Speaking of super sleepers, i remember an article in Super Chevy back in the 1980's. The car was a 1963 Chev Impala four door sedan with a 409, two four barrel, four speed and posi traction.The original owner had a large family and still wanted to drag race on the weekend.
I remember a Super Chevy article on a '62 Impala 4-door sedan that was ordered by a family man in Pennsylvania. It was 2-tone fawn & beige, had wheel covers, whitewalls, radio, 3-in-the-tree, and a 409 / 409! That's dual-quad 11:1 compression solid lifter, with a syncro-mesh (non-syncro low) 3-speed. Chevrolet offered it again in '63 but after warranty replacements they dropped the 3-speed Saginaw from the 409s for '64.
The h.d Warner 3-speeds made it into '65 Big Chevrolet & Canadian Pontiacs with 327s as an option & a requirement with the 409s. I wonder if any 1965 Canadian 409s rolled off the line with the Warner 3-speed?
Somewhere I have seen articles on a black '65 Biscayne 4-door 396-425 & a Regal Red '66 Biscayne 4-door 427-425.
Attached are a couple of pictures I grabbed from a 2005 eBay auction of a worn but original 1966 Impala 4-door factory equipped with L36 427, 4-speed, full instrumentation with dash-top clock, & a/c. The L36 was tops with a/c but at 390 horses it was sufficient.
Wow, now that is really something.
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
Somewhere I have seen articles on a black '65 Biscayne 4-door 396-425 & a Regal Red '66 Biscayne 4-door 427-425.
In 1986 Fake68 and I, along with another friend went to the Musclecar Shootout in Ohio. That red L72 4 door was there. What a cool car!!! Apparently it was one-of-one, which is very believable!
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars (now converted to a "factory" 4 speed)
