Recent content by zimmy

Everyone, Thanks a ton for the information here. I don't think this seller is going to budge as far as I would like. I am going to give him a call on Monday to see if he wants to play or not. The heads are a killer for me. Just really disappointing. Seems like someone started spending a bit...

Thanks Don. Good to know on the Offy stuff. He wouldn't let me pull the valve cover since we didn't have a replacement gasket. Sounds like it could be kind of expensive to get this one sorted out all the way. It would have been awesome if it were an all factory style setup vs. being all...

its pretty nice. Just little things like fitment and all. Adjustments wouldn't be the end of the world.

So I went to check it out today. Really descent car overall. Negatives are that it is not a numbers matching car but appears to be a real V8 SS. So let's get down to it. The block is a QB block which is good, but all the original stuff aside from maybe the heads appears to be gone. It has an...

This is all great info, thanks a ton everyone. Tomorrow can't come soon enough. Is it also correct to assume that if the car were a true 409 car there would be no a/c controls, heater only? I know that wouldn't fully rule it out but something that could certainly help validate if we are close...

Anything is possible at this point. Will know more on Saturday and will let everyone know!

Thank you everyone for the great information. I am going to get lots of pictures when I go to check it out. I will also chase down these suffixes and other block numbers to see if I can figure out whether it matches or not. How much would you say the value is impacted if it can't be proved to be...

Don, Thanks for responding. I am heading out to look at it Saturday morning. No idea on the price yet. The gentleman that owns it is a friend of a friend and said if I want it, we will figure out a way to make it work. Sounds like he may be more interested in finding the car a good home vs...

Hey everyone, I am pretty new to the world of 348-409 cars. I am going to look at what is supposed to be a 62 Impala SS 409. The current owner is not 100% positive whether it is or not, so I want to do an obvious due diligence before I make an offer of any kind on the car. The car is...