A friend's dad was a Chevy salesman back in 1962 when I was a senior in high school. I will never forget the ride he gave us in a just arrived black 409 with red interior. That was 56 years ago, seems like yesterday.
My parents had a 62 Impala, a 283. I adored that car but never lucky enough to find this one. Later I bought a Roadrunner but the 409 is still my dream
The 409 was a great engine but it had solid lifters meaning you had to adjust valves every 25-30k miles. I had a 65 Impala SS with that engine also. It was Red also but I had black vinyl interior with the bucket seats!!!Awesome car.❤❤❤❤
I grew up pretty poor. Never had a car until I came back from Vietnam in 66. I bought my first car with money I had saved. 1964 409 conver. white over black red interior. Had dual quads and 4sped. only had 20 thousand miles on it. I paid 1800 bucks fo it. It was a running SOB.
I had a 62 with a 327 engine 4 speed and a positraction rear end. I never lost a race on route 17 in Ramsey, N.J. It was a great runner and it was a super sport Impala. Best car I ever owned. Bill
I am at a lose for words, one of my school mates had one and took us for a drive , that was back in 1965, unbelievable car. you are so blessed to have that 62
Beautiful,elegant,simple..powerful! Chevrolet was humble when the GTO came out and was dubbed the first muscle car! This car would of eaten the GTO for lunch and spit out the bolts!!
Just gotta' come back for an additional comment(s). This is a fantastic find. Either someone did a perfect, correct resto or it's in pristine original condition. I'd hope for the later(never painted, original interior etc.). At any rate, a wonderful example. Looks showroom new. I trust you take good care of her. Garaged, protection from extremes in temp., etc. Be nice to her 'cause there sho' ain't gonna' be any more like this. Congratulations, Marty!
Incredible Car!!!!! I love the solid sound of metal when he shuts the door at the beginning. You don't hear an actual metal sound when you shut a door and slam a hood on modern cars.
I never saw a Biscayne or Bel Air with the "pillarless" hardtop. Every one I have ever seen had the door post. This must be a really, really rare car -- and I like it. Manual transmission, AM radio and (most likely) no power steering or brakes. Top it off with a vinyl bench seat, crank windows and no A/C. No ABS or traction control - which must have made driving on wet roads almost treacherous. This is an example of a fast, no-frills street fighter of a car that doesn't have a lot of "fluff" or extra weight to slow it down.
One of the Baddest Chevy Ever Built. When I hear that Beach Boys song:"She Real Fine MY 409"!!! And yes I'm a suscriber Chuck!!!!!!!!!! Keep them coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always liked that body style. Big change up from the finned cars. A girl I knew in the mid sixties parents had one. Also like the "bubble" top Pontiacs.
1:33 When I take her to the track she really shines (giddy up, giddy up 409) She always turns in the fastest times (giddy up, giddy up 409) My four speed, dual quad, Posi-Traction 409 (409, 409, 409, 409
Thank you for the production. Surely I wish the camera work was better but understand the age of this production. I've never heard a 409 run. With the 3.5 stroke it does not sound like a big block and for that I love it.
I watched this video just to listen to what I heard so many times ...soo long ago. I was working at a Texaco full service (including having to sweep out the mat under the drivers feet) when this rich kid came in with a brand new 1962 SS 409/409, he didn't know squat at the time, asked me what I thought. Bored and balanced , Howards aluminum rods, Jahns power-slot pistons, Hurst competition plus shifter, Atlas Bucron tires for the street, front bumper off, 4:56 gears and hello 12.7's which showed a lot of Maxi- Wedge 426 and 406's and 427 Fords the tail end of that beautiful Anniversary Gold 409...yeah, good ole' days.........there was no-such thing as a snow flake.
Hi Chuck, Thanks for putting that 409 video on Rides with Chuck. I noted that the format had changed a bit since your previous upload under your "old" ID, but it is still a great video on a fantastic 62 Bubbletop. I have added it to my favourites. Looking forward to more videos from RWC. Cheers......Barry.
