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- Billy Corgan’s Smashing Pumpkins might have walked right by this 1970 Impala but hot rodders never would. That’s because it packs the biggest mouse motor of them all - the 400 Turbo Fire!
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My 1st grade teacher drove a '70 Impala convertible in the same color in the early 1980s.
I collected hubcaps from an early age and noticed her Impala was missing a wheel cover. I polished one up and gave it to her. She was very happy, and she took me for a ride as thanks. She let me push the button to put the top down, and I was about as happy as a little kid could be.
A few years ago, I returned to my old hometown to care for my late mother's end-of-life needs and, subsequently, her estate. I shared that story in a local Facebook group and was happy to learn that my 1st grade teacher was still alive and well and that her son, who still lives in town, maintains the now-restored Impala as a cherished heirloom.
That's a freaking awesome story! This comment should be pinned to the top of the comment section.
I like how you present this stuff explaining the era. The logic of 1970 offering several engine varieties and drivetrain possibilities. It seems so strange today where many vehicles have only one option or two - but in 1970 the idea that a savvy consumer could have the option to fine tune their drivetrain at the dealership is what kept people coming in the doors.
My dad had a brand new '70 Biscayne as a company car. He drove it for 5 years, then parked it. Nobody wanted that car, so after 3 years of sitting around it was given to my brother. 350 under the hood. We tortured that old slug. Driving along in 3rd gear, if you really slapped the gas pedal hard and floored it the tranny would skip 2nd and downshift right into first. Poor wretch was probably spinning 6 grand. We called it the "Super Kickdown Feature".
Sounds similar to my dad, he bought the cars that were the "Driver Ed" cars, so you know they didn't have hard miles on them.
@@tomchrisfield7348brilliant idea 💡
all classic cars deserve to be saved.
I stuck a 400 in an '86 K5 4x4 Blazer, Dart 200cc heads, retro-fit roller cam, and a 144 B&M Blower - as you can imagine it made gobs and gobs of torque. She got 18 mpg freeway and never overheated, didn't even try to overheat, it was a rock solid build and was a boat load of fun to drive
And if I remember correctly, the first 3 model years of the 400 SBC were 4 bolt mains...Junkyard really is a classroom Steve!! Thanks fer takin' us along...
These always looked great to me. If there's any car that takes me back to my childhood, this is it. I couldn't tell you how many of my friends' parents had a full size Impala when I was growing up. I was 6 years old in 1970 and this car looked great to me then. Still does now.
I was 7 and my dad had 3 Impala's in his life. 68, 70, 73. I love these darn things. What a ride on the highway
How long you recon its been since it was on the road? 85?
The first car I remember my grandfather having was a '70 Impala four door. The only remotely cool car he ever had. Replaced it with a series of Caprice or Impala's, each weaker than the last, until the final one, an '84 I think, blew the engine at around 38,000 miles. (He lived quite a bit longer than 1984, but, like a lot of olds, he stopped replacing cars after his mid 70's.
At Jon Stewart. And i was nine then..The Year, That The Beatles Called it Quits 4-Ever..Then CCR in 1972..
I was 6 years old in 1970 as well when my parents bought an Impala brand new from Scuncio Chevrolet in Smithfield, RI. It had a 350 instead of the 400. It still was a beast. My mom loved that car. The dealership & my Mom are long gone but the memories are not.
Tonawanda is still in full swing, today, building the mighty LT1 and LT4 for the 2014-19 Corvette and 2016-present Camaro SS and ZL1, and the LT2 for the 2020-present Corvette.
Yep, it is! The Tonawanda Engine Plant is known for some of the greatest engines in Chevrolet muscle car history, still today! Its 10 minutes from my house!
@@WildBill236 I've passed it a time or two off the highway up there on a business trip. I said to the guy driving (who was from the area), "Isn't that the Tonawanda Engine Plant?" He said, "Yup. If we had more time, I'd say we should stop in...." We didn't though. Had to get back to the airport.
