Shouldn't that be 1963?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962...586844319QQcategoryZ10076QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1962...586844319QQcategoryZ10076QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
A 1962 Z-11???
- Thread starter RCE1962
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Rpo Z11
I think the article is referring to the over the counter High port heads and manifold available in 62. Were not known as Z11 until the 1963 model year as an engine option. I guess guy don't know how to refer to them any othe way. Besides, Z11 sounds really COOL!
I think the article is referring to the over the counter High port heads and manifold available in 62. Were not known as Z11 until the 1963 model year as an engine option. I guess guy don't know how to refer to them any othe way. Besides, Z11 sounds really COOL!
I'm going to throw this out there, while preparing to put my foot in my mouth! The Z-11 parts were available late in '62 to install onto 62 cars for A/FX, I believe. Top ends and aluminum front ends. I don't believe that you could order a 62 assembled with the "Z-11" parts, from the factory. I think that the 1963 Z-11 Impalas were the only "true" Z-11s. True in that they were built as a Z-11 and didn't have parts added after the fact. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Ross
Ross
Just went to the Z-11 section on this forum. I see now that this has been discussed previously to some extent.
Never knew about the 62' connection to the Z-11 but I do now.
http://www.348-409.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1633&highlight=heads
Never knew about the 62' connection to the Z-11 but I do now.
http://www.348-409.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1633&highlight=heads
Mr Goodwrench
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yes sir I believe it was jack gibbs that had one at the convention I belive the sign said 18 were made and released in august of 62 right before the us nationals. Z11 top end for the 409-409 and aluminum front ends.
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MK IISS
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The '62 alum. front clip and the the "Z11" style heads/2-piece intake were two separate service packages. Had to be ordered separately. Service packages were dealer/owner installed, not factory installed. The RPO code "Z11" did not exist until the 1963 model year. I don't believe a DOCUMENTED factory built 1962 Chevrolet with an alum. front clip and the "Z11" style head/intake combo has ever been found.
409 Chevy Performance
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From an article from Doug Marion, What you may not know is that on August 1, 1962 (late in the model year) Chevrolet released 18 "Sets" of aluminum front end components (Hood, outer and inner fenders) to select drag racers for match-racing and NHRA A/Factory Experimential. Also released during the same time period was a new Mark IV camshaft (#3822930) for the 380 and 409 horsepower engines. Ditto on new engine assembly 3833117 which had new cylinder heads, manifolds, camshaft (as above) and pistons. These parts, along with similar updated items for ford, chysler and Pontiac were made legal and of public knowledge in the August 13, 1962 issue of National Dragster weekly newspaper. Bill Jenkins got three complete aluminum front ends and sundry engine components. Don Nicholson got a set as did frank Sanders and others. Ultra rare stuff then so you know how rare these parts are today.
RCE1962 said:Impalaguru
Do you mean the two-piece intake manifold?
Are the heads that much different than 1961-1962-1963 (690's)?
Could you get an aftermarket alum front end for the 62'?
RCE1962
Heres some help for you,,, Z11 head on right,, 690 on left,,,
More pictures on my photo site,,,dq
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=5984338&uid=1590826&members=1
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Mr Goodwrench
Well Known Member
damn that picture on the left makes a certain part of my anatomy grow!
The picture makes me excited, but nothing grows anymore.
Hmmmmm.
Would that be your other left Jim
dq409 said:Heres some help for you,,, Z11 head on right,, 690 on left,,,
More pictures on my photo site,,,dq
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=5984338&uid=1590826&members=1
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Would that be your other left Jim
M
MK IISS
Guest
I have been informed by a Chevrolet historian (not a former member) that I should not have used the term "service package" in my # 10 post in conjunction with the '62 alum. front clip and "Z11" style heads/intake. Perhaps a more appropriate term would have been "over the counter". I was also informed Chevrolet produced a limited number of factory built 1962 Impala Super Sports with the alum. front clip but they had standard 409/409 engines. None of the factory built '62s with the alum. front clip were BelAir Sport Coupes.
photos
Jim Jones told me he had an alumninum front *stolen* right off his car here in Fort Worth, Texas when it broke down on Lancaster on the Eastside. I thought he said it was a Biscayne, but my memory is fading. On another car at the last Super Chevy Sunday held at Green Valley Raceway (here also), he had an aluminum front end on it, though it was a built-up clone 62 Belair Sport Coupe 409 car.
I wonder if there are any vintage photos of bonafide aluminum front end(ed) cars?
What is the total number of factory cars *and* OTC aluminum front ends produced? Are there number for this?
MK IISS said:
Jim Jones told me he had an alumninum front *stolen* right off his car here in Fort Worth, Texas when it broke down on Lancaster on the Eastside. I thought he said it was a Biscayne, but my memory is fading. On another car at the last Super Chevy Sunday held at Green Valley Raceway (here also), he had an aluminum front end on it, though it was a built-up clone 62 Belair Sport Coupe 409 car.
I wonder if there are any vintage photos of bonafide aluminum front end(ed) cars?
What is the total number of factory cars *and* OTC aluminum front ends produced? Are there number for this?