426 Hemi Valve Covers
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Chrome, on race hemi, black paint on street hemi.
Race Hemi
Street Hemi
Hemi2Much
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Ok, Can anyone help me out with this question?
Is there a way to make sure this engine is correct for this car?
This is in a 1 owner, original ,1966 Coronet 440. Notice the holes in the hood,
It has 2 offset holes for dual carbs like the race Hemi would have and the chrome rocker covers. Does anyone know the production # of race hemi equipped cars for 1966?
Is there a way to make sure this engine is correct for this car?
This is in a 1 owner, original ,1966 Coronet 440. Notice the holes in the hood,
It has 2 offset holes for dual carbs like the race Hemi would have and the chrome rocker covers. Does anyone know the production # of race hemi equipped cars for 1966?
Clean up and don't lose your fender tag. There is a flat area on front of engine near intake there numbers there. Clean off dirt off those and take clear as possible pictures. On driver side of block there are casting date but first do the fender and pad.
Hemi2Much
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I noticed that someone has removed the certicard from the engine bay.
I'm hoping the original owner (Who has passed away) removed it and placed it with some paperwork somewhere. But the fender tag and the vin tag are still in place.
Runcharger
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No Race Hemis for 1966 BTW.
Under bottom back seat.
R413
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“race hemi” In 1966 was zero produced
Your car has been modified, they never came with a cross ram in 1966.
You posted your fender tag in another thread and you have a 1966 Coronet 440 with a hemi and automatic trans.
does it have original carpet? Look under the carpet for the broadcast sheet. Your Coronet isn’t a corvette so finding it under the gas tank would be very rare. Like hens teeth.
The fender tag you posted says it also came with a AM radio. The original engine would have been a Street Hemi.
6PKRTSE
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Mine is a racing Hemi on the street so they are wrinkle painted for the stock look. We'll, sort of. Lol.
Hemi2Much
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It's sitting in my garage........ It was gifted to me by a friend, he passed away and wanted me to be the caretaker of his old race car. He special ordered the car in 1965 specifically for Super Stock drag racing. He is the only person to ever drive the car since it was delivered. Sorry but the car is not for sale.
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I have heard of under the carpet, and in the headliner.
And, as stated above, no original race hemi's in 1966. Not saying the original owner might have put a crossram on it. (No hemi scoops in 66 either).
Hemi2Much
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The original owner was very private about his car. All I know was he got very upset when he had his car in a real storage and someone stole some parts off the car.
I know he said they stole the intake and carbs, not sure what else.
He moved from the city out to the country shortly there after and put the car in the old barn and that is where it has sat since the mid 1980's.After he found out that parts had been stolen from his car, he brought it home and had a lot of people trying to buy the car off of him and he got tired of telling people it wasn't for sale.
I know they didn't make any "Race Hemi's " in 1966, But from looking at what is there, It looks like it HAD a crossram on it at one time. And my main question about the valve covers was them being chrome, it was my understanding that the chrome valve covers only fit the race hemi heads. You can't interchange street hemi (Black wrinkle) and race hemi valve covers. the only time I have to work on the car is the weekends. My plan is to get out there this weekend and find the numbers on the block and try to locate the build sheet. I really do not know TOO much of the history of this car. But I would like to try to put the car back to as close to the way he had it when he raced the car. Just trying to figure out what he might have had on the engine. Any help is greatly apperciated.
Look the car over very carefully, take many pictures for future verification, get all the numbers you can find. Build sheets could be anywhere. I have found them under driver's side seat, behind rear seat, or under the bottom of the rear seat, taped to the top of the glovebox, under the carpet (most likely passenger's side rear). I personally have never found one in the headliner but that is a possibility too. There are casting numbers on the engine, as well as stamped numbers on the front pad. If the engine has been replaced with a later one there can be numbers stamped on the passenger's side front pan rail. Also sometimes on a Hemi numbers can be found by removing the starter. A casting number as well as a casting date will be on the block. Most of all take your time and look at everything and validate with pictures.
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I might be wrong but I believe that all of the valve covers interchange.
The car very well could have had a cross ram but that doesn't mean it was built that way, 1965 was a long time ago and back then guys did whatever they thought would make them faster. Additionally those parts could be purchased over the counter from your local dealer, it was very common for guys to retrofit their cars with whatever they liked back then just as it is today.
The car very well could have had a cross ram but that doesn't mean it was built that way, 1965 was a long time ago and back then guys did whatever they thought would make them faster. Additionally those parts could be purchased over the counter from your local dealer, it was very common for guys to retrofit their cars with whatever they liked back then just as it is today.
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