I always liked and drove the 63 Or64 ss impala..Even made my own death trap 64 Chevy 2 straight axle four speed posi (welded gears) The only disturbing issue was keeping the front wheels on the ground
RARE!! ! Been a car nut al my life and ONLY seen one black 1962 Bubbletop Belair Coupe ever. Greenwood Alabama July 1981 en route north from the Gulf Coast tricked out, tastefully don..... only saw it for a split second when those second set of secondary openings got kicked open! Beautiful car and a legend too.
Yeah its really cool that this car is totally stock,the sound of that exhaust and the hearing those tires squock as wicked w headed 8 cylinder beast wind through the gears,is just bone chilling..Horsepower and torque is pure evil.
I thought “oh geez another granny cruise”, and damn if the old f’er doesn’t get right on it. Cool. Drive ‘em some like they were made to be driven. I miss my old 63 SS 327 Muncie. Oh, and Merle, the 409 is obviously a large engine and the dual quad version uses Carter carbs that are wider then they are long unlike Holleys. They don’t fill the manifold end to end. If you look at the start of the engine shots you see the front carb starting right behind the water neck. And look how huge that air cleaner housing is to cover those two carbs on the low profile manifold. Thanks Chuck and Marty.
Cool. I was also twenty yr old when I bought my new 62. I wanted the 409 of course but I had a girlfriend who wanted me to get a convertible. Love is blind. I couldn’t afford both a convert and the 409 so I ordered a white Impala convert with blue interior, the new 327, 4 speed and posi traction rear. I loved that car.. sold it to my next girlfriend when I had to go to Viet Nam in 66/67. She sold the 62, we married (54 yrs-she just passed). The guy who bought it robbed the 4 speed and posi for his 55chev and put the 62 into a field to rot away. Arrrgh!🥴😥
Chuck, this is the first time i have ever seen a 62 with a bubble top. I was unaware that one could still get them in 1962, as the bubble top was in 1961. When you first said a 1962 bubble top, i thought you were mistaken. LOL Very nice. I rode in a couple of SS 62's in high school. One was a 62 with a 409, and the other was possibly a 327, but not for sure. It is understandable why the owner drives with a smile on his face. "409,409, she so fine - my 409" Remember?
Lucky guy, that's a beautiful machine and all business to boot. Like a Ferrari F40 in that regard. I think I've seen ten musclecars ever, we just don't have them here but I research them relentlessly online and its refreshing to learn about models I didn't previously know about. Great vid, I'd love to be there. Keep 'em coming Chuck. \m/
I have 2 1962 bubble top. 409 2 quads 4spd 12bolt posi. We added ps p disc brakes and a/c. My wife drives them. One was green and the other burgundy. Heck of a car.
I'm a Mopar guy first but I love the 61 Impala SS 409 and 62 Bel Air 409/409. Really like the 65 Impala SS 396/425 and 66 Impala SS 427/425 as well. Those 4 cars are probably my favorite Chevy's ever made. The 1961-62 bubble tops and the 65-66 Impala SS are the best looking of the full size Chevy's in my opinion
Makes me wonder if in the Beach Boys song "409" if revving engine at the songs beginning was a real 409...I'll bet it was. What a sound! Gives me goose bumps....see the USA in your Chevrolet! Beautiful Bel Air!
Mike Slomski I read recently that the motor in the beach boys song "409" is actually a running 348" which was the predecessor to the '09 but can't remember year of car it was
it was a complete monster had the numbers stamped on the side of the block 403 and it was an old with headmen headers long tube 3inch exhaust and a 750 holley dominator on it with msd 6aL turbo 400 and 411 it was wiled and we put this motor in for shits and giggles had no idea that it ran with such power it was amazing i could go on all day about that motor and i've had some really quick motors but that one used to scare the shit out of me
Manual steering, crank windows, AM radio (or no radio), 4spd manual, drum brakes all around, bias-play tires, no A/C, vinyl bench seat.............times we will never see again.
Thanks, that is the figure I had come up with but had no consensus on it. My friend bought a brand new one in 1962. Sadly he totaled it a year later. So we know there can only be 299 left.
One of my all time fav's. She's a beauty, but boy does it have a real 4x4 stance with those springs. I think you could change the oil w/o even jacking it up.
