Enter Manuel Diaz, and his meticulously built '62 Chevy SS convertible. Manuel is no stranger to the peaks and pits of car building, as this veteran lowrider ... of the Impala's work out of ...

It was around this region that he cruised down a local street and came across this '62 Chevy ... this Impala in the original style as much as possible, yet still have that distinct lowrider ...

An original, matching numbers '62 SS 409 ... Much of the Impala's appeal on the collectors' market is due to how the classic ...

Eileen Falkenberg-Hull leads the Autos team at Newsweek. She has written extensively about the auto industry for U.S. News & World Report, CarGurus, Trucks.com, AutomotiveMap, and American City ...