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1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409 Original Owner!

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Condition: Used
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Impala
SubModel: SS
Type: Coupe
Trim: SS
Doors: 2
Year: 1962
Mileage: 38,000
Color: Red
Engine size: 409
Number of cylinders: 8
Transmission: Automatic
Drive type: RWD
Interior color: Red
Vehicle Title: Clear

1962 Chevrolet Impala SS Description

I am selling this vehicle for my Dad. He bought it brand new in 1962 and has been the sole owner of this vehicle. Red exterior, red interior. This is all original (numbers matching) and has had a frame off restoration a few years ago. This is mint. It has a 409/409hp engine and also has a spare engine which is installed in it currently (1963 409/340hp). 38,500 miles...yes that is correct...VERY low miles (that is on the original engine/body).
4 speed manual transmission, 4.56 ratio positraction (this was a special order option my Dad had ordered for racing 1/4 mile). Bored .030 over.
This 1962 car and engine combination is the exact song the Beach Boys sang about...She's real fine my 409...my four speed, dual quad, positraction 409!!!
It has won several awards at car shows. But now the car is ready to find a new home.
Additional notes when answering some previous questions:
My Dad just gave me the box of folders on the car this past weekend which has a bunch of pics of the restoration, etc. We still have the window paper and purchase transaction information as well. Again we are the originals owners of the vehicle...that is a bit rare these days for sure. Honestly I don't know why I don't keep it. I was born in 1967 and this car has always been a part of our family. I think its time for someone else to really treasure this. I remember my mom taking me on grocery runs in it and I just loved the rumble and everyone would look at us. Good stuff. Maybe its your turn now.
The original engine is complete but disassembled. We have the block, cam, pistons, crank, heads (with lifters and springs installed), intake manifold with both carbs. Along with timing chains, etc., its all there. I just had the block and heads cleaned, magnafluxed and tested at a local specialty engine shop and they passed with flying colors. I can send additional pics.
The reason for the swap is that roughly in 1963 my Dad did a .030 bore, put a wilder cam in (I do not know the lift or duration...but its in the documents), put headers on, put larger pistons in (to fit the new bore (a side note on this...we no longer have the original pistons...but do have the larger bore pistons...but you may want to put new ones in...). Basically at the time purchase, my Dad ordered this with all the things you could legally buy and did additional work (the bore) to get the highest performance he could get out of the vehicle and still run it on the street/strip. So this was a true muscle car. My Dad was a mechanical engineer so all of the work he did himself and has the documents/measurements. Quite a bit of data has been collected over the years (lobe and lift measurements on the 340hp 409...just to show you how detailed he was).
So fast forward 20 some years (the car did sit in storage several years at a time, but yearly we would turn it over and take it for a quick ride or two)...my Dad wanted to just take rides to the local car shows, but the engine was a bit too wild and he had a hard time finding high octane gas near New Brighton, MN back then. So he wanted a milder engine that could run on pump gas that was readily available. Thus the reason for the engine swap. So he bought a 1963 409 w/340hp that could run on standard gasoline and rebuilt that himself. It is a single quad intake. The engine that is installed has probably less than 1,000 miles on it. This install was done at the time of the body restoration as well. It no longer has headers but has the standard original exhaust manifolds. But it does still have a great rumble (note the YouTube video below).
Our thought is that someone would want to rebuild the original 409 but may want the higher performance parts, but then again someone may just want the original cam, etc. If the original engine was rebuilt and installed, one could sell the currently installed 340hp 409 engine for $6,000 to $8,000+ just by itself.
The reason we don't do the rebuild ourselves is my Dad is getting up there in years and we just can't take the job on ourselves.
One could do nothing and have a beautiful car to drive. Feel free to give me a call. And I can send you a bunch more info if you want with newer pics.
Some fun notes my Dad wanted me to mention...back in the late 60s he managed to get the his best 1/4 mile down to 13.00 seconds at 114mph. And this is a good one...in 1974 he put the vehicle up for sale for $1200 and only one person looked at it and offered him $800. We're blessed he didn't take that offer :)
Please note a YouTube video I made. At the end I state the installed engine is 348hp but it is a 340hp engine (please copy and paste into your browser):
https://youtu.be/W5RSg0ejaBM
This is for sale locally as well (Minneapolis, MN) and if sold I will delete this ad.
The buyer must arrange for vehicle pickup and engine shipment. I will be happy to work with you on that and get it prepared properly.
Serious inquiries only please. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like me to send you additional pictures. You can reach me at 763-717-9982. We would like to move this before fall, so we will look at all serious offers. Thank you, John

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