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Rick and Arleen Ball
06-02-05, 02:46 PM
When was the Small Block first called the Small Block?
Bill Burkholder
06-02-05, 02:51 PM
"POP POP" it must have been when the Big Block came out, 1965 L-78 / 396ci. ??. :confused:
GoVetteGo
06-02-05, 03:16 PM
Wasn't the first real "big block" the 348 back in th 50's? :cool:
Bill Burkholder
06-02-05, 03:20 PM
John wasn't that a truck motor ? We had a guy in high school with a 53 chev. with a 348 4bbl. How about when the 409 came out??? Was that in 64 ????
PeteB
06-02-05, 04:23 PM
Had a rich kid in high school had a '58 Impala with a 348 with 3 deuces and another guy that had a '62 Impala with a 409 ( and 3 on the tree). I always was under the impression that these were the first years for these motors.
"She's real fine, my 409!!"
GoVetteGo
06-02-05, 04:32 PM
Originally posted by Bill Burkholder
John wasn't that a truck motor ? We had a guy in high school with a 53 chev. with a 348 4bbl. How about when the 409 came out??? Was that in 64 ????

Yeah, it started as a truck motor. Then in 58 they intorduced the 348 & in 61 the 409 for passenger cars.

Guess they were the precursor to the 396-427-454 big blocks.

The original zoom, zoom zoom
Bill Burkholder
06-02-05, 04:45 PM
Pete, I just looked at a pic of my friends car and your right, he had a white with a black interior 62 SS 4 speed with a 409. The car would spin the wheels in 3rd gear with the 456 rear!!!!
Rick and Arleen Ball
06-02-05, 11:24 PM
Can't get anything past Bill.
1965 was the year.
I won't be atrue POP POP for 6 more months.
Can't wait for a little one to spoil the hell out of.
The 50th Anniversary Corvette rocker should be here soon. Then the Corvette pedal car. This is going to be GREAT :D
Joel Fellman
06-03-05, 09:44 AM
I had a '58 Chevy back in the day. It had the 348 with trips & a 3 speed on the floor. The 2nd & last stick shift car I ever owned. The car ran like crap & I got rid of it after a few months. I think when the 409 appeared, the 283 was considered a small block.
Joel
PeteB
06-03-05, 09:58 AM
O.K., when did the term "Rat Motor" become the term for the big blocks?
BTW, I have no idea either.
Rick and Arleen Ball
06-03-05, 11:59 AM
The same time they started calling the small block the mouse motor ;bl ;ce ;jj
GoVetteGo
06-03-05, 12:06 PM
Originally posted by Rick and Arleen Ball
The same time they started calling the small block the mouse motor ;bl ;ce ;jj

Cruel :rolleyes: Oh so cruel! :rolleyes:

"Mouse motor" OUCH! :rolleyes: