Found in Garage

[dq409]

Just found this

Found this in my files

 

[dq409]

And,,,,,

 

[ssvette]

Wow that looks awesome :eek:
I have to get this motor I think we have a new direction
in the rebuild of this car. Thanks dq

 

[bobs409]

Speaking of Doug Marion, did anyone notice he signed the guestbook? We are getting popular!

Doug Marion and SuperChevy magazine is the reason I even knew what a 409 was! I was probably 13 or 14 reading about a 409 from a borrowed copy of SC magazine in school. That's when I knew I had to have a 409 for my very own. The rest is history...

 

[ssvette]

Doug was very nice even to a snot nosed kid.
And boy did he have some cars.

 

[threeimpalas]

Replying to myself again...

Originally posted by 348NUT
It's funny. My dad recently got an original 57 T-Bird from my mom's Uncle's estate. He bought it new and has low miles,312, electric windows,etc. My Dad passed away two years ago and I could probably get this car if I wanted it, at least I could drive it whenever I want. .... I have absolutley no interest in this car. If it was a Vette I'd be in it every chance I got! I guess I'm a true Chevyman at heart. This proves it, right? Now, why wasn't my Great Uncle!? : NUT

A true Chevy guy would get the T-Bird, pawn it off to some Ford guy for big $$$, and then build himself a MONSTER 409 to stuff in a '55 Chevy.

 

[dq409]

Yep,,,,Doug Marion,,,,,,,On to greater mags !!

He is now the Executive Editor of Chevy Rumble and Feature Editor of Super Rod !

Way better mags then the recycled articles of the conglomerate magazines !!

Thanks should go to Doug and his staff members at both mags for such a good job !!
I don`t think there is a issue without a story or mention of the 409`s,,,,,,,,dq

 

[348NUT]

Hey Mike,

I agree! I only have 7 problems with that... a mother and 6 siblings! NUT

 

[ssvette]

Well I would like to thank everyone for their help on this topic I was looking through the want ads in our local recycler paper and found an all original corvette 283 with matching number heads and a 1957 edelbrock tripower with three stromberg 97 carbs linkage and all. The deal turns out like this as I was talking to this man about the corvette motor I mentioned the 409 I had found recently and he stopped me in mid sentance, he said that this was a little more than coincidence he goes on to tell me about
his 1959 el camino which he was looking for a 409 motor. To make a long story short I am going to pick up the 409 for him and I pick up the vette motor, this is truely a small world. Sorry if disappointed anyone with not going for the vette 409 combo but this deal was meant to be.
http://community.webshots.com/user/ssvette

 

[348NUT]

One thing I've learned is that life is full of disapointments.

In other words... No Biggie! I'm glad you found the deal you were looking for. But I guess this means You won't be hanging out with us any longer? Come back and visit some time and give our web adress to the guy with the 59! Fairwell, NUT

 

[ssvette]

Well the deal goes down this weekend and both parties are
very excited about it. Hopefully 1957 vette # 1385 will have a new mill by next weekend.

 

[ssvette]

As the story continues the motor was bought and Rob took it home. after carefully working the pistons with a little marvel oil and turning it over by hand we did a compression test which showed all the cylinders at 160 with about 4 PSI difference. We thought we had a winner until we pulled the heads off which one turned out to be cracked very badly---how did it pump up to 160???? anyway Rob would like to know if these are the right heads for a 1965 340hp 409 motor. the last three digits are 817 he would also like to know if anyone has one?? Thanks Guys

 

[Phil Reed]

340HP head

I have an NOS one. Drop me an email at philreed@sound.net