@@googleusergp I took a tour in 2013 of the plant at their 75th anniversary open house. It was a blast, I remember most of the plant was producing 2.5 and 2.0 ecotec 4 cylinder GM engines. I even bought the souviner hardcover 75th book, was $10 or 20 I think. Has some great pics and stories in it, but half or so of the pages are ads for local Chev and GMC/Cadillac dealerships and UAW sponsors. No real technical charts of all engines they made, applications, and when sadly. Still have the provided ANSI-87 certified safety glasses they let everyone wear/ keep. They had their own fire apparatus on display, it was a early 90s Chev 3500 with an American-LaFrance pumper tank on the frame. It had a TBI 7.4, made there of course, and I recall about 8K miles on it!
@@WildBill236 Yes, fire apparatus often have more "machine" hours (pump, aerial, etc.) than "road miles" as many times they will get to a scene and then pump or operate the ladder for hours (depending on the fire scene or call). Consequently, many have an hour meter for the PTO, pump and other accessory devices. Some fire apparatus do many road miles in rural areas or areas where one company covers a wide call area. I have vehicles with engines made in MI: Pontiac 301 and 400 made in Pontiac, MI and Oldsmobile 307 made in Lansing. My 2012 Sonic has a Korean made 1.8L Ecotec and my 2009 Pontiac G6 has an engine made in Tonawanda.
I actually wrote into the Tonawanda plant back in late 2008/early 2009 when I got my G6 and they featured my letter in their union news bulletin. I also contacted UAW5960 in Lake Orion, MI and one of the officials there hand wrote a note and sent me some "Pride of Lake Orion" door decals that went on the driver's door as it went down the line. One of the business agents at Lake Orion sent me a T-shirt that was the same one that the line workers wore when the cars were being built. I still have all of it.
That split bumper Camaro in the options book makes me swoon.
My dad had a dark green 350 4 barrel version of this car. It did not have air either. The vent on the 1970 was special and really worked well. Dad loved his 1970 and it went over 150k miles which was unheard of in the 70s when most people got rid of cars with 80 k miles on them
Had a 69 Impala custom for many years, had a 427, 335hp, was a great car, went many places and many adventures with it. Aluminum boat on the roof, travel trailer on the back, two big dogs and the wife, off to alaska! Was super reliable and got pretty good gas milage
My parents bought a 70 Impala custom new in September of 70 . It was the family car , my brother & I grew up in that car . Now it's mine & I'm driving it .
Good to see one made out alive. LOL.
Back in high school a buddy's grandfather bought a new 1971 Caprice Classic with the 400 small block. I got to drive it a couple of times and it was noticeably quicker than my dads 1969 Impala with it's 350. As I remember just looking at the fender badges didn't tell the full story because you could also get in the early 70's a full sized Chevy with a 402 big block and it had the same 400 fender badges as well.
Yep. I have seen a few with bbc....
The full sized really shined starting in 70... The olds 98's and impalas had a great look
I had a loaded '70 Caprice 4 door hardtop with the 400. Great car. The only problem was the backside of the rear bumper was open and the snow and slush would pack in, and the frozen mass would then fall out and yank all the taillight bulbs out by the wires and have to be reinstalled.
The early 400's (up to 1972 I think) had 4 bolt mains and a larger 2 barrel carb, along with larger intake manifold passages than the 350s.
My 10th to 12th grade year of high school 95-97. I drove a rust free 1969 Chevy Impala 2 door with the original 393 and 70k on the clock.
Buddy had the same. Grad 84 dude.
