1961 SS & 409

Blk61409

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Not to hijack the other post about 62-409 3 speed, I thought I would post some prices of 61 SS parts.

Below are the 1/4 panel side emblems, $1.80 each. Kind of pricey!
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Below is the console or Base as they called it, $4.50.33FAAA8B-C240-4D75-BB56-92CF3DAB5F47.jpeg

And now the dash grab bar or Rail as Chevy described it, $13.50
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In the same Chevy parts book (Aug 1962) it’s interesting to note very few references to a 61 409.
Since there were only 142 production cars built, I imagine the additional blocks that were cast were held as replacements. To get one you had to have the Chevy dealer contact his Zone office and or his GM Parts Warehouse.
There are various parts listed for repair, pistons, rods.

Note no 61 409 block listed for sale over the counter a year after it came out.
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Note the 61 409 piston shows to be the same as the 62, however it is completely different.
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Check out the 61 409 block designations, Q and QA

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real61ss

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When I was a Sr. In high school my dad gave/loaned me the down payment to buy a 1961 Impala. It was a Sport Coupe, one Sunday shortly after i got the car I was at Emporia Drag Strip and there was a black 61 SS there, first one I ever saw. I made notes of the SS emblems etc. and I was at my local Chevrolet dealer that week ordering that stuff to put on my car. I guess my point is, when I was 19 and making a buck and a quarter an hour those prices didnt seem so cheap!
 

Blk61409

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Just an FYI, on the wagon we built as a day two car, I was missing the trunk(tail gate) emblem.

Several years ago I got a phone call from Ronnie Russell, he was stopping by the dealership.

When he arrived he handed me the missing emblem. He said something like, you will use it before I will.

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rstreet

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Pat just curious how many of those cheap ole 61 hubcaps have you got. "Buddy could you spare one";)
Robert
 

Blk61409

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But let me dig around with a few people. I promise someone has one he has a wall hanger.

Kind of like this guy I knew that had 7 sets of Z-11 intake gaskets.

I asked him about his Z-11, he said oh I don’t have one, I said I do and I could use at least one set.

He said no.......then I would only have 6 sets:wacko:wacko:wacko
 

blkblk63ss

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But let me dig around with a few people. I promise someone has one he has a wall hanger.

Kind of like this guy I knew that had 7 sets of Z-11 intake gaskets.

I asked him about his Z-11, he said oh I don’t have one, I said I do and I could use at least one set.

He said no.......then I would only have 6 sets:wacko:wacko:wacko
He probably wants to be buried with them. Don't start digging around Pat!!!??:poke
 
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