A question about that sleek, black 1967 Chevy Impala

[agt_spooky]

I've been wracking my brain for an answer to this and coming up blank - has it ever been said on Supernatural exactly when John gave Dean the Impala?

Now for the purposes of a story that I'm in the process of writing (before dairwendan kills me!) it would be great if John gave it to Dean when he was about 19 or so, but I'm thinking by the clues I can recall in canon it was a lot later than that.

We know the Impala was Dean's by the time of the Pilot, since he was off on his own in New Orleans when John went missing. Then in Dead Man's Blood, John gets on Dean's case about the car, saying he wouldn't have given it to him if he wasn't going to take care of it. Making it seem like the car had only been Dean's sole responsibility for a short while.

And again in Dead Man's Blood, Dean seems surprised to see John's hidden weapon case, like perhaps John hadn't had Truckzilla for all that long and/or the case was a new addition.

(As an aside, I wonder what happened to poor Truckzilla, abandoned with four slashed tires in front of that warehouse. Seems a shame that all of John's weapons were probably impounded by the police when the truck was eventually towed away)

Ok, so am I being completely dense and there was an answer on the show? If not, when do YOU think John gave Dean the Impala?

Comments

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I don't think that giving Dean the Car meant that he got to hunt alone

I agree. John could've given the car to Dean in his teenage years simply because it would allow the boys transportation while John was off on a hunt for days at a time.

owever, remember when Dean had that time with Lisa? A few states for a few weeks, but it was mostly with Lisa? I totaly see him having that car then

You're the second person to mention that, and I'd totally forgotten about that line. But from that, yeah, I'd believe that the Impala was Dean's by then.

I'd say he probably got it around his 18th birthday.

That'd work for my story! :-)