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true 348-409 but i didn't want to muddy the waters..lol Actually the 348-409 were stump pulling torque monsters..
when I bought it the guy that owned it said.. "It dont run very good and it gets terrible gas mileage, it barely idles at all" lol.. It was a 409 with 2 carter 4 bbls and a solid lifter cam that hadnt been touched in about 10 years. I bought the car for 150 bucks..
One good tuneup later those polyglass gt 70's didnt stand a chance.
But I think the last year for the 409 was 64 or 65..
and yes Virginia 409's went road racing.. just not in corvettes in the 80's
Sorry history lesson over.. carry on.
when I bought it the guy that owned it said.. "It dont run very good and it gets terrible gas mileage, it barely idles at all" lol.. It was a 409 with 2 carter 4 bbls and a solid lifter cam that hadnt been touched in about 10 years. I bought the car for 150 bucks..
One good tuneup later those polyglass gt 70's didnt stand a chance.
But I think the last year for the 409 was 64 or 65..
and yes Virginia 409's went road racing.. just not in corvettes in the 80's
Sorry history lesson over.. carry on.
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From: Roanoke Va
Im famous brother and im no chic......
This is all in good fun if you missed it there was no fighting in this thread that's why it is not locked.
Maybe im just a guy who is a tad different that likes a good joke and can take one.
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From: Roanoke Va
Yah brother yours is nice.
But yours is clean for showing mine is clean for driveing meaning no waxxing not just cleaned i did how ever just take the car cover off of it
These are 14.2 Mega pixels of HD photos
This weekend ill take her to the car wash and wax her up "if it's not to hot"
And get you some show ready pictures.
Not gonna lie and say it's 100% Perfect cause no paint job is but it is a close 99.99% But like my buddy Ch@0s would say it's a 10 yearold show car paint job on a 23 yearold car.
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Ive been gone to work all day. Just got home. What motor is in it today? Last I heard, it had a monster 400 sb?
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