Dan Gurney’s name permeates the history of American motorsports like perhaps none other. The smiling, blonde-haired hero who traded paint in machinery of all types and took checkered flags the world over holds an allure to car buffs that few other names can ever hope to. Gurney’s enterprising spirit and propensity to be fast in whatever he was piloting spawned enough stories and legends to fill entire websites, libraries, and television channels.
Today, we’re going to focus on one car in particular, with the help of none other than Tom Cotter, the Barn Find Hunter video crew, and a very, very special guest star: Justin Gurney, Dan’s son. The car in question: A blue and white 1961 Chevrolet Impala that, in true Gurney fashion, rolled off a boat in…