LITTLE JOHN
New Member
Just got my 1962 impala running with new 409 installed.Been racing chevys for 25 years and always wanted a 409 car.8 months ago bought nice 1962 impala with 88,000 miles on it. Of coarse right away started thinking about replacing 283 with 409 so I started to look around and found that their pretty rare but located 2. One was 65 340 hp,the other a friend told me about one in an addic above a old machine shop that was new still in wood crate.Well I went and looked and checked it out.A 409-409hp date coded b262.A short discusssion and it was mine.The owner also had the heads and 2 fours,exhaust manifolds and misc tin.It was a new short block his dad had bought out from a chevrolet dealer that was going out of business in the 60s. I took it home disassembled and re- assembled it and got it running. I have built several cars but this is diffinetly the most fun!