Dibbons
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Preface: No offense to 440 owners, I planned a 440 build myself one time. I had purchased a set of Stage III cylinder heads after placing a wanted ad in "Hot Rod" magazine. They were purchased along with the factory cross ram and shipped to California from the Carolinas. I actually gave those pieces away (free) after having had them in storage for about 25 years. Was going to stuff the 440 in a '64 Barracuda in order to see how fast a bracket car I could build at home.
My "beef": I find it more and more difficult/rare to see an originally equipped 383 BBody that has not been changed over to a 440 (or larger). I'm not looking for one, just an observation that I never can get over. I wonder what everyone has in mind when they decide to do that?
And for some reason it really bugs me seeing 440 callouts on the hood and the fender on the same car. Please stop that, I get the idea--I don't need to see 440 plastered all over the vehicle. I know I'm preaching to the choir when it comes to that, FBBO forum members know better, don't they?
My "beef": I find it more and more difficult/rare to see an originally equipped 383 BBody that has not been changed over to a 440 (or larger). I'm not looking for one, just an observation that I never can get over. I wonder what everyone has in mind when they decide to do that?
And for some reason it really bugs me seeing 440 callouts on the hood and the fender on the same car. Please stop that, I get the idea--I don't need to see 440 plastered all over the vehicle. I know I'm preaching to the choir when it comes to that, FBBO forum members know better, don't they?
