On an engine like that it's not the larger obvious details that are lost it's the smaller details that get lost in a rebuild. Things like paint overspray on the various attaching brackets, nuts, bolts, etc. which get cleaned of thier details and put back on with the wrong details, etc.

I'm sure Bob has that all figured out by the sound of things.

Bob, do you have any pics of the engine before it was torn down? I'm interested in seeing some of the following:

  • Battery cable ends
  • Bell housing to block area
  • Rear drivers side head battery cable bracket
  • Oil sender and surounding area
  • Dip stick tube and clamp details
  • Rear heat tubes
  • Coke tubes and thier hardware
  • Water pump bolts that would have held the power steering pump bracket if so equipped
  • Oil Filter to pump mounting face
  • Intake and carb details especially looking for spray patters around the carb bases and where the valve covers meet the heads
  • Exhaust manifold to block hardware paint
  • Motor mount bolts showing which head markings etc.
  • Engine pulley bolts before cleanup
  • Fuel lines and routing
  • Original fuel filters?


Keep the pics comming!


*Everyone notice that that is Race hemi Orange, not Street hemi Orange as allot of people would think.