We can't really put our finger on just what it is that makes the 409 such an iconic engine with such a huge following. There's more to it than just the song. (And frankly, if we never hear the song ...

The Chevrolet Bel Air was a long-lasting staple of the Bowtie division of General Motors, lasting for just over three decades. However, the general consensus would regard 1955 as the first year of the ...

Before American cars had officially "gone muscle" with the Pontiac GTO, the 1961 Chevy Impala Super Sport captured the formula nicely: upgrade a regular passenger car with the biggest engine the ...

A 1961 Impala bubble top was this close to returning to the road, but the owner who started the restoration of this beautiful car stopped along the way. The reason is simple. "I lost interest," he ...

The Chevrolet big-block is the workhorse racing engine of the muscle-car era. The 427 W first showed up midyear as a stroked 409 for the 1963 Chevrolet Impala SS. However, a year before, ...

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Eric McFarland; Bethany, OK: I am a long-time subscriber and have magazines from the early '80s. Recently, I purchased a complete '65 Chevy 409 engine for a fantastically low price. On teardown (the ...