There's a guy just up the street from me with a bubble top car just like this, I didn't know it's so rare. No wonder he parks it inside his gate with two huge Rottwilers standing guard
I gotta squawk...at 2:12, being serenaded by an era appropriate, Berryesque, "duck walk", (geese, but it fits). This past summer, I was overwhelmed upon spotting a red, bubbletop Impala parked on the street, in my neighborhood❗️ 🇨🇦
@@RideswithChuck Living in Raincouver, many of the the Canada geese don't migrate...they love to devour the grass, leaving their gooselet deposits for all. 🇨🇦
Great looking old muscle car, but I couldn't handle that huge great big stick shift, I guess it's that way designed because of the bench seats in the front. Plus I'd never get the thing inside my garage, it's to big
Keep in mind that there were three different trim levels of full sized Chevies in 1962 - Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala/Impala SS. The "bubble top" was NOT available in the top of the line Impala or SS. The 2 dr hardtop Impalas had a different roof line. Another huge difference was that the two lower level coupes were only available with entry level upholstered bench seats. The bucket seat/console option was reserved for the Impala SS. '62 was a critical year for another reason - it was the first year for the 327, one of the greatest V-8 engines ever made.
i had gotten the motor out of the back of a pick up truck my friend bought and have no idea what was done to it but all i know is that it was very fast laid it in a 68 lemans and it laid rubber every where and did the things ya don't mean to do lmao we put a set of slicks on it one day and it actually pulled the wheels off the ground and i've heard the same thing by other people that it was supposed to be a smog motor but by the way it ran you would have never thought
Over 50 years later and the sound of an old 409 gives me chills. Pure power.
Third time watching this and still enjoy
Feel free to watch this video over and over and over again.
My first car was a '58 Impala with a 348ci with 3 duces. I blew a schoolmates mind when I raced his brand new GTO Judge in '70.
A friend's dad was a Chevy salesman back in 1962 when I was a senior in high school. I will never forget the ride he gave us in a just arrived black 409 with red interior. That was 56 years ago, seems like yesterday.
I Wish if Have this beautiful Chevy :) .
Now this is absolutely beautiful, thanks for this informative video, you've won me ❤️🙏🏽
My parents had a 62 Impala, a 283. I adored that car but never lucky enough to find this one. Later I bought a Roadrunner but the 409 is still my dream
Now we're having fun! Thank you for the video.
The 409 was a great engine but it had solid lifters meaning you had to adjust valves every 25-30k miles. I had a 65 Impala SS with that engine also. It was Red also but I had black vinyl interior with the bucket seats!!!Awesome car.❤❤❤❤
Yes, 1965 was the last year for the 409.
I grew up pretty poor. Never had a car until I came back from Vietnam in 66. I bought my first car with money I had saved. 1964 409 conver. white over black red interior. Had dual quads and 4sped. only had 20 thousand miles on it. I paid 1800 bucks fo it. It was a running SOB.
Nice.Thank you for your service.I wish I would have been able to own one.
Awesome!
U had a rare one 64 was the last year for the 409 and a convertible at that
Fantastic !
My day will come ... sooner than later I'm hoping to have my own bubble top
I had a 62 with a 327 engine 4 speed and a positraction rear end. I never lost a race on route 17 in Ramsey, N.J. It was a great runner and it was a super sport Impala. Best car I ever owned. Bill
The look at the 30 second mark when he chirped the tires in third gear.......PRICELESS!
That was a fun ride for me!
That car is a classic ain't nobody going to ever see that again
I am at a lose for words, one of my school mates had one and took us for a drive , that was back in 1965, unbelievable car. you are so blessed to have that 62
I had a red 62 Chevy hardtop but mine had a 327 engine with single four barrel carb and 4 speed transmission. Loved those 62s.
From an era we will never see again, the cars, music & fun..
brian critchley agreed
Yep, those days are GONE for EEEEVVVVEEEEERRRRR
When the chrome was thick, the women were straight and there was no such thing as an environmentalist.
I am so thankful I lived through some of these times.. You're right, we'll never see these times..
Can remember 409 Chevy they were king in 62 never had the chance to ride in one...too poor to buy a car..
Absolutely gorgeous 409. And he drives it the way it was meant to be driven!
