david montanbeau
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When dad was working for GM in Warren MI, he brought home a 65 396 425 convertible. He was putting a 4.11 in the car. To me at the time being 13, I thought this car was extremely fast. Here is the twin to the car.
65 Impala 409 Question.
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David, the Mecum car was high bid at $27K and NO SALE! I can't blame the owner for that one. He probably wanted more than double that much in a reserve.
The thing that blows my mind is that a '65 W car just sold at Barrett Jackson in Scottsdale (Jan 2017) for NINETY-THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!!!!!
Wow, that's alot of cash!
BTW was thumbing through the previous posts,
Where have I been for the past 11 years ??????
The thing that blows my mind is that a '65 W car just sold at Barrett Jackson in Scottsdale (Jan 2017) for NINETY-THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!!!!!
Wow, that's alot of cash!
BTW was thumbing through the previous posts,
Where have I been for the past 11 years ??????
I would have thought that car would have been sold by now Tommy.I know that if I had the money,it would have! It's a great serviver car that wouldn't need much in the way of work like major body and upolstery work to bring back.I only noticed a couple things like the exhaust system,and those fender skirts from the pictures that you posted about this car what,a year ago?
Carmine,
I learned this week that the owner of this car passed away recently. I understand his son wants to sell it. I think 20k
OK. Thank you, Carmine.
I love 65 Chevy's!!!. Here's a couple of shots (appologies for the quality) of my old 65 4dr Impala back in 1990. It was a right hand drive 327 glide, my Dad and I soon stuck a 340hp 409 in it!!!. It was a great car, sold it to finance the 62 Bubbletop. Still have the engine. The headers were a bit rough but did the Job, still got them as well..................................
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Not quite models, I didn't make them, a friend had an exhaust shop and his apprentice made them. He did a good job for a young bloke!!
The car had a 2.7-1 or 3.1 rear gear or something like that and would wind out to about 90+mph in low gear.....................
. I remember a time when my mates and I rocked up to a surf spot up the coast and the locals looked at us funny because we had no boards to be seen........................................no probs, out came 3 surf boards out of the trunk!!
Great memories with that car. The 409 hauled