69 impala wagon??

It's still a good core for building and check the rear end for a posi, it should be a 12 Bolt. It should also have the large Rochester 2GC 2 bbl., it's worth a couple bucks as a core.


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Look hard at the rear. 69-73 wagons often came with an oddball rear end. It was a 12-bolt carrier with a 10-bolt cover. The cover was the shape of a 12-bolt, but only had 10-bolts. The reason I mention it is because its not easy to find parts for it. The ring gears on some were 8.75, others 8.875.

Here is my 73 wagon. Not that it helps your estimate very much, but mine was a 58,000-original-mile survivor. The seats had been upholstered over with clear vinyl, the floors covered with mats, and the car had been stored in a barn under a tarp. It was a 454/400 car with A/C and it still had nylon bias ply tires on it. True barn find. I happily paid $4000 for it, drove it for a few years and was able to sell it for $4600.

Honestly, a car like the one you describe is not worth much at all. Honestly, MINE wasn't worth much at all, but I wanted it and paid top dollar for it, then sold it to someone else who paid top dollar for it.

At the very best I'd say $500 real market value? Rusty hunks like that often find their way onto Craigslist for free or $250.

Pics would help. Here's mine:

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I'm not too sure, but wern't axles in station wagons thicker than on those on cars? seems like they were preferred in early drag racing because of size.

Not that I know of, but its quite possible.

The wagons typically had the 11 x 2.75 rear drums vs. the 11 x 2 drums.

Hey Curtis, I thought the fooler rearend was 12 bolts on the cover, but only 10 bolts on the ring gear? Or am I only thinking of the Olds version and there is a Chevy oddball I haven't seen yet?

Yeah 12 Bolt cover with an oddball 10 Bolt carrier, we called 'em "11 Bolts" and I have only ever seen them in Oldsmobiles and then only 69's but they are damn hard to find parts for. I've never heard of a Chevy having one and any '69 wagon I can remember had a true 12 Bolt but then I haven't been under 'em all.......

There is a version with a 10-bolt cover and 12-bolt carrier. I had one in my 73. Everything about it said 12-bolt; the shape of the stamping of the cover, the ring gear, the pinion shaft, the bearings, the shape of the housing casting, but the cover only had ten bolts on it. Almost like they took a normal 12-bolt axle and only drilled 10 holes for the cover, but the guts were different from normal 12-bolts.

On my old computer I had photos of it. Someone on here didn't believe me so I posted photos and they claimed I used photos from different axles and put them together.

Internet searches turn up nothing. Randy's Ring and Pinion techs had heard of it but didn't really know anything about it. From what I could tell, bearings interchange with normal 12-bolts, but everything else was different.

I remember seeing a listing in a good old fashion auto parts store bearing and seal catalog (Bower/BCA) for a 10 bolt listed with the 8.875" ring gear diameter but figured at the time it must have been a missprint. It was right in those 1971-75 "mystery" years for GM. Lots of screwy things acrossed product lines as the "corporate" mentality took hold, so I guess it doesn't surprise me. I never messed with the full size cars except to drive a '68 Impala 307/Glide for a winter beater one year.