Beautiful,elegant,simple..powerful! Chevrolet was humble when the GTO came out and was dubbed the first muscle car! This car would of eaten the GTO for lunch and spit out the bolts!!
What a fortunate man to be able to own not one but two of these beasts.I'm impressed.
Those old Chevy dashboards are so cool looking!
Saw a '62 bubble top with the 409 just today in a cruising event in Finland ..thought it was an impala at first. It's a really sweet looking ride.
one of my clients who is a collector has 3 of those.. he said everyone they find is red with a 409.. I just love em!!
thanks for posting
Just gotta' come back for an additional comment(s). This is a fantastic find. Either someone did a perfect, correct resto or it's in pristine original condition. I'd hope for the later(never painted, original interior etc.). At any rate, a wonderful example. Looks showroom new. I trust you take good care of her. Garaged, protection from extremes in temp., etc. Be nice to her 'cause there sho' ain't gonna' be any more like this. Congratulations, Marty!
WHAOOOOOOO!
You made the day of a french addict of US of A cars from the 60's!!
Thank you,what a sound!!!
🎵Nothing can touch her🎶
Nothing can beat her!🎵 .... 409 .. 409
Gotta' love those factory "dog dish" hub caps! Take those 409 stickers off and you have yourself a "sleeper" at a stop light!
I had a '65 Belair 4dr with a '67 Vette engine. Sleeper.
Not everybody likes the same thing: some of us appreciate the classics for what they are.
And not crashing is always a good idea!
I adore the smile he has in the car,sure of his power...
W.O.W !!!!
That engine SOUND !!
Thank you from Normandie !
Incredible Car!!!!! I love the solid sound of metal when he shuts the door at the beginning. You don't hear an actual metal sound when you shut a door and slam a hood on modern cars.
My favorite roof line. Bring back many memories.
I'm glad to be of service.
Absolutely great car and in pristine condition. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Love this car Chuck! Have wanted one of these nearly all my life. The Famed 409. Great stuff. Keep up the good work Chuck :)
I never saw a Biscayne or Bel Air with the "pillarless" hardtop. Every one I have ever seen had the door post. This must be a really, really rare car -- and I like it. Manual transmission, AM radio and (most likely) no power steering or brakes. Top it off with a vinyl bench seat, crank windows and no A/C. No ABS or traction control - which must have made driving on wet roads almost treacherous. This is an example of a fast, no-frills street fighter of a car that doesn't have a lot of "fluff" or extra weight to slow it down.
beautiful ride chuck, thanks for sharing-
WOW. what a beautiful car! Thanks, chuck...without vids like this I would not get to see such cars.
Thanks, Chuck! Another really GREAT Ride!
Nice to see (and hear) he keeps it original and drives it hard.
Cool video, Chuck, thanks for posting.
That Engine sound BEAUTIFUL
One of the Baddest Chevy Ever Built. When I hear that Beach Boys song:"She Real Fine MY 409"!!! And yes I'm a suscriber Chuck!!!!!!!!!! Keep them coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"She's real fine!"
👍
I always liked that body style. Big change up from the finned cars. A girl I knew in the mid sixties parents had one. Also like the "bubble" top Pontiacs.
1:33 When I take her to the track she really shines (giddy up, giddy up 409)
She always turns in the fastest times (giddy up, giddy up 409)
My four speed, dual quad, Posi-Traction 409 (409, 409, 409, 409
Thank you for the production. Surely I wish the camera work was better but understand the age of this production. I've never heard a 409 run. With the 3.5 stroke it does not sound like a big block and for that I love it.
I watched this video just to listen to what I heard so many times ...soo long ago. I was working at a Texaco full service (including having to sweep out the mat under the drivers feet) when this rich kid came in with a brand new 1962 SS 409/409, he didn't know squat at the time, asked me what I thought. Bored and balanced , Howards aluminum rods, Jahns power-slot pistons, Hurst competition plus shifter, Atlas Bucron tires for the street, front bumper off, 4:56 gears and hello 12.7's which showed a lot of Maxi- Wedge 426 and 406's and 427 Fords the tail end of that beautiful Anniversary Gold 409...yeah, good ole' days.........there was no-such thing as a snow flake.
