Who doesn't like smoking tires? This is my former wife's '65 Impala SS convertible that I built up a solid cammed 409CI/4-speed and replaced the 283CI/powerglide. With the original peg leg rear end, and probably 3.08 gears, I could put down about 250 feet of rubber. Later I installed a big car posi and M-50's and I could still fry the tires about 50 feet. The '65 was rough but I did a little work on it and hid everything with a coat of grey primer - but I had to add the GTO hood scoops I got from my '68 GTO I was junking. The hood was badly bent, so I skinned the scoops. Divorce was pending and out came the 409CI and in went another 283/powerglide I bought. I stored the 409. Later I bought a super clean rust free southern 1967 Olds Delta 88 with a bad engine for $250. It was red. I installed the 409CI/TH-400 and painted the car with Rustoleum and a brush. I had to "beat" a hood bubble into the hood to clear the air cleaners. The bent hood was compliments of my second wife as she forgot to latch the hood one day and up and over the roof it went being completely ripped off. Missed the windshield. Spun a rod bearing during a smokey burnout and pulled the 409 and replaced it with a '68 Pontaic 400. The car towed a trailer during my move from CT to NC. I believe the trans went out and I junked the Olds and sold the 409 for $600 when no one wanted these engines, complete from dual carbs to pan and the '65 exhaust manifolds.
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