The 1965 Impala SS 409 sits at the intersection of mass-market success and true rarity, a high performance option tucked inside one of the most common American cars of its era. Understanding how ...

Only 2,828 409s were made in 1965, and 82 of those were Impala station wagons; this survivor was not touched after the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bowing for the 1950 model year, the two-door Chevy Bel Air Sports Coupe took its name from the wealthy Los Angeles, California, suburb. The Bel Air could only be had in the Deluxe trim. The 1953 model ...