Hi Chuck,
Thanks for putting that 409 video on Rides with Chuck. I noted that the format had changed a bit since your previous upload under your "old" ID, but it is still a great video on a fantastic 62 Bubbletop. I have added it to my favourites. Looking forward to more videos from RWC.
Cheers......Barry.
I always liked and drove the 63 Or64 ss impala..Even made my own death trap 64 Chevy 2 straight axle four speed posi (welded gears) The only disturbing issue was keeping the front wheels on the ground
RARE!!
! Been a car nut al my life and ONLY seen one black 1962 Bubbletop Belair Coupe ever. Greenwood Alabama July 1981 en route north from the Gulf Coast tricked out, tastefully don..... only saw it for a split second when those second set of secondary openings got kicked open! Beautiful car and a legend too.
Yeah its really cool that this car is totally stock,the sound of that exhaust and the hearing those tires squock as wicked w headed 8 cylinder beast wind through the gears,is just bone chilling..Horsepower and torque is pure evil.
I thought “oh geez another granny cruise”, and damn if the old f’er doesn’t get right on it. Cool. Drive ‘em some like they were made to be driven. I miss my old 63 SS 327 Muncie. Oh, and Merle, the 409 is obviously a large engine and the dual quad version uses Carter carbs that are wider then they are long unlike Holleys. They don’t fill the manifold end to end. If you look at the start of the engine shots you see the front carb starting right behind the water neck. And look how huge that air cleaner housing is to cover those two carbs on the low profile manifold. Thanks Chuck and Marty.
Cool. I was also twenty yr old when I bought my new 62. I wanted the 409 of course but I had a girlfriend who wanted me to get a convertible. Love is blind. I couldn’t afford both a convert and the 409 so I ordered a white Impala convert with blue interior, the new 327, 4 speed and posi traction rear. I loved that car.. sold it to my next girlfriend when I had to go to Viet Nam in 66/67. She sold the 62, we married (54 yrs-she just passed). The guy who bought it robbed the 4 speed and posi for his 55chev and put the 62 into a field to rot away. Arrrgh!🥴😥
Sound of this 409❤
Chuck, this is the first time i have ever seen a 62 with a bubble top. I was unaware that one could still get them in 1962, as the bubble top was in 1961. When you first said a 1962 bubble top, i thought you were mistaken. LOL
Very nice. I rode in a couple of SS 62's in high school. One was a 62 with a 409, and the other was possibly a 327, but not for sure.
It is understandable why the owner drives with a smile on his face.
"409,409, she so fine - my 409" Remember?
U ain't never saw a bubble top
Lucky guy, that's a beautiful machine and all business to boot. Like a Ferrari F40 in that regard.
I think I've seen ten musclecars ever, we just don't have them here but I research them relentlessly online and its refreshing to learn about models I didn't previously know about. Great vid, I'd love to be there. Keep 'em coming Chuck. \m/
I have 2 1962 bubble top. 409 2 quads 4spd 12bolt posi. We added ps p disc brakes and a/c. My wife drives them. One was green and the other burgundy. Heck of a car.
She's so fine my 409 :) Gotta love it a 62 bubble top with a 409 and a 4 speed what more can a guy ask for from a car that's just awesome
Best 1962 Chevy Ever! And that 409 engine! Great!
I'm a Mopar guy first but I love the 61 Impala SS 409 and 62 Bel Air 409/409. Really like the 65 Impala SS 396/425 and 66 Impala SS 427/425 as well. Those 4 cars are probably my favorite Chevy's ever made. The 1961-62 bubble tops and the 65-66 Impala SS are the best looking of the full size Chevy's in my opinion
Love this car !!
Wow....`62 bubbletop Oh-Nine....it doesn`t get much better than that !
(Takes me back to my demented youth :-)
Makes me wonder if in the Beach Boys song "409" if revving engine at the songs beginning was a real 409...I'll bet it was. What a sound! Gives me goose bumps....see the USA in your Chevrolet! Beautiful Bel Air!
