Yep, a great engine bay with one of those nasty 409s. Column shift!

 

Did you see the dumps behind the tires?

 

any rat rods out there? i saw a bunch of rat rods headed down 35w from denton a few weeks ago when i went down to cabelas.

 

Great pics. My dad had a 61 Impala he bought new..only had the 283 4bbl with dual exhaust. He bought it early in 61 before the 348's and later 409's came out. Always loved that as a kid..he sold it when I was in high school..I wanted to rebuild the engine and drive it. Would love to find one and restore it and give it back to him...