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10-06-2009, 10:32 PM
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Re: Nice 409!
Mark,
Perhaps you should go back and at least see if the 380 air cleaner got saved. They're impossible to find. I've documented many legit '62 409 blocks and believe it or not, about half of them are QAs. But today it's very rare to find a restored 380 car. It seems like today's hobby dictates that a 409 HAS to have 2x4s to get any respect. It's funny, but I guess it was the same way back then. The owner's father (who bought the car for him) wouldn't allow him to get the 2x4s and he got teased a lot that he didn't really have a 409 - he had a 380! So, without his father knowing, he took it to a different dealer in So. Jersey for the conversion.  Verne 
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10-06-2009, 10:59 PM
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Re: Nice 409!
VERY NICE cars Verne... I am jealous, the BLK over Red Ragtop has the patina I love, the Blue one looks nice enough to eat off the floors...
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10-07-2009, 01:13 AM
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Re: Nice 409!
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VERY NICE cars Verne... I am jealous, the BLK over Red Ragtop has the patina I love, the Blue one looks nice enough to eat off the floors... [/ QUOTE ] Thanks James, Actually I have to pinch myself sometimes when I think about the blue car. Rust free, complete original driveline (sans the 380 stuff) and full docs. I can't wait to get it back on the road. Health issues are unfortunately slowing the progress a lot. Verne 
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#4
10-07-2009, 12:57 AM
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Re: Nice 409!
Its the same story with Ford Q (410hp 4bbl) and R code(425hp 2x4bbl) 427's in '63/'64 Galaxies. Also '62/'63 B (385hp 4bbl) and G code (405hp 3x2bbl) cars. Single carbs just don't get any respect from folks when they expect multi carb setups on these cars. So owners/sellers often put the multi carb setups on. One thing is that most of these "special" multicarb intakes all got saved and put on shelves, even after the cars were blown up, wrecked or rusted away. Multi carb setups were cool enough to hang onto, while factory single 4bbl intakes weren't so lucky, no matter how good they worked.
The only thing sadder is all of the '70 SS396 Chevelles that get SS454 emblems because of the cubic inch envy of their owners..... 
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