Tennessee 409-er

[drc409]

Hello fellow 409 fans and owners!

I'm in processing of re-restoring my 1963 Impala SS 409/425. Car has been in family since new. Had a frame-off resto done in early 90's in MO (pic attached).

Other than body, paint and motor work I did almost all of the other work over 5 years. Car was a Super Chevy class winner in 2000.

Unfortunately, all the work I had done by the "professionals" didn't hold up.

The car has sat undriven for 5 years so this summer I started what I thought would be a "refresh" job. The lacquer paint had checked pretty badly so I found a resto shop in TN. Told them to strip to bare metal. Unfortunately, we found far too much bondo, so some new repo and NOS sheet metal was installed.

Also found original engine rebuild wasn't done very well so I took motor to Lamar Walden for rebuild.

Completion is about 4 to 8 weeks away (I think).

 

[09Jud]

welcome , best of luck with your prodject keep us posted with your progress

 

[Brent Hall]

Welcome, great car. Do you have any pics of the carbs linkage?

 

[BSL409]

Welcome Aboard

 

[k9hotrodder409]

Welcome to the site. Enjoy the ride !!!

 

[PAINTJOHN1]

Welcome aboard,nice ride there.. John

 

[drc409]

Welcome, great car. Do you have any pics of the carbs linkage?

 

[drc409]

'Happen to have a shot of linkage after I pulled motor in June but before resto. 'hope this helps.

 

[Brent Hall]

Thanks great pic

 

[Robert Jacobson]

Welcome, great car. Do you have any pics of the carbs linkage?

I have an original intake with original carbs and linkage, if you like I could send you a picture. The intake is sitting on a shelf as it was replaced with a crossram intake.

 

[Brent Hall]

Thanks Robert send the pic.

 

[Robert Jacobson]

Thanks Robert send the pic.

I tried to post two pictures of the linkage, but it kept telling me the file was too big. Being almost computer illiterate I'll consult someone who is more savvy and try to fix this.

 

[Brent Hall]

I have it hooked up very similar to the picture above and it seems to be doing fine. I drove it down the road to for the first time the brakes were very squirrely. I have a disc brake kit for the front but I haven't had time to install it yet. One thing I did notice was when I press the brake the engine starts to increase in rpm's. Does anyone know why.

 

[BSL409]

I have it hooked up very similar to the picture above and it seems to be doing fine. I drove it down the road to for the first time the brakes were very squirrely. I have a disc brake kit for the front but I haven't had time to install it yet. One thing I did notice was when I press the brake the engine starts to increase in rpm's. Does anyone know why.

Sounds like a vacuum leak

 

[Don Jacks]

It sounds like a bad vac.booster.

 

[Robert Jacobson]

Thanks Robert send the pic.

My buddy showed me how to downsize the pic so it would upload. I hope this helps. It's been sitting on a shelf in my garage in a plastic bag.

 

[Don Jacks]

What part of the great state of TN.are you from? I'm going home to n.Ala.for Christmas in a couple of weeks.

 

[Brent Hall]

This is how I hooked it up!

 

[drc409]

What part of the great state of TN.are you from? I'm going home to n.Ala.for Christmas in a couple of weeks.

Crossville area (which is about 70 miles west of Knoxville along I-40).

 

[Don Jacks]

70 mi.west of knoxville,toward Nashville on 40? I travel I-66,I-81,I-40,I-24 from "squirrel city"[dc area] to Chattonoga on my way to and from Huntsville,Ala.,Maybe we could meet for coffee.