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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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Here is a question for you guys. I am doing a frame off on a 1969 big block power window, standard steering, standard brake, f-41, november built coupe. Unfortunately I have no doccumentation (and believe me I have searched) but what struck me as funny is when I tore the car down I had only a feed line (original rusty) and no return fuel line. Also the console was gone so no data plate. There were no screw holes and no sign of this car ever having a return line. Non matching 454 was in it and I purchased and installed a 1969 427 and 1969 m-21 for the car. The tach yellowline starts at 5300 so it must have been a 390 or 400 hp. I want to find a tri power set up to install later so could the car have been a 400 tri power?
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400hp tri-power only engine with 1 fuel line and a 5600 rpm tach, 390hp had a q-jet and 2 lines

might just be a real L68

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Holly carb cars do not have a fuel return line. George
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Thanks guys, I guess the car was a 400 tri power given the tach range and the single line. Now the fun begins as I am trying to backtrack old owners in hopes of some doccumentation.
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