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Ed.......51 more to go of what untill what........????

51 More days.....and than what....
51 More beers...and than you switch to Tequila
51 More cigars....and than you go with a pinch...
51 More guns.....and than.....Oh Boy....

I'm bored.....

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Rich posts to reach 5000.

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Also had a two piece intake if I remember.

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It seems that the late year releases of factory performance parts included aluminum front fenders ,hoods, etc. for the '62 cars. Also available were the two piece intakes and the high port Z-11 style heads. Those didn't get called Z-11's until the '63 car came out. If you put those heads and the aluminum on a '62 car, you got moved from Super Stock into A/MP. The original idea was to make the Z style heads, intake, and air cleaner an option on the '63 Chevy 409's, but that never got done. Too bad. If more of that stuff was out there, the 409 legacy would have been that much greater. The term Z-11 was from the RPO designation of the factory '63 impala race car with the 427 inch engine with the high port heads, the two piece intake, and the cowl induction air cleaner.Included were aluminum bumpers, fenders, brackets, inner fenders, and the hood.Only around 57 of those were ever built, and I've been told that only 7 still exist. Rare? Yes. Find one and you've got something.

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oh.......!

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62's were not Z-11 alas posted above but those in the know had the to be 2 piece intake bigger port and valve heads heavier valve springs and cam for z 11
Dodges & Plymouths were lightest
Pontiacs second
Chevy third
Ford fourth. The new lite weights got down to around 3450
Mopar were around 3200

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Wow! Lightweight at 3450???

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Compared to 4000-4200 lbs it is !

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Here's another '62 409 Chevy, less all of the lightweight parts...

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...=&startRow=937

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Don't forget these are 116-120 wb cars my 62--406Galaxie weighted 3870 new before I stated on it all of these cars except Mopars where full framed cars Mopars were uni-body