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| RE:great info. |
| By Mike McQuesten - 01/16/2002 11:31:30 AM; IP 206.193.0.120 |
No, I appreciate your letting me know about anything that might be on ebay that I might need. The intake I was referring to was the one listed as a single 4 for a 427 which it wasn't. It was the flat aluminum, 352HP. It needed some work. It sold yesterday for $176 which was $76 more than I was willing to pay for that particular one.
This information about the driveline angle/leaf spring mount location is extremely interesting to me. I am looking forward to it if you can find it.
I have my Sunliner's leaf springs on the shop floor right now. I had not noticed the mounting position difference. I have a set of '62 Merc Wagon springs right next to them. I'm using them as donors for one more leaf to each side. When I get home tonight, I'll be comparing closely. I have three '61 donor cars and four '60 donor/spares. I'll be crawling in the snow with my measuring tape.
I had quite a few conversations with the Traction Master company last year. My car came with a set of home made traction bars that were actually pretty good looking and they must have worked 'cause this car was drag raced extensively until '68. But I wanted a new set and TM indicated their bars were for '61 - '64. So I measured and checked and could see little difference. The only difference seemed to be minor differences between the '60 & '61 shock/spring mount plates. I sent them a set of the '60 just to make sure. So now I have a brand new set of Traction Masters for '61 - '64 that I'm pretty certain will work on my '60. Again, I'll be looking closely.
And thanks for keeping me in mind for that air cleaner and because I do want to restore/rebuild the original 352HP in the near future, I'm interested in the '60 intake too.
mikeb, yes you're right. There were valve spring problems with the initial run of '60 HP 352s. I've read this and from memory it seems like the first three months of production is where the problems were. I don't have the original v-springs but I do know the car was built, 4/25/60, so it was a later production car. The guy I bought it from had owned it from '62. Around '63 he replaced the original solid HP cam(which I have) with an Isky 505B cam & full kit. I have that too but doubt that I'll ever use it. |
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