I owned a 70 just like this one. When I acquired it, it had no rear diff in it. So I pulled one out of a 69 model. This was basically the same car. It was a 10 bolt posi. I saw a 6 cyl one and it had a 10 bolt in it as well. Mine had the 300 HP 350 Turbo fire. But it had a chunk missing out of one of the pistons. So I stuffed a 71 400 with a cam, Edelbrock performer intake, holley 650 double pumper, headers, dual exhaust and electric fuel pump. Backed up with a turbo 350 with a B&M trans pack with a B&M ratchet shifter. I ran factory rally wheels with Goodyear Eagle GT +4 tires. It was quite the runner.
Back in the 90's I had a 400 chevy with a 260 comp cam edlebrock performer manifold,750 holley double pumper mechanical secondaries, accel distributor, roller rockers,,Hedman headers true full dual exhaust with crossover, 350 turbo tranny with a shift kit/Rv converter, 342 rear gears/posi,,in an original blue1984 ss monte it would stomp on 5.0's and grand national's in the streets of carnarsie bklyn,,,,boy do I sure miss those days and the friends that helped me build it Steve/artie and ronnie,,thanks for the memories
Cool, a stock looking Monte SS with 25-percent more cubes! A street sleeper / sweeper! You must have read Tony DeFeo's "Cars" magazines from the mid-1980's? He was always publishing street racing stories and pictures from the NYC area. Today Tony is alive and well, living in Tennessee and very active as a successful You Tuber with his Uncle Tony's Garage series. Thanks again for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
400 has always been my favorite engine! I never had problems with overheating, I built them well and made sure they could cool off. My favorite I use to own 74 caprice 454 I miss it
Back in the '80s, during my first marriage and tiny kids, I had a '74 Malibu station wagon that had a 400.
Steve ! Loving the impala ! Me and my wife own a '68 impala 4 door with a #'s matching 327 ci and th400 and it's just soo cush . Gm just killed it with their lineup of cars of that such Era. Thanks again for the knowledge that money can't buy !- Steven
Hi Steve, great video of this 70 Impala. I'm sure the crusher Impala comes to mind for a few of us. You're right about those 400s overheating. I've come across a few in my time. Love the rolling couches of the 70s. They may not have handled in the corners very well but definitely put you to sleep on the highway. Like riding on cloud 9! That yard is awesome, and the Falcon wagon hits another soft spot. Hope to see that feature soon. Thanks Steve. Namaste 🙏🏼
So true Chris.
That Falcon Wagon might be as rare as the Lakewood. You don’t see them.Corvair Lakewood.🤷♂️
@@Daniel-fd3wp Yea, you don't see those to often.
Yeah, I got a soft spot for wagons, not sure why. I've had a few sleeper wagons in my time. Made a few $s off some 5.0s and IROCs in the day. My grandma would almost have a different one every year when I was growing up. Top of the line stuff Grandma was high maintenance. It was either a Chrysler or Mercury, nothing but the best. Oh, how I remember my grandfather talking about the $ that woman went through. 😆 🤣. Grandpa was a Chrysler and Ford guy its all I ever saw him drive. But when you asked which car he liked best, he always said a Chevy!?🙃 Thanks for commenting on my comment, everyone. Namaste 🙏🏼
@@chrisscearce Cool
just so sad to see these classics rotting away!
My brother in law bought a '70 Monte Carlo in about 1992 or so. It had a totally stock 400/2 bbl. He immediately put on an Edelbrock intake, Holley 4 bbl and a set of headers with dual exhaust. The cam was the stock one but that dang engine would pull hard to almost 6 grand! It was a one wheel peeler so it would leave one long black mark with smoke rolling and it did, every where he drove it. Unfortunately it only lasted about 2 months before it spun a rod bearing. But it was fun while it lasted!!!
Talk about that tire tread in the front seat!
Yeah, I could never figure that out the idea of let's save these tires by ruining the interior. The trunk on that thing is massive. Namaste 🙏🏼
I had a 1973 Impala wagon with the 400 Small Block from 1999-2004. It ran pretty good, for being a 2 barrel carburetor equipped engine. I now have a 1973 Ford Country Sedan wagon with a 400 cubic inch V-8 in it, but a much different one.
