1961 Chevy Impala SS 409

1961 Chevy Impala SS 409 Picture

Chevrolet division of General Motors muscle car spent a lot of people in the year 1960, and in particular the 1961 Chevy Impala SS-409. Mid-1961 launch of the Chevy Impala Super Sport package to showcase several new models, 409-cid V-8.

Chevy Impala SS - the Super Sport package and the 409-cid V-8

Buy for only $ 53.80, SS "kit" offered on any Impala SS. It included inside and outside the Super Sport trim, chassis reinforcement, stronger springs and shocks, power brakes with sintered metallic linings, spinner-type wheel guards and one of the first Chevy Impala to narrow band white wall tires. Dashboard acquired Chevrolet Corvette-type handle passenger and the steering column has a 7000-rpm tachometer.

1961 Chevy Impala SS 409 Front View

Only the strictest Chevy Impala V-8s were offered with the Impala SS kit. Available 348-cid four-barrel mill ranged from 305 horses in the tri-carb 350th Another possibility was the 409th in fact, larger displacement 348 of the update including forged aluminum pistons, camshafts wilder and 11.25:1 compression. A four-barrel aluminum pair varied. It was 360 hp. It is also history.

Chevy Impala 491,000 built for '61. Only 453 had a package and the SS-net 142 409. But word quickly spread. Here was a mainstream Chevy V-8 with 409 pounds-feet of torque and power to get back in the mid 15-second quarter-mile standard 3.36:1 rear axle and the mandatory four-speed manual. "It is really fine, my 409," sang the Beach Boys, and the legend was born.

1961 Chevy Impala SS 409 Side View

Impala SS badge should favor large Chevy in 1970, before the long break. 409 lasted just over 1965th This will eventually increase to 425 horses and will be offered as a stripper in Biscayne and Bel melodies. But the basis for the design traced to the end of 1950 truck engine and incompatibilities with serious performance hop-ups are doomed to extinction in the modern era of high performance engines.

1961 Chevy Impala SS 409 Wallpaper Picture shown

All told, Impala SS 409 went to just 43,775 cars. That his fame outshines its production figures show the impact was on the Chevy Impala 409 muscles in its infancy.