Q Ships

Greg Reimer 7376 · 11-20-2011, 12:36 PM

1965 Chev Impala SS 409/400 horse, 4 speed, 3.31 12 bolt RE. Something like 792 400 horse 409's built that year, total 409 production around 2812. Serious road monsters. I went to church when I was around 19 or 20 with a couple, he was a few years older then myself, he claimed to have had a robin's egg blue 409 400 4speed '65 SS hardtop with a white interior. I still worked at a gas station in the area, a customer came in with a light blue '65 Chevy, white interior, it was a Super Sport, 4 speed, and he needed a can of 30 wt Pennzoil put in it. I opened the hood, here was a 409, aluminum high rise, etc.I put in his oil, off they went, and later when I found out how rare that car was I suspected that it probably was the same car. He traded it in in 1968 for a new Caprice, I waited on it in 1975.Hope it still exists!

11-20-2011, 12:36 PM	#11
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,139 Likes: 172 Liked 727 Times in 221 Posts	Re: Q Ships 1965 Chev Impala SS 409/400 horse, 4 speed, 3.31 12 bolt RE. Something like 792 400 horse 409's built that year, total 409 production around 2812. Serious road monsters. I went to church when I was around 19 or 20 with a couple, he was a few years older then myself, he claimed to have had a robin's egg blue 409 400 4speed '65 SS hardtop with a white interior. I still worked at a gas station in the area, a customer came in with a light blue '65 Chevy, white interior, it was a Super Sport, 4 speed, and he needed a can of 30 wt Pennzoil put in it. I opened the hood, here was a 409, aluminum high rise, etc.I put in his oil, off they went, and later when I found out how rare that car was I suspected that it probably was the same car. He traded it in in 1968 for a new Caprice, I waited on it in 1975.Hope it still exists!