This ’62 Bel Air is powered by the top dog of Chevy’s engine family for 1962. Its 409-cu.in. big-block V8 was rated at 409 horsepower. That powerplant proved to be a race winner from the first ...

Few examples of the 409-powered drag cars are more famous than "Old Reliable," the '62 Chevy that Jenkins tuned and Dave Strickler drove to the NHRA class title that year.

Q: Hi, Greg, I enjoy reading your articles and wonder about the 1962 Chevy Biscayne 409. When I was a lad of 5 years old, I went to the local dealer with my dad and he bought one right off the ...

Chevy legend Doug Marion reports that 15,019 W-series 409 engines were built at the Tonawanda Engine Plant for the '62 model year. Of those engines, 8,909 were installed in new cars on the ...

Chevy muscle cars did not come with the Chevy 409 big block engine until 1962 when Chevrolet had its 50th anniversary and the ... 15,062 '62 409 engines were assembled at the Tonawanda ...

Q: Hi, Greg, I enjoy reading your articles and wonder about the 1962 Chevy Biscayne 409. When I was a lad of 5 years old, I went to the local dealer with my dad and he bought one right off the ...

The 409 wasn’t a model in its own right, but an engine option for Chevy’s full-size sedan, which was all-new for 1961. The brand’s 348 (348 cu.in/5.7-liter) V8 made a solid 350 hp (355 PS ...

Q: Hi, Greg, I enjoy reading your articles and wonder about the 1962 Chevy Biscayne 409. When I was a lad of 5 years old, I went to the local dealer with my dad and he bought one right off the ...

Hi, Greg, I enjoy reading your articles and wonder about the 1962 Chevy Biscayne 409. When I was a lad of 5 years old, I went to the local dealer with my dad and he bought one right off the ...

I am also a truck driver and years ago drove a Chevy semi-truck and it had a 409 under the hood. Thank you, Brian Lock, Silver Creek N.Y. A: Brian, your dad indeed had the "baddest" street machine ...

Q: Hi, Greg, I enjoy reading your articles and wonder about the 1962 Chevy Biscayne 409. When I was a lad of 5 years old, I went to the local dealer with my dad and he bought one right off the ...