62 409 4 Speed

[nomad59NZ]

Well I can now confirm that I have now acquired a 62 409 4 speed which was advertised on the forum a few months ago by member joeschmo62.
This is a project for me and looking very much to getting this home, but this will be a while yet as Mike is currently assembling the car to a state where it can be transportable from WI to CA and then containerized from CA to New Zealand.
I have already ordered a number of rebuild parts for the car as well and they will all travel together, so when everything arrives I will have enough stuff for a full chassis rebuild and some replacement floor panels as well. This will be a complete body off rebuild and I will be commencing the build of a rotisserie very shorty.
The car comes complete with a built up 409, 500hp 500ftlb stroker engine (not 100% confirmed that original motor as block face been surfaced and awaiting further info, but is approx date correct) (specs posted when received) and has original T10 gearbox. The correct valve covers have been refurbished and as have the dual carbs.

I will also be ordering a set of Tri Y headers from Show Cars, plus additional added bits and pieces since they are close to WI.
Attached are a few pics.

Well thanks for reading.

Cheers
Gav

 

[1961BelAir427]

Sounds like you are already off to a good start with it as soon as it arrives. I know you can't wait.

 

[tripower]

Congratulations Gav... Keep us posted on your progress... Is this taking the place of the Willys Project?

 

[nomad59NZ]

Congratulations Gav... Keep us posted on your progress... Is this taking the place of the Willys Project?

Hey Dan,
Yes this is taking place of the Willys. Although I had big plans for this and I had bought the 348 truck block of Jason (Yellow Wagon) and was going to supercharge that, but due to a number of reasons, mainly due to our certification process on scratch built vehicles was going to make the Willys a very expensive project so opted for something that was going to be a bit more manageable yet still with W power so the 62 was also on the bucket list.

Gav

 

[BSL409]

Congrats Gav

 

[Dick MacKenzie]

That's great Gav!! Congrats!!

 

[Phil Reed]

Congrats Gav!!!!
Another thought...............leave it in LA and come over finish it here. Then you could drive it to Great Bend in September so we can all see it!!!!!!!!!!!! Imagine the LOVE you'd get in Great Bend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dick MacKenzie]

And yet another thought! Ship it to Kansas City, Finish it there. I know a guy in that area that has a shop and all the parts you'll need to do the job.

 

[chevy man]

Congratulations Gav !! I think you made a very wise choice on the 62
Ken

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

Gav:

Congrats on your acquisition of another line on your bucket list of vehicles! We look forward to seeing your progress. It's quite a different challenge than we have here in the States. Our challenge is to simply find stuff in good or repairable condition. You add quite a bit beyond the chase, since you have to think about shipping as many things at one time as you can. That's an even more difficult challenge to coordinate that coming together .

Cheers!
TomK

 

[Kevin Green]

Congrats Gav !!

 

[61BUBBLE348]

Now fun begins, well done Gav, it will be worth it and you will get great satisfaction from the effort.

 

[63 dream'n]

congrats......hope you enjoy,nice place to start

 

[Phil Reed]

And yet another thought! Ship it to Kansas City, Finish it there. I know a guy in that area that has a shop and all the parts you'll need to do the job.

And he also has Dick's credit card which should make it cheaper for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LMBRJQ 60]

Hey Gav, we will have to build a double rotisserie (spelling???) so we get the 61 on there at the same time
or we just do what we have for the last number of years and build it together

Cant wait to see the 62 when it gets here, you might have to put the 409 in the 59 to test run it for a while

Steve

 

[Phil Reed]

Hey Steve.............. what does LMBRJQ 60 stand for?????? Inquiring minds want to know!!!!

 

[LMBRJQ 60]

Hey Steve.............. what does LMBRJQ 60 stand for?????? Inquiring minds want to know!!!!

LMBRJQ is lumberjack
Our licience plate system over here only has 6 characters
We bought the car off ebay as a non running half gutted project out of Orroville (spelling) CA.
The guy we purchased it off was a guy by the name of James Morgan and he was a lumberjack by profession.
His Ebay name was LMBRJQ and we thought it only fitting to let the car have a link with her past in her new home

There is another side to this in that my wife Lynettes maiden name was Lynette Mary Bonisch
So the LMBRJQ can also be translated as Lynette Mary Bonisch Rides Jolly Quick
Didnt know what else to put on for a name on here as i didnt have the 61 bubble top then (got to find a name for her yet)

Hope this explains it a bit better

Steve

 

[k9hotrodder409]

LMBRJQ is lumberjack
Our licience plate system over here only has 6 characters
We bought the car off ebay as a non running half gutted project out of Orroville (spelling) CA.
The guy we purchased it off was a guy by the name of James Morgan and he was a lumberjack by profession.
His Ebay name was LMBRJQ and we thought it only fitting to let the car have a link with her past in her new home

There is another side to this in that my wife Lynettes maiden name was Lynette Mary Bonisch
So the LMBRJQ can also be translated as Lynette Mary Bonisch Rides Jolly Quick
Didnt know what else to put on for a name on here as i didnt have the 61 bubble top then (got to find a name for her yet)

Hope this explains it a bit better

Steve

NOW , PHIL IS COMPLETLY CONFUSED !!!

 

[Last 60]

Well done Steve!!

Lonnie

 

[Michael Cohen]

Nice!