You gotta love the Wagon Ho. Referring to one of Steve older Videos. 👍
Wagons are very cool cousin has a 1970 LTD with the wood packing on it setting in behind his home trying to buy it it has lots of options and has original motor and trans 429 c6 and no rust south Georgia car interior needs a little help
Somewhere in the late 70s my dad bought a Chevy Nomad with a 400. A Nomad van that is, short wheel base with windows from the sliding door forward. It was a good looking van in a forest green with rally wheels. We had a bunch of kids in our family so I learned to drive in this one and continued to drive vans while I lived at home. As I recall, it was considerably faster than it's 305 powered replacement.
It was more the normal in my area for no AC cars back then. Lots of room and floor vents made those cars not so hot in the summer the engine compartment was also very open to vent heat away.
Just out of high school, I picked up a '70 Impala Custom Coupe, puke green with vinyl, factory 2bbl 350 with peanut butter for $200. Delivered pizzas with it. If I babied the throttle in first, it would shift into second at about 20 mph; would average about 22 mpg over the night of work. Always started, no matter how cold. Could haul six in comfort with tons of room left over. Would float down the interstate, but not ooze like my neighbor's '75 Newport. Miss the Urban Insult Vehicle.
Since it was pointed out, I can never get over all this information is presented in one take. Amazing.
Hope you're doing ok Steve! I'll keep clicking on your videos every time they show up in my feed to try and help keep the income coming to cover your bills!
That 383 stroker used to be a budget build. Find an overheated 400 at any local garage for maybe $50 and take the crank. Don't forget the balancer and flywheel.
What flywheel? I bet you meant flex plate.
My parents bought a brand new 1970 Chevy Kingswood wagon with that 400 engine in it. I was only 12 years old at the time, but I remember my parents taking the wagon back to the dealership because it was using oil like crazy. A quart every 500 miles. It wasn't burning the oil or leaking it. I remember the phone calls to the dealership Service Dept. and my Dad arguing with the Chevrolet Zone Manager. They finally agreed to tear down the engine for free and fix the problem. The engine only had 10,000 miles on it.
It was discovered that #2 and #7 pistons had deformed oil rings on them, and the head gasket on the right bank was faulty.
Three years later, a Greyhound bus ran my Mom and Dad off the road and down into a ditch, totalling the wagon (nobody hurt). They went out and bought a new '73 Impala wagon with a 400 engine in it!
So it was burning oil....
@@samholdsworth420 - I'm not really sure if it was burning oil or what. Can't remember exactly. But this was 54 years ago and I was just a 12 year old kid!
It's a shame that we'll never have great cars again.
Exactly!! I was fortunate enough to have grown up in the 70s, watched the decline of HP and every car turn to complete crap!! Well my parents always drove late 60s early 70s Mopars all the way up into the 90s then they were stored away? Kids in the neighborhood always gave me crap for my parents driving "old clunkers" even though they were mint condition? They're not laughing anymore!
@@feelinfine1973 I was born 79. Honestly I find myself liking the 80s and 90s cars more and more. While not great, I feel they're far more appealing than anything 2000+
As a car guy, 1970 is a year I'd love to revisit when time travel is perfected. I mean, I've been there already but as a three year old, I was ineligible to purchase, title, or operate a Chevelle Super Sport at that time. My parents were pretty strict.
Fantasy fact we had a hi Po Chevy dealer in area and one week in Nov 1969 they had 12 or. So triple black Chevelle SS on lot. Autos and speeder ready for sale
@@gertraba9806 - I'm in the Pittsburgh area and the stories about Yenko Motors are legendary.
@@wes11bravo yeah dealer campaigned 70 SS Chevelle legendary at track
My Uncle had a 1972 Impala with the 400. One time, we were stranded in the remote Nevada desert with thermostat that was stuck closed. We didn't have a gasket. We removed the thermostat and my Uncle made a gasket out of a milk carton to get home. Even though it wasn't overheated for very long, when we got back to town, a rough idle had developed. From what I have heard, these 400's didn't tolerate overheating very well, just as Steve says.
