By Shawn Henry 
A South Bay man is desperate for clues—and his cherry-red 1960 Chevy Impala ragtop—after thieves ripped the custom beauty right off his Imperial Beach driveway. Peter Ricciardo’s shelling out a whopping ten grand for safe return, banking on that unmistakable candy-apple-and-cream paint job to jog someone’s memory.
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This ain’t just some wheels. Ricciardo’s been obsessed since the Nixon era, watching his big bro tear up the streets in a powder-blue Impala back in the day. Took him half a lifetime, but in ‘22 he finally scored his dream ride at auction.
We’re talking showroom-glory here—348 V8 with triple carbs, factory AC (rarer than hen’s teeth), and a six-figure resto job that turned heads at every car meet from here to Tijuana. That swoopy two-tone silhouette? Wedding photographers and quinceañeras couldn’t get enough.
Cops are scrubbing grainy October 21st footage showing some lowlife yanking the cover, jimmying the lock, and muscle-pushing the beast down Calla Avenue before ghosting into darkness. Ricciardo’s been beating the pavement, hitting every chop shop within 50 miles, praying it surfaces needing parts or a paint touch-up. Sheriff’s deputies got bupkis so far.
Thing is, this car’s blood. Ricciardo planned to hand it down like some chrome-plated family Bible.
Anyone with information about the stolen 1960 Chevrolet Impala is urged to contact Crime Stoppers. Tipsters may qualify for an additional reward of up to $1,000.
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