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05-08-2012, 07:54 PM
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Re: So Rare You Have to Wonder
Jeez,an AMC guy has to give the straight scoop on this.Bill,go to your room.
51 more to go.
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05-08-2012, 08:07 PM
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Re: So Rare You Have to Wonder
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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05-08-2012, 08:26 PM
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05-11-2012, 01:27 PM
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   - Unrestored 409 Bubble Top - Original matching number block - Aluminum front end - Factory equipped Mark 2 service package - Z11 heads and intake on 409 block - Heads and intake alone worth $30,000 - Radio delete - Heater delete - Believed to be 572 original miles - Mickey Thompson slicks. Just curious, are these really what the prices are for these parts worth, whats a '62 aluminum front end worth today. |
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05-13-2012, 07:13 AM
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Re: So Rare You Have to Wonder
I have a friend in Texas who purchased an 62 Bubble Top Z11 - with aluminum front end about two years ago for his collection of cars.
He told me that they made a total of 18 of these very rare cars for a select few people. I forget what he told me he paid for the car but if my memory services me correctly is was north of $100,000 dollars. The car had been completely restored to original condition. Pat lives in McKinney, Texas and was a former drag racer who owns car dealerships. Jimbo |
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05-14-2012, 12:42 PM
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A few more pics of it...sharp looking car.
   
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05-08-2012, 08:31 PM
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05-08-2012, 08:51 PM
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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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