I spent most of my childhood in the back of a 4 door 1970 Impala with the 300 hp 350. My parents at that time drove older vehicles and I was always embarrassed of the cars. But now seeing one of those behemoths brings back som many memories of trips we took and the vacations we went on. Thanks for this one!!!!
Theres a 1969 sport coupe in garnet red, bench seat, black vinyl top in my parents garage parked by my dads 68 nova. It was my grand parents passed down to me. My first car and is a forever car. My first big purchase out of college was a full resto and engine job. Has an L48 300hp 350 but its punched out .30 with a 274 comp xtreme energy cam and dart 180 heads. Topped with a 2 inch dual 4bbl carb setup. Its an absolute hoot and it always puts a smile on my face when i turn the key. Never a fan of the formal coupe roof line, always preferred the fast back like mine.
Nice! The fastback for me too!
We had a 71 caprice with the small block 400. It was a real torque monster for that big boat. Would really set you back in the seat when you stepped on it. I loved it, dad ran it to death and later swapped the engine (327) from his wrecked 69 Belair into it. By then I had found a 70 Chevelle SS that needed work and forgot all about that Caprice! GM caused a lot of confusion with the 400 badge when they used it on both big and small blocks. The only 454 we had were the later low compression ones in our pick up truck and one in a later model motor home. Nothing like the first high compression ones! If that 70 there were closer, I'd sure be interested!
I have a 72 caprice with a 400 small block and I love it
My grandparents bought a new dark green 4 door Impala with the 400. They needed a trusted young man (me) to drive them a few hundred miles to Colorado to see their number three son who was getting divorced. I remember my grandfather telling his son, “I begged you not to marry her, and now I am begging you to stay with her.” My grandmother was afraid of the cruise control option it had, thinking it would not shut off. The car could cruise nicely at freeway speeds with plenty of pickup.
Hopefully, the family situation worked itself out. That could not have been a pleasant trip.
My mother thought cruise control was something akin to "auto pilot", lol.
Thr concave rear windows were specific to the Impala "Custom" only beginning in 69.
Cheers 🇨🇦
In 1983-84 I owned a 1970 Impala Custom with a 350 2 barrel/TH400. Wish I had kept that car.
Mr. B. Here ! Morning Steve & Mags ! As a kid I saw these vehicles come out dealers like hot cakes , Mid-Class Americans loved these cars . Sad to see that car is in the yard . Grate information Steve !
I had two of these green with a dark green vinyl top and both with 400 small blocks. The 70 is the most desirable because it has 4 bolt mains. Great cruising cars.
I had a 72 Impala Custom in H.S. 400 2 bbl. Had a rod knock from getting too hot once.
Sounded great under hard acceleration with the lid of the air cleaner flipped!
Love these classic car history and detailed descriptions. Thank you sir.
hi Steve at burniston Massachusetts. 1970 impala one my favourite years.
Classic
The 400 with a turbo 400 is a nice combination for the street
love the bloody finger,...nice touch! Thanks again Steve
The 65-70 B-Body Chevy’s we’re great cars!!! Love 1969 👍
I once had a 76 Implala K9 cop wagon . It had a 400 with a 4 bbl and it was on a heavy cast iron high rise manifold . Also came with a Turbo 400 . Loved to put my foot in it to hear the Quad honk .86 was a good year since the Saudis were showing their anger at Reagan/Bush with $5 a barrel oil taking gas prices back to the early 70s level . After rust overtook the body ( on wagons the frame ended at the front leaf spring eyes ) it went the junk yard - back then it cost $35 to get a junk removed so we pulled the engine and trans since my brother had 350 Blazer . When we pulled the engine apart for the crank and rods we found it had once swallowed a valve and had a lot of dingle ball honing in 1 cylinder along with valve stem dents on the head
I sold an "as-is" engine to someone out of a 1979 Toronado parts car I had. It was an Olds 350. I told the guy, "Look, I bought the whole car for parts. You're free to pull the engine and I'll take $250 for it, but I don't know anything about it. Could be bad, I didn't plan on using the engine, so you're on your own". Sure enough, he paid me, pulled the engine and it had a cracked cylinder head. When we dismantled the car (this was 1990), we saw GM decals on the fenders and knew it had been in a bad accident with something in its past. I think the engine was actually impacted by the crash and damaged.
