Marc's (67belair427) 62 Belair 409!

[Xplantdad]

After searching for a couple of years for a nice 62 Bubbletop 409 , I finally gave up and bought a 65 Corvette coupe. The year was 1997, and after a year of enjoying the Corvette I spotted an on-line ad for an Ermine white 62 Belair Sport Coupe in Salt Lake City. After some third party inspections and conversation the owner and I agreed to an even trade.I finally had the "four speed dual quad positraction 409" that I had wanted from the beginning.


The car is an original 1637 V8 car, and features heater and radio delete, with no power steering or brakes. Even the optional drivers side mirror is absent. If it didn't get the car down the quarter mile quicker it wasn't ordered. A 4:56 posi rear end has made a set of M+H Cheater slicks the next day two addition to the Jardine Headers now on the car.


The car is a great contrast to any modern vehicle that does everything for the driver. This one demands your complete attention once you turn the key. And when you have it pointed in the right direction it only does one thing for you. It puts a big smile on your face. As the song says, "she's real fine..."

Marc


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[Xplantdad]

More...since the new site only limits me to ten photos (Rob, can this be fixed? <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif)









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The car arriving!


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Some older photos!


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[MosportGreen66]

Very nice Marc, congrats!

[300deluxeL79]

love it QB409 <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif congrats on finding a plain jane!

[markjohnson]

My favorite automobile of all time and arguably the prettiest car of the Sixties! I owned a '62 Bel Air Sport Coupe for 10 years but if I had another one of these along with a 1963-67 Corvette Coupe in my garage, I would never pick up another Hemmings or any other Auto Trader ever again! The '62 Bel Air Sport Coupe was a pillar-less model that had been around since 1955 when it was the top-of-the-line model and ended after the 1962 model year. The Bel Air name lived on in 1963 and later years but only in sedan/post form now and the hardtop model was gone forever.

[x Baldwin Motion]

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gifreal fine !! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif

[mockingbird812]

Wow Marc, what a beauty! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif

[CC Rider]

Very nice! Great pics too.

[Bill Pritchard]

Hoooo, boy, that is a beaut!

[RPOLS3]

Love it!

[dykstra]

Way Cool!!

[Postsedan]

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Dan

[ORIGLS6]

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif No PS, no PB, no heater, no radio, lousy shifter, bias ply tires, rode like crap, handled like an elephant on roller skates, nimble as a wagon load of bricks, ..................... God I loved those cars!!!!!!!

Couldn't be better!!!!!!!!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[RPOLS3]

You're not kidding Dennis - I drove Dad's 409 again this past weekend - with new radials, power steering and brakes, and a Hurst shifter, and it was still a handful unless going straight. How on earth anyone drove these cars fast back in the day is beyond me.

[luzl78]

look at the lines on that car! 18 year old kids in their hopped up hondas with the farting beer keg exhaust would even appreciate the look of this beauty, i hope.

[TDW]

Killer car Marc.

[scuncio]

Very nice Marc....

[PeteLeathersac]

What a sweet piece!!!

Regardless of straight line performance, pulling gears while driving sideways and whole feel of controlling the monster is what I like and miss most about these cars..

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[Zach Carter]

Awesome car Marc!

[GM-26]

I'd be so proud to own it!

[WILMASBOYL78]

Very nice...any idea what 1/4 mile times it turned in those photos.??

wilma

[67BelAir427]

Thanks to everyone for all the favorable comments. Tom, we went to the track on a Friday night with the repop Silvertowns on the car, and traction was a big issue. The best pass was a 14.20 at 101 MPH with a short time of 2.30. This was with me granny shifting. On the next pass I got the launch sorted out a little better and had a 2.0 short, and for every tenth in short you will shave 2 tenths off your ET, so I gave up on shifting like granny and was banging gears hell bent on seeing a high 13 second timeslip on stock tires and full exhaust. I think it was about 3/4 track and I made the 3-4 shift and suddenly there was complete silence. Someone(not me) had used grade 2 bolts on the timing gear, which let go and resulted in a couple of bent valves. Woulda, shoulda, coulda counts for nada when you are racing, but it sure felt like it was a high 13 second car. And the MPH was enough to put it there. Sorry I turned the answer to your question into a pale imitation of a &quot;Cousin Eddy&quot; story! (They are way more interesting)

Two weeks ago we went to the Gasser Reunion in Thompson Ohio. Over 40 409 cars there, some running in the nines. A friend of mine with a stroker 409 in an otherwise stock bodied 62 was running 12:40's at 115 MPH. Got to meet and talk with Doug Marion, Bill Burge(The Living Legend Z11) and the man himself, Hayden Proffett. Hayden is sharp as a tack at 85 and was willing to talk about racing for as long as you wanted. To hear those stories first hand was a real treat. Not to high jack my own thread, but hear are some shots from that event.
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[67BelAir427]

Someone with better pictures than mine from Thompson Ohio...

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/slideshow/23283268

[Xplantdad]

Thank you Marc for sharing your &quot;So Cool&quot; 409 car and pictures with all of us! I really like the roof line on these cars...and there is nothing better than those w shaped valve covers under the hood!
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[1969L78Nova]

Marc,

Saw the 409 at Waterdown on Canada Day!.....AWESOME WHEELS!!!!!

Congrats on the WIN !!!!!

Martin

[bigjake]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: PeteLeathersac</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What a sweet piece!!!

Regardless of straight line performance, pulling gears while driving sideways and whole feel of controlling the monster is what I like and miss most about these cars..

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We had the 409 sideways at 100 mph on Rt. 41 one Saturday night. Eddy was racing a 421 Pontiac, and he never lifted, and it all seemed quite normal! When we got back to the Pie Pan drive in, the Pontiac driver said Eddy was insane!


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[PeteLeathersac]

Sounds right on to me Jake!!!
I feel sorry for today's FWD kids as few will ever be lucky enough to get the wheel time and feel of how old V8 RWD beasts love to be thrashed!.
The simple fun things many of us here were experiencing daily in yesterday's world like driving sideways, powersliding through every corner and meeting up w/ friends for some back road racing now results w/ instant licence suspensions and vehicles impounded also cops treating you like a common criminals!.
Mankind and progress, I don't think so!!!

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