Tom, you guys are the best!!
I can't wait! Finally the missing link!
Tom comes through again!!(he really knows where all the good stuff is)
Several years ago I picked up a 3795623 short block complete with original cam, crank, rods and pistons. It did not have the heads, I have the intake, 3767579 intake and a 3270S single 4 carb. Now thanks to Tom, Ryan and Waldo the engine will be complete.
Additionally, what is exciting is the short block I picked up had been run in a dirt track car in the LA area in 1961. The guy bought it as an over the counter short block and ran it for only a short time. He pulled it out and ran something else and retired the 409, putting it under his work bench.
About 50 years later he passed away, his son collected everything taking it home in a trailer. Living in Houston he put it on Craigslist there. I had a friend in Houston get it for me and I have stored it waiting for all the other parts.
The cam and pistons are perfect and I plan on using them again.
My goal is to get a 61 Biscayne and build a 409 car. Should be a lot of fun to bring an original 61-409 360HP back to life!!
I will get some photos together.
Stay tuned