I'll say it one more time..."WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU CRAWLING AROUND THE JUNK YARD" ! ! !!
Memory lane Steve I had an Impala same color gold and a two door but had a 350 in her , nice car had her for a few years , thanks .
Thanks for sharing
Bottom of magazine page says “he that walketh with wise men shall be wise.” I think it’s safe to say I’ve learned a few things from these videos and comments.
Sweet find i have a 1970 impala convertible. Love it
Another great info dump. Excellent!
Glad you enjoyed it
I was a Mopar guy back in the day. I didn’t know this info about the 400. I would have walked away from a junker with that motor. Thanks for more schooling.
Those rode so good
LOL.... the dog startled me for a second!
Great information. Ya, now it's a lot easier to stroke out your 350 to like 408 or 410. I am so happy my 62 impala has less rust than this 70. Have a great week all.
Steve, you forgot to flip the air cleaner lid!
Such a pleasure listening to someone talk so passionately about a subject they know so much about! SUBBED!!!
I worked pumping gas back in the mid 1970’s. Every time a 400 Chevy pulled off the highway to fill up, the engine was still hot and after they paid, they’d try to start but the 400 would barely turn. The lucky ones would catch just as the starter said Nooope. The rest were stranded for ten minutes, then would fire right up. 350’s would always start.
Love your channel Steve, and I wish you a full recovery, I'm so sorry about your illness, very informative guy that is my favorite channel, best wishes my friend
A band teacher in my high school drove a pastel yellow 1970 impala like this. His was pretty stock looking one.
Heal completely Steve! You are truly missed my friend!!
What happened to him?
@@klwthe3rd encephalitis a.k.a swelling of the brain. Damn near killed him.
@@madmike2624 Are you freaking for real?? HOLY CRAP!!! I had no idea. Did he find out from an MRI? Or did he just collapse one day?
My first car was a 1970 impala custom 350/300hp green on green black vinyl top loved that car
Still today for me, mixing and matching original parts is part of the fun.
Oh the good old days. When your old car broke down you could tap on the carburetor or scratch the points with a pocket knife and usually get her running again. I miss those days. Greeting from Reynosa, Mexico.
I just wanted you to know I grew up in a body shop mechanic shop and we had a big scrap yard and love watching your videos I have learned so much that I did not know. Keep up the good work
That is awesome!
The 383 sbc is great for a street rod, but back in my day the hot setup at the dragstrip was a 400 block with a 350 crank. All you need is spacer bearings for the crank. Use 350 rods with 400 pistons. Whatever heads you use don't forget to drill your steam holes for the Siamese cylinders. No small block raps as high as a 377.
