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| | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 | I offered him 9,000.00 for it. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 613 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 613 | | | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 | Oh yeah,,,,20,000.00 easy!!! HA,HA,HA,HA,HA.
This guy fell and bumped his head. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | | | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | It is a realively rare engine (provided it's really what he says it is) but for that kind of money, the rest of the car should be there too!
Scott | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | I almost bought one for my '55 about 10 years ago at a show in Chicago. That one was only $2500, and had all of the parts for it.
Bill Burmeister
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 159 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 159 | I had the whole darn car 1963 / 409 4spd.Yanked the engine and trans and hauled the car off in 1974.I traded the engine for a 327/300 hp .Nobody wanted the car .What a fool but what does a 16yr old know.
In the works 2006 GEN III 6.0 /4L80E/ 205 New process,A/C and power brakes .
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 59 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 59 | I too had a 409 car. A 62 Impala SS W/ dual 4-BBLS. Now that was an Asome car. Young ,dumb and full of ........ . The one I REALLY wish I had kept was a 64 300-K 413 W/ the 2 four carb intake that went from fender to fender.
1965 C-10 fleetside shortbed BLACK
82 c-10 longbed 6 cyl.
58 Lincoln 2-dr coupe Black w/white & blk.
59 lincoln 4-dr. parts car
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 266 Custom Title | | Custom Title Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 266 | $10,000 isn't too far off the mark if it's a real complete QB 409/425. The HiPo heads (583's or 690's)are selling sometimes for $5000 a pair. Hell, the valve covers alone go for several hundred. The HiPo valve covers were factory chromed and had "drippers" on the inside. The oil that got splashed up onto the bottom of the cover would run down the drippers and onto the rocker pivots. It's a bummer that the timing cover is missing off that engine, I sold one off a 348 for $160 a couple years ago...
I've seen original 409/425 cars sell for upwards of $50,000.
If you really want a "W Block" for your truck, a 348 would be a much better value. A good running one can be had for usually under $1000. You can't make near as much power as a HiPo 409 because of the 348's head and block design, but you can warm them up quite a bit. With some work, you can put a 427 crank in it, and with a LOT of work a 454 crank can be made to fit.
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If you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | While it was not a 409 I built and ran a 348 with the 3 duces set up in my 58 Impala. Back in those days it was a bear...to the competion. I just sold a complete 348 engine with two intakes. One a 4 barrel and the other 2x4's for $425 including new water pump. If you are not planning to "turn it" very hard a 348 would be a good way to go and a LOT cheaper. OH.... the 348 I built is currently sitting in a fellows basement. Never had the valve covers off after he acquired it years ago. I'm working on him and would love to have it for my 52 Panel. Maybe he'll give in soon?  | | |
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