I recall reading a magazine article years ago (Muscle Car Review?  not sure) about 4-door 409s, so there were some made, and presumably the number was small.  I'll leave it to the experts to decide whether it's a legit one or not.

$10K seems reasonable if it's solid and has the hard to find parts, considering its rarity.  However, a 4-door is not for everybody so that might limit the market.

Don... this one has you written all over it.  You probably even have some parts left over from the '62 that you scrapped...  ;)

Out of Pennsylvania there was a '62 Impala 4-door sedan, 2-tone fawn with beige, whitewalls, wheel covers, 3-speed column shift, and a dual quad 404/409! You could get the 3-speed Saginaw with the 409, but when Chevy had to start replacing 3-speeds under warranty they made the 4-speed mandatory. By that time the milder 340-horse 409 was available, and even with a h.d. Powerglide.

I often wonder if they actually built 409 powered Chevrolets in Canada prior to the 1963 models. I speculate they may have been imported. The Canadian Pontiacs topped out at the 250-horse 327, so I wonder if the L30 327 is also at the top of the domestically-produced Chevrolets.


That Bel Air is intriguing. Talk about an all-purpose car. Grocery-getter, family shuttle, plus a sleeper that should have numbers on the glass & slicks in the trunk on Sundays.

Here's a picture from the Australian Chevrolet brochure. I would think it looks surprisingly close to what Todd posted, as a new car.

Photo Credit: The Old Car Manual Project