'63 Impala, 409/425hp, Black on Red, Ex Reggie Jackson Collection

[scuncio]

Not sure what to make of the engine stamp, but the trim tag looks real and calls out the factory 4-speed option. Beautiful car for sure, and I believe the claim that there's been $100k+ invested into the restoration.

Link to 1963 Impala 409/425hp auction (https://ebay.to/2QDtCDf)

https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/cmc/1/439/30824/1920x1440/1963-chevrolet-impala

https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/cmc/1/439/30808/1920x1440/1963-chevrolet-impala

https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/cmc/1/439/30827/1920x1440/1963-chevrolet-impala

[Hotrodpaul]

Looks like someone tried to duplicate the broach marks with a hand scraper or chisel, appears to be restamped too.

[L78M22Rag]

That’s the worst attempt at faking broach marks that I’ve seen.

[SuperNovaSS]

Wow.

[MosportGreen66]

That’s the worst attempt at faking broach marks that I’ve seen.

What Helmut said.

[chevelleheart]

LOL , reminds me of the bottom section of my old screen door, when we use to own dogs,...all scratched all up from wanting outside ...yea that’s pretty brutal

[markjohnson]

Interior has been changed from black originally to the current red guts.

[427TJ]

Great stance!

[MYSTERYCHEVELLE]

More Sad is the fact that someone will buy it without knowing any better :(

[BOWTIE67327]

no 7000 RPM tach???

[Steve Shauger]

What Helmut said.


Obviously someone scraped and damaged the pad. I believe the 409 did not have the traditional small/ big blocks, fore-aft broach marks, although there were circular machine markings. Hopefully a 409 guru can shed some light...

[tom406]

That is pretty sad, scratching lines with an awl or something. I went through this with Verne a couple years ago. Apparently the relatively small volumes of 348/409 engines didn't justify the expense of the big planing machine that did that operation for the small blocks (and later big blocks). Thus production used a rotary machining operation for preparing the 74 degree deck surface of the W motors.

[big gear head]

Looks like that would be easy to copy.

[tom406]

I’m not sure-they look kinda like regular broach marks where none of the lines intersect. You’d have to use a very large diameter, uniform grinding surface that came down on the surface flat and didn’t move laterally.

[big gear head]

A friend of mine has a machine that is used for resurfacing heads and blocks that makes the same pattern when it cuts. It has a large wheel with carbide inserts. It made that same pattern on my heads when we cut them.

[scuncio]

This one is back on the block for $53k - in the link below.

Link to 1963 Impala auction (https://ebay.to/2krMREk)

https://cdn.dealeraccelerate.com/cmc/1/439/30767/1920x1440/1963-chevrolet-impala

[MYSTERYCHEVELLE]

West Chester. My Alma Mater and still only 25 mins away :)