409 Vette?

[heddrik]

I do know a very few 409s were put in Chevelles, guy I know had a strange motor and called GM on it. Car was special made for a famous customizer, can t remember his name but we found it years ago.

 

[Blk61409]

While working at a Chevy dealership some guys would come in and order a complete engine assembly. If it was the current year, if you wanted to wait, you could order what was known as an assembly line engine. This had from air cleaner to exh manifolds. What you put it in was your business. This gave the appearance of a “factory built” car.
One time we ordered a 61 283 Fi engine assembly. Then the dealership installed it in an Austin Healy 3000.
Very possible the Chevelle got this same treatment.
Who knows.

 

[heddrik]

Thank you Pat. Coddington was his name, Boyd Cottington.

 

[1964SuperStocker]

Thank you Pat. Coddington was his name, Boyd Cottington.

So Boyd was in School and working for Disneyland in 1968 and didn't get famous until the early-mid 70's. Opened his own shop in 1977. What Chevelle in the 70's did GM put a 409 in? I don't doubt that Boyd put a 409 in just about anything with wheels. I have a poster of his 1964 Impala Conv custom up in my garage .

 

[heddrik]

It was a 65 according to my friend. The motor numbers were all unusual so he called Chevrolet. They found the car in California and he sold the engine to GM, not sure how much.

 

[427John]

The guy I bought most of my W stuff from had swapped a W into a late 60's chevelle but that was in the 90's.

 

[Junky]

Someone please help me settle an argument I'm having with a know-it-all (doesn't everybody know at least one? Don't include yourselves). He claims to know someone who has/had an original factory installed 409 Corvette, year unknown. I don't think there ever was such an animal, but am willing to bow to his or anyone else's superior knowledge.

Tell this to the know it all!!!!!!

 

[Iowa 409 Guy]

Idiots have much more fun than duds. A friend told me that.....

 

[1958 delivery]

Hell, Bob has an original Chevelle with a 409

 

[DonSSDD]

Hell, Bob has an original Chevelle with a 409

Rare one made in 1966.

 

[1958 delivery]

Left over parts from 65