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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"A neighbor has a very rare ‘61 409 Super Sport coupe. Black with red interior."

IIRC, that was a common exterior/interior color scheme for that Chevy and other brands through the years.

"She's real fine my 409...my four ohh nine..." There was a reason the Beach Boys made that motor famous - the first American muscle car that could beat a Jaguar E series at the time. "...my four speed, duel quad, posi traction 409...".

Ask a young man now what those terms mean. He'll look at you like you're from Mars. Hell, ask him what a generator regulator is, or a coil, or even a distributor cap.

Currently have a 1958 Chevy Impala 348 with tri-power. Amazed how much gas it sucks up, but thrilled to drive it down the road with the Ronettes blasting out the rolled down windows! Best design Chevy ever did. Got lot's of meets coming up. Hot August Nights! Screw politics for now. Haha.

108 posted on 05/12/2014 11:11:37 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever!)
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To: A Navy Vet

A high school bud owned a ‘58 Chevy convert. It was a 348/4bbl/3 speed but would really scream.


110 posted on 05/13/2014 5:07:54 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: A Navy Vet
Ask a young man now what those terms mean. He'll look at you like you're from Mars.

LOL! My kid actually had me dissect all the terminology in 'Little Deuce Coupe' and 'Hot Rod Lincoln'...

Kids today like to brag it up... how much more power is coming off the factory line... They don't understand that back in the day, you could take a stock car and a few hundred bucks and make a fair ground-pounder (if you had the right connections and a couple duffers that had the knowledge).

Most every kid I knew back then had that ingenuity and drive. Nowadays they throw a chip in it, and everything else is about the sound system *shakes head*...

130 posted on 05/14/2014 11:37:31 AM PDT by roamer_1 (Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
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To: A Navy Vet
Currently have a 1958 Chevy Impala 348 with tri-power. Amazed how much gas it sucks up, but thrilled to drive it down the road with the Ronettes blasting out the rolled down windows! Best design Chevy ever did. Got lot's of meets coming up. Hot August Nights! Screw politics for now. Haha.
One of my neighbors back in NY has a 58 Impala, same engine customized to look just like the one in American Graffiti. My dad had a 59 with the 348, nothing short of a 'Vette could outrun it. But he sold it before I was old enough to drive >:(
142 posted on 05/15/2014 9:38:55 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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