|
Register | Album Gallery | Thread Gallery | FAQ | Community | Calendar | Become a Paid Member | Today's Posts | Search |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
||||
|
||||
'62 Impala #s 409/409hp
Beautiful car - what's not to love here. At $92,500, doesn't seem unreasonable if the engine is truly the born-with mill. Stamps look pretty fresh appearing, but I haven't seen enough of the early 409 decks to be able to compare with any credibility.
Link to 1962 Impala 409/409 eBay auction |
The Following 7 Users Say Thank You to scuncio For This Useful Post: | ||
bobm67 (04-10-2023), CC Rider (04-10-2023), dustinm (04-11-2023), dykstra (04-10-2023), olredalert (04-10-2023), RPOLS3 (04-10-2023), YenkoYS-199Stinger (04-10-2023) |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
A '62 409 4-speed car is on my bucket list. This one checks all the boxes for me.
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Tidmack For This Useful Post: | ||
60sStuff (04-11-2023) |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
I am reasonably sure that this is the same car that was for sale in Arizona a couple years ago. At that time it was for sale by the man that restored it. We talked in length and I am betting the car is a truly correct car and the motor is probably original to the car. The only thing I see is the exhaust from the factory had just one clamp in the system and that was the one on the back of the front muffler, the other joints were all welded from the factory. The VIN is to straight, they originally were stamped one digit at a time and never lined up on any of the known original stamped 409s that I have seen and owned. Great car!
|
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to mprice For This Useful Post: | ||
60sStuff (04-11-2023), Big Block Bill (04-11-2023), olredalert (04-10-2023), RPOLS3 (04-11-2023), scuncio (04-10-2023) |
#5
|
||||
|
||||
Engine stamp
|
The Following 4 Users Say Thank You to 1967Z28 For This Useful Post: | ||
#6
|
|||
|
|||
With thanks to the late Verne Frantz, who educated me when I was authenticating 348 and 409 cars years back, I am confident that is a decked and restamped block. Linear broach marks that replicate small block pad surfacing, is the tell. The ‘62 409 Bel Air I was inspecting also had linear broach marks, and Verne set it straight, saying that the 74 degree deck of the W motors made them not work on the 90 degree broaching machine, so the low production W motors were decked with a rotary tool that left circular marks on the pad. I’m attaching some (I believe) untouched W motor pads for reference.
|
The Following 7 Users Say Thank You to tom406 For This Useful Post: | ||
dustinm (04-11-2023), dykstra (04-11-2023), olredalert (04-11-2023), RPOLS3 (04-11-2023), scuncio (04-11-2023), SPEEDYB (04-17-2023), YenkoYS-199Stinger (04-11-2023) |
#7
|
||||
|
||||
409...
Quote:
Classic example of the knowledge this site brings to the hobby...Verne was a great contributor to all of us. -wilma
__________________
02 Berger 380hp #95 Lots of L78 Novas Join National Nostalgic Nova! 70 Orange Cooler 69 Camaro |
The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to WILMASBOYL78 For This Useful Post: | ||
chevyman0429 (04-13-2023), dykstra (04-11-2023), napa68 (04-15-2023), PeteLeathersac (04-12-2023), RPOLS3 (04-12-2023), ruralrte66 (04-12-2023) |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
At least one plant started getting things straight with serial numbers on 409s-this is a ‘63 340hp Los Angeles-built convertible that was owned by one family since 1968.
|
The Following 5 Users Say Thank You to tom406 For This Useful Post: | ||
bobm67 (04-13-2023), dustinm (04-12-2023), dykstra (04-12-2023), olredalert (04-12-2023), PeteLeathersac (04-14-2023) |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
A little off topic but could there ever be any reason for an very early 67 z engine to have circular cut on the block surface. I have one of the first 25 z blocks, it was cast in 66 it has the circular cut and a with a factory pad stamp. The car has not been found.. I've known the block for over 35 years. The font and style is dead on. I would bet everything I own on the block being legit.
Last edited by lowmile; 04-14-2023 at 06:18 PM. |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
A couple good pics of pad surface, and an example of the one-at-a-time serial number stamping.
|
The Following 9 Users Say Thank You to tom406 For This Useful Post: | ||
Big Block Bill (04-11-2023), BobSek (04-14-2023), dustinm (04-11-2023), dykstra (04-11-2023), jer (04-11-2023), olredalert (04-11-2023), RPOLS3 (04-11-2023), rts (04-11-2023), YenkoYS-199Stinger (04-11-2023) |
|
|