The Chevrolet 409 V8 had a significant, but brief moment in the history of American big-block, high-performance engines. While the 409 V8 may be best known as the title of a popular Beach Boys song ...

She’s so fine, my 409. This is NOT what the Beach Boys had in mind. This rare 409-powered 1963 Chevy Impala wagon is a mix of plain black wrapper, Big Block sleeper, luxo-barge, and family truckster.

Looking back at Chevy's full-size lineup in the early '60s, it's hard to find something General Motors did wrong. The full-size series pushed Chevrolet back to the leading spot in America in 1958 and ...

The Chevy Impala bowed for the 1958 model year. General Motors was celebrating its fiftieth year of production with anniversary models introduced for each brand. Chevrolet‘s anniversary model was the ...

The 1965 Impala SS 409 sits at the intersection of mass-market success and true rarity, a high performance option tucked ...

Although Chevrolet developed a V8 engine as early as 1917, the company really made its mark with the small block V8 in 1955. Just three years later the automaker introduced the powerful 348 ci engine ...

The 1963 Chevrolet Impala 409 has never been subtle. Even among Chevrolet loyalists, the W-motor big blocks carry a mythic glow, the kind of powerplants that helped rewrite performance expectations ...