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Celebrating 4/09 with a Look at Chevrolet’s Real Fine 409

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Celebrating 4/09 with a Look at Chevrolet’s Real Fine 409
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By the early 1960s, the horsepower wars were in full swing among American automakers. As we discussed earlier this week, Ford’s FE big-block V8 was evolving, Pontiac’s Super Duty 421 was tearing up the strip, and Chrysler’s “Max Wedge” 413 was on the horizon. The 409, famously enshrined in song, was Chevrolet’s ace from 1961 to 1965, when it was phased out by the mighty 3-9-6 porcupine-headed Mark IV V8.

First, a brief background on where the 409 came from. This was the final evolution of the &

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