Right on, huge bore/short stroke 👍
always enjoy your videos Steve .. I’m a Mopar guy mainly grew up with them during the 60s and 70s in east Texas .. my grandfather liked to trade every 2 years so we never put more than 25K-30K miles on the 4 beautiful C bodies he bought every 2 years - Mom always got a Fury or Gran Fury Sport Suburban wagon beginning in 68 (Hawaiian Blue).. plus a Sport Fury and a New Yorker usually.. anyhow loved 70 Chevrolets too and how the triple taillights changed from year to year - 63 was by far the most beautiful - would love to see a Mopar wagon video at some point - Thanks
Hi Kyle Hill, Thanks for watching and writing. I'm also Mopar at the core but can appreciate anything on wheels - or wings or tracks or in a hull. If you want to see a Mopar station wagon featured in a Junkyard Crawl video, just go to the Channel Playlist where two days ago we featured a 1960 Plymouth Suburban wagon. Beyond that, you'll also see OVER 400 Junkyard Crawl videos including 150 "Great Texas Mopar Hoard Auction Event" preview videos featuring plenty of Mopar goodies! Thanks again for watching and writing. Mo-Par To Ya! -Steve Magnante
My parents bought a 1970 impala when they got married. I believe same color as that one in your video, autumn gold. Only difference, ours had a sloped back window like a chevelle. Not the concaved like this find. Mom and dad Still had it when i turned 16 and then....i wrecked it.
Another kid in my high school had the caprice version same color as mine. Same back window a this so i always assumed thats what set the cars apart. A buddy had a 68 with 283 and my 350 wouldn't keep up.
Im more of a fan of G bodies now but still think about that impala time to time. Of I hit the lotto I would own another for sure.
Chevy had it all in '70. Two door heaven.
Those Siamesed cylinders made for a lot of cracked heads. We had piles of them and the blocks in the scrap pile.
Again, a morning treat! Great video as always !
Morning!
Another great video.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks, Steve...hope you're getting better...godspeed..!!!!
400 had steam holes in the head for cooling the siamese cylinders can be used on a 350 can't put any smallblock head on with out steam holes on 400 unless you need some boat anchors, I'm not positive but I think gm also put 400 badges on caprice or impalas with 396 engines
Also Chevelles, Monte Carlos, and trucks, could be had with the Big Block 400, or 400 Turbo Jet.
This is a really good and informative piece. Glad you ran across this beast.
We had an old impala growing up
For all us boomers Steve, thanks for the memories! Great show….
Great video,that car has been there for a few years, all tinted glass,,that was a beast in its day
Yes it was
Great information and wonderful video. Thank you.
I had a 1974 Monte Carlo with a small block 400 CID. It to only had the 2 barrel carburetor. I didn’t realize the reason for the 2 barrel until now. I’m not sure why it did not have the 350. Also, my car had the high energy ignition (HEI). My understanding the HEI was the latter 74 GM models, whereas my Monte Carlo was built May of 1974.
One of my favorite cars ever
Had a 1973 Chevy Impala 2 door with the 350 3 speed auto. Great looking and running car. Wish I still had it these days...........
Thanks Steve. 🙏🏻😎
Thanks Steve as always for the information. That's another reason I'd get the base model for a project car. You don't need to fill trim holes, and one less place for rust to form. I always wondered about Chevy's 400. I never knew it was an economy engine.
I had two of these, one was on convertible and one was a hard top.
Both 350 2 barrel, 250 horsepower. Both ran nice.
Great video!! You are the best at explaining and educating your viewers and subscribers! I know I look forward to your videos like Christmas every day....lol!!
A dream to work on!! So easy to tune etc. Room galore👍
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and videos! My first car was an 70 Impala 4 door in 76. Old farmer’s car, 350/350, dents and 102,000 miles . Dealer made my mother pay $500 for it and then I had to pay her back. Drove it for 3 years and then traded it in for a 1973 Gran Torino Sport Q code 351 with a 4 speed! I wish I had kept the Torino! I just got another project GTS Q code automatic for something to work on during my retirement .
Very cool!
Gotta love the Impounda!!
My favorite engine, put in my 69 nova for drag racing. Bored 30 over 406
As always very well explained, I had a 69. Best car I ever owned
Good morning Steve and everyone
I like the 52 Olds at 7:00 - I took my drivers test on a 52 in 1959. What a boat! Great video as usual!
Last year of two year body styles .the 70 Is a facelift of the 69 .great videos .Best regards from so far away the south . Uruguay