrider enthusiast Javier Covarrubias. Based on a 1974 Chevy Impala coupe, “Glasshouse” features airbag suspension, hand-painted pinstriping and a glass moonroof that was cut out of an unnamed Lincoln vehicle. It rides on a set of 14-inch wire wheels wrapped in whitewall tires and also features shaved door handles, the front clip from a Chevy Caprice and an aftermarket digital dashboard display.
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Judges at the Houston leg of the Hot Wheels Legends Tour included Ted Wu, the vice president and global head of vehicle design at Mattel, as well as Bryan Benedict, the design director for the Hot Wheels and Matchbox brands. While Covarrubias‘ car was enough to impress Wu and Benedict in Houston, he’ll face stiffer competition in the next round of judging on October 28th. This next leg of the competition will see the Impala face off against the winners from all previous Hot Wheels Legends Tour stops this year, which includes a custom C6 Corvette with a Valarra body kit, along with a 1975 Opel Manta and 1929 Ford Model A. From there, the winner will go on to compete against finalists from around the globe before the overall global winner is chosen in late November.
As some readers may already know, the grand prize winner of the Hot Wheels Legends tour will have their car turned into a 1/64 scale Hot Wheels model. Last year’s grand prize winner was Riley Stair, who impressed judges with his motorsports-inspired 1970 Pontiac Trans Am that he built under a small carport tent in a side lot next to his parent’s house.
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Beautiful 😍
The 1974 Impala Custom Coupe was my first brand new car. It was a great safe road handler. But it’s 350 two bbl drank too much gas being smog burdened at 11 mpg hwy and it polluted worse than my 1960 Cadillac convertible with a tri-carb 390 and dual exhaust version averaging 18 mpg on the hwy. Both were test certified by the Shell Oil Co’s pollution testing campaign.
Hopeful Chevrolet will bring the Impala back.
Why it didn’t sell good.
Harvey A Ward Jr I had a 76 Impala with the same engine. I miss that car but, it got the same mileage as you say, discusting.
Forget the miles it’s all about HISTORY a Low Rider in Hot Wheels records, well don’t hate the player hate the GAME, peace….
Kind of reminds me of the Matchbox 1975 Caprice
A+ Should go into collaboration with DIXXON Flannel Co. for a special edition shirt on this ride.
Lol you wear there stuff to?
Is there anything else? Best threads on earth. DIXXON Flannel knows what they are doing.
Haha yup I got around 70 different flannels from them. I’m in Nashville so I’m excited they are opening up a store here soon
Impala’s of the sixties and seventies were Kings of the road. When GM was king of the Hill, before vicious internal politics and infighting did them in, and they lost their way into bankruptcy.