The Bel Air 409 was quick and would even put up good numbers today. This car could finish the quarter-mile sprint in less than 13 seconds most of the time, and did so at 110 MPH.

This 1965 Impala SS Sport Coupe has the 409 V-8, fed by a single quad-carb setup and paired with a four-speed Muncie manual, and it's up for sale on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is ...

From the September 2012 issue of Muscle Car Review: From ’strip champ to storage and back again—Don Uhr’s rare '61 Impala SS 409 is set to roar once more.