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Also, thanks Richard.

Thanks Tom and Fred. The no.s on the LH head is 3819333 with some other nos. GM-3, CFD, and 31. I took a bunch of pictures and will download them this weekend. The bubbletop needs a total restoration. Been sitting for 22 years with rust in the quarters and trunk floor. A 283, PG car. With the...

Thanks everyone. I'll get the no's off of the heads when I get it out of the crate tomorrow. It's going into a 62 bubbletop so I would like to make it as authentic as possible.

I bought a brand new in the crate, wrapped in plastic 409 engine from a former GM dealer. I was told it was a 1965 340HP replacement engine. When I received it I find it is a truck engine, Block casting No. 3857 656 and deck stamp TO526XXG. Is it possible to increase the compression to 10 or 11...

I am going to check out a 64 Impala that supposedly was originally a 409 car but now has a 350. It is a 4 spd. What telltale items are there that will let me know it was actually a 409 i.e sway bar, rad, ??? Thanks, Ken