Mike Slomski I read recently that the motor in the beach boys song "409" is actually a running 348" which was the predecessor to the '09 but can't remember year of car it was
I had the same color car, except I put a 427 / 425 hp and four speed.. I miss that car the most. It was named THE BLACK RAT
it was a complete monster had the numbers stamped on the side of the block 403 and it was an old with headmen headers long tube 3inch exhaust and a 750 holley dominator on it with msd 6aL turbo 400 and 411 it was wiled and we put this motor in for shits and giggles had no idea that it ran with such power it was amazing i could go on all day about that motor and i've had some really quick motors but that one used to scare the shit out of me
72 olds 442's came standard with a 455, the 403 began in 77. what 403's need are w-31 heads and cam to bring them alive.
WHAT A SWEET RIDE...
Manual steering, crank windows, AM radio (or no radio), 4spd manual, drum brakes all around, bias-play tires, no A/C, vinyl bench seat.............times we will never see again.
Those birds said "what a bitchin' ride".
first video ever of somebody actually getting on it with a
409.
Thanks, that is the figure I had come up with but had no consensus on it. My friend bought a brand new one in 1962. Sadly he totaled it a year later. So we know there can only be 299 left.
One of my all time fav's. She's a beauty, but boy does it have a real 4x4 stance with those springs. I think you could change the oil w/o even jacking it up.
There's a guy just up the street from me with a bubble top car just like this, I didn't know it's so rare. No wonder he parks it inside his gate with two huge Rottwilers standing guard
I've always wanted the 62
I gotta squawk...at 2:12, being serenaded by an era appropriate, Berryesque, "duck walk", (geese, but it fits).
This past summer, I was overwhelmed upon spotting a red, bubbletop Impala parked on the street, in my neighborhood❗️
🇨🇦
The geese are our rulers...
@@RideswithChuck
Living in Raincouver, many of the the Canada geese don't migrate...they love to devour the grass, leaving their gooselet deposits for all.
🇨🇦
@@loilt5091 The geese leave it to us humans to clean up their mess. We are here to serve.
Awesome car
62 409 409 bel air my most favorite car on the planet!!!!!
Man nothing sounds like those 409's!
"Ole Marty" was pulling gears !
SRFM409❣️
hey chuck que joven te ves en esta entrevista!jaja!espectacular chevy!y que potencia!muchas felicitaciones por tus videos y saludos desde argentina!
They put stronger springs from the factory thus the lift. Awesome...
Great looking old muscle car, but I couldn't handle that huge great big stick shift, I guess it's that way designed because of the bench seats in the front.
Plus I'd never get the thing inside my garage, it's to big
chevy the world leader.
@Busia1949 Hey! Thanks for watching.
Back-in-the-day I had a '62 Biscayne 409. Now that would be a very rare car today.
Sounds nice, I got back in 69.
I like it :-D
That car is sick!!!😂
Keep in mind that there were three different trim levels of full sized Chevies in 1962 - Biscayne, Bel Air and Impala/Impala SS. The "bubble top" was NOT available in the top of the line Impala or SS. The 2 dr hardtop Impalas had a different roof line. Another huge difference was that the two lower level coupes were only available with entry level upholstered bench seats. The bucket seat/console option was reserved for the Impala SS.
'62 was a critical year for another reason - it was the first year for the 327, one of the greatest V-8 engines ever made.
Nice editing.
She's so fine...my fo' o nine...Fo' o nine...giddy up giddy up Fo' O Nine!!😙
Take it to Jay Lenos Garage so everyone can see it. I'm sure he would enjoy it.
409 at full song, NOTHING sounds better!
Ah yes, that sound! She's real fine!
First factory hot rod made by Chevrolet
i had gotten the motor out of the back of a pick up truck my friend bought and have no idea what was done to it but all i know is that it was very fast laid it in a 68 lemans and it laid rubber every where and did the things ya don't mean to do lmao we put a set of slicks on it one day and it actually pulled the wheels off the ground and i've heard the same thing by other people that it was supposed to be a smog motor but by the way it ran you would have never thought
The geese thank you.
Das Badazz!
MY FIRST CAR 62 IMPALA CONVERTIBLE
Giddy Up 409!!!
must be a pleasure to drive as per Mr. McGuire's face.