Jake Dykstra's 1962 409/409 Impala!

[dykstra]

My brother Jake drove his Chevelle down to our folks house.
He has it all sorted and it looks/sounds killer!
Hope everyone had a great Fathers Day weekend.

[olredalert]

----It appears you all had a great time. Say Hi to Jake No.1 for me please. Stretch says he is doing better....Bill S

[Xplantdad]

Awesome, thanks for sharing all of the great pics!

[RPOLS3]

Spent the day yesterday doing some fluid maintenance on the 409. Our son surprised us with a last minute weekend home from the Big City and he helped with the tasks. My wife and mom had to go to a baby shower in the suburbs so we spent the day working in Dad's garage doing routine stuff. Anti-freeze drain and fill, oil and filter change (taught him about canister type filters), suction out and refill the brake fluid in the master cylinder, drain and fill the trans and diff too which had not been done since the new engine install 3 years ago. Adjusted the parking brake a bit and removed an aftermarket sway bar installed a few years back. Also installed a new fan clutch in an attempt to help hot weather engine temperature management.

We were able to run the car over for a visit with Dad and brought him out to see it as well. For those that may not know - earlier this year we had to admit him to a nursing facility as his health continues to decline - a tough but necessary decision. Enjoy every minute with your loved ones while you can.

Here are some random under car pictures - the car was body off restored back in the 2000-ish time frame and has held up pretty well.

[olredalert]

----Great car, great grandson, and a great man!!! Please say hi when you are with him next....Bill S

[Xplantdad]

Originally Posted by olredalert

----Great car, great grandson, and a great man!!! Please say hi when you are with him next....Bill S

Ditto...please give him a hug from all of us.

[napa68]

Our best to all of your family Jake!

[PeteLeathersac]

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Great postings also Amen to all above!
Family first, love everyone while you can also hang on tight for what’s to come.

~ Pete

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[RPOLS3]

Interesting photo surfaced last week in this cars history.........if you read back to the beginning of this thread and recall the original owner "Cousin Eddie". His son John reached out to our Mom and forwarded this picture. It is a picture of Eddie after being pulled over by a Chicago Police Officer for driving on the sidewalk along North Avenue Beach (one of the many stories we remember Dad telling about Eddie's exploits back in the day). John found this photo in some sort of online archive for Chicago history. Not sure why they are looking under the hood - maybe the officer was curious what was making all the noise? The chain remained after several years for security reasons.

[RPOLS3]

Took advantage of a cold winter day and headed down to Mom's place for a work day today on the 409 to correct a few things -

First up was replacing the generic starter that was on the car. I was able to source a correctly dated and rebuilt unit and made the swap. After spending some some time investigating I decided it was easier to tackle this by removing the RH exhaust manifold rather than fight the wiring blindly and wrestle the starter out - was much easier this way. No rust issues to contend with so removing the 7 bolts and sliding the manifold out of the way didn't take too long. Found a loose lower control arm cross shaft bolt while looking around so took care of that too.