Engine # vs car model
- Thread starter El Rat
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Your car came with a 6 cyl
Maybe I'm mistaken, isn't this the car that has a 6 cyl VIN but someone put a 409 in it?
El Rat
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6 cly vin...
My car has everything a 409 car would have. I’ve decided that you would have to have a lot of money and patience to convert this car to an 09. I’ve brought this up on the forum before. But since I’ve been in the hospital with no place to go I thought I’d ask again. My car has;
4 core radiator
Front stabilizer
Police / ambulance brakes
Large diameter fuel lines 3/8 and 5/16 return
Radio and ash tray delete
3:55 gear in a posi case
Rear sway bar with panard bar
63 409 and matching aluminum power glide
I think it would take a lot of time and money to swap all of this from a wrecked 09 car to a homely 6 cly biscuit. Me thinks som ting wong!
What say you?$
My car has everything a 409 car would have. I’ve decided that you would have to have a lot of money and patience to convert this car to an 09. I’ve brought this up on the forum before. But since I’ve been in the hospital with no place to go I thought I’d ask again. My car has;
4 core radiator
Front stabilizer
Police / ambulance brakes
Large diameter fuel lines 3/8 and 5/16 return
Radio and ash tray delete
3:55 gear in a posi case
Rear sway bar with panard bar
63 409 and matching aluminum power glide
I think it would take a lot of time and money to swap all of this from a wrecked 09 car to a homely 6 cly biscuit. Me thinks som ting wong!
What say you?$
The last time you posted a picture, at least I think it was yours, it didn't have a front sway bar which only 6 cylinder cars came without and a very easy thing for someone to miss.
In years past I did some correct clones, not 409 cars but ones that required different fuel lines, 12 bolt rears, 4 speed with unique crossmember etc Changed it all, and I wasn't the only one. Got lots of the hard to find parts on Hemmings. Not difficult at all
6 cylinder VIN, it's a 6 cylinder car
In years past I did some correct clones, not 409 cars but ones that required different fuel lines, 12 bolt rears, 4 speed with unique crossmember etc Changed it all, and I wasn't the only one. Got lots of the hard to find parts on Hemmings. Not difficult at all
6 cylinder VIN, it's a 6 cylinder car
Front stabilizer would require new lower control arms as as 6 cylinders and Z-11s came without the attachment point for the ends of the stab. bar. It's possible somebody went through the effort to do a correct 409 clone.
Do you have the dash mounted tach? If you do, remove the tach and check the tach hole in the dash. If the edges are aittle rough and don't have that finished factory look it was probably added, mine was added and the hole on the dash looks like it.
Your A arms are from a 6 cylinder car.
Is the mosquito a pet?
and the sway does not work the way it's installed
Is the mosquito a pet?
and the sway does not work the way it's installed
I believe the A arms should have a welded bracket for the ends of the stabilizer bar, not bolted. Fix those A arms stabilizer bolts.
Lots of aftermarket parts. The front sway bar is too thick. I have 6 cars with factory sway bars and none look as beefy as yours. As far as I know there wasn't a factory rear sway bar and the brackets holding yours on are manufactured more recently and have standard grade 8 bolts you get at the hardware store. Clearly the sway bar connection brackets are to short. Fun restomod that should handle well. with all of the new parts.
Bottom Line, I agree with our1962 if your car has a six cylinder VIN it was born a six cylinder and would be called a clone not an original #'s matching car. People have been counterfeiting high performance cars for a long time and are very good at it, Its no different than counterfeiting money, paintings or anything that has BIG value.
I have a correct JE, and had the correct powerglide in my impala and most of the 409 stuff that says it could be, however I am sure its not, however if I didn't say it, technically no one could say its not. But I know better, and I am ok with that. Just look at all those 69 427 vettes out there 
There is probably more 67 and 69 big block Corvettes out there than Chevrolet built back in the day. LolI have a correct JE, and had the correct powerglide in my impala and most of the 409 stuff that says it could be, however I am sure its not, however if I didn't say it, technically no one could say its not. But I know better, and I am ok with that. Just look at all those 69 427 vettes out there
I have a correct JE, and had the correct powerglide in my impala and most of the 409 stuff that says it could be, however I am sure its not, however if I didn't say it, technically no one could say its not. But I know better, and I am ok with that. Just look at all those 69 427 vettes out there
Especially if your car has a 6 cylinder VIN
El Rat
Well Known Member
All the sway bar stuff has been corrected. I could care less about clone or no clone macht nix! I’ll never sell it or trade. I’ll be 75 in a couple days and my oldest son will have. He has been going to the races with me since he was 7. Hardware bolts are rarely grade 8. Every bolt in my ride is a grade 8 or Allen head cap screw. If any grade 5 bolts show up in one of my pics it’s because I haven’t “fixed “ it yet. Attached pic of an old race with oldest son looking on.
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Fuzz1957
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This is very true. The factory tach dash insert shows a very definite factory finish. Also think it’s made with a screw tab on each side. Have a couple I could look at and also have the holy grail dash tach with factory air insert.
Fuzz
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