Joined
·
2 Posts
Hey guys (and gals?), I am new to the forum, and i have a real stump. I work at O'reilly Auto parts in Nebraska, and a couple of days ago I had a customer come in with some real stumping questions. :BangHead:
He purchased a 71 (maybe 72? cant quite remember.) camaro, and it has the badge of the 350/400 small block... The lady he purchased it from said she had bought it brand new off the lot for her son when he started medical school, and later her two daughters owned it at one point or another. He purchased it thinking to restore it, and heard there had never been any engine work done - But to his surpise when he opened up the block to clean it, it looked nothing like the 350/400 sm. block engines, and after doing some rough math of the bore it came out to be aproximately the same cubic inches of the 427 sm. block (which he had only seen ONE in his life, in a state troop car, which they did aproximately between 64-67 somewhere, or so i have heard)
What are the chances that during the strikes they may have slapped in on of those old troop engines trying to push them off the lines? (original calking is still on the motor mounts.)
ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GREAT! I will possibly have the block stampings come tomorrow evening.
He purchased a 71 (maybe 72? cant quite remember.) camaro, and it has the badge of the 350/400 small block... The lady he purchased it from said she had bought it brand new off the lot for her son when he started medical school, and later her two daughters owned it at one point or another. He purchased it thinking to restore it, and heard there had never been any engine work done - But to his surpise when he opened up the block to clean it, it looked nothing like the 350/400 sm. block engines, and after doing some rough math of the bore it came out to be aproximately the same cubic inches of the 427 sm. block (which he had only seen ONE in his life, in a state troop car, which they did aproximately between 64-67 somewhere, or so i have heard)
What are the chances that during the strikes they may have slapped in on of those old troop engines trying to push them off the lines? (original calking is still on the motor mounts.)
ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE GREAT! I will possibly have the block stampings come tomorrow evening.