In 62 the 1747 indicated impala 2 dr. hardtop and 1847 indicated impala SS 2 dr hardtop .....or there is a bunch of wrong publishings. Also "this" car has the impala side trim and no SS markings????? So i am VERY confused. I know you are a 62 man Paul, so what gives? I don't see anywhere that it is presented as "original"
first the VIN does not tell you if car was a SS from 1961 to 1963.
In 1964 GM changed all 1964 VIN‘s to 41447 for all SS hardtops and 41467 for SS convertibles
This is the list of resources for VIN & Cowl tag information that I use.
This forum ( under Home) has a VIN decoder that clearly states that 11747, 21747, 31747 and 41747 are all factory 6 cylinder 2 door hardtops from 1961 to 1964.
The Late Great Chevy club 1958-1964 Information Data that they published ( copyright 1989) clearly lists 6 cylinder models in hardtops in 1747 models ( 6 cylinder 2 door hardtop models)
Chevrolet by the Numbers 1960-1964 by Alan Colvin ( sold by Chevy dealers and other sources )also has 6 cylinder models using 1747 models ( 6 cylinder 2 door hardtop models)
Any 62 ( or 63 or 64 ) can have SS items added to a impala bench seat model. The gold 62 in question here had only SS trim added ( buy buying SS trim with the metal SS inserts or adding metal SS inserts to painted 62 impala side trim)
The SS trunk panels can be purchased and installed and was on the 62 gold impala
The 1962 gold impala is missing a number of factory 1962 SS items ( SS emblems, buckets, SS dash trim etc ) The Cowl tag on the gold 1962 Impala clearly indicates that GM produced it as a bench seat gold interior Impala trim # 892 on cowl tag.
Paul