According to the 1969 Dealer's Album, the smaller cars (as you mentioned) came with a 396 with 325 horsepower V8. However, it also shows that the Impala 396 had 335 horsepower, not 325 horsepower. So, if MRMRMYLO has a 396 325 horsepower engine in his '69 Impala, then would it be incorrect?

Then the dealer albumn is in error. The 335 HP engine is a 427.

Okay, my fault.....I typed in the wrong figures on my posting above regarding the 335 horspower (which is a 427 not a 396), so the dealer's album is correct.

Let's do this again: MRMRMYLO indicates that the engine in his '69 Impala is a 396 with 325 horspower. The 1969 dealer's album shows that the 396 in the Impala only had 265 horspower. However, the dealer's album also shows that the Chevelle and the Camaro, for example, both used a 396 engine with 325 horspower. So, if MRMRMYLO's engine in his 1969 Impala is a 396 with 325 horspower, would it be the incorrect engine for that car?

It seems likely the car in question originally was a 396/265 horse car. And somewhere along the line the 2 barrel was replaced with a 4 barrel and "that owner" (whoever it was) simply began calling it a 325 horse car. Not really available in 69 Impala's. But available in other 69's like the Chevelle, as previously noted. No big deal really. Minor changes like that happen all the time....

Yes, it would be incorrect, as it wasn't offered. The only possibilities I can see here, assuming it actually is a 325, is a COPO, some one switched it along the line, or some kind of factory goof (which would make it unofficially correct, but proof would be necessary, like a build sheet).

I would still sure like to see the Engine Suffix Code.

MRMRMYLO?

Hi Guys,
I suspect same as Bill states above.I have been into 69-70 along time and have never come across a factory installed 396/325 in a '69 B-car.I have ran across this in '69 B-Bodies a couple of times while judging at Chevy Vettefest in Chicago as numbers/configuration are checked/verified.Both times when we ran block ID numbers they were 2bbl 265HP engines,but stickered up and shown as 325HP engines.

The liquid traction compound and dispenser was RPO V75 and installed in just 2,086 '69 full size.

As far as value of a '69 4 dr sedan I would say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.In today's market I can find many '69 Impalas for much less than $10k in a more desirable body style.Even today,many buyers of big block sedans buy them for parts feeders for their coupe or ragtop restos.

Like Craig Jackson(of Barrett-Jackson)once said,"Unfortunately,sellers are usually the last to know when prices soften."

Just my thoughts,Jim