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Thanks for the research

No big hurry. The car’s still on dollies with rallye hood installed.

I will definitely check out unlimited. I was hoping for a more finished unit but at least I have some options. AAR became Stinger. I tried to contact them last fall only to find out they closed last May. Heminut; let me know if you get by El Paso and what you think of their product.

Fiberglass Industries · 12190 Coral Gate Drive · El Paso, TX 79936 · (915) 244-5252 The pictures look good but I know they can be deceiving. This is for a tribute car so accuracy isn’t paramount but I do want it to be nice.

Now that AAR Fiberglass/stinger Fiberglass is out of business who makes a great quality hood for the TA? I found a place near Chicago but they actually have the front of the snorkel Fiberglassed down to the hood. What about the place in El Paso? Anybody seen their hoods? Anybody have an AAR...

Thanks. I’m fairly familiar with six packs. This is not a concours resto. Been there, done that. It’s a very nice R/T tribute car. Had I not bought the sixpack set-up about 15 years ago I’d probably go with a modern 4 barrel.

Wow! That will be very helpful. When I get in the house I’ll actually compare the two pans because I know the 402 is used quite often. At first class it looks like the 971 should work. Thanks Daves69

Just think of a stock six pack motor. I’m even running HP exhaust manifolds, something similar to a OE BB cam and a factory six pack set up

I really like the way the ductile iron ones look. That’s probably an offshoot from the mid 60s if I had to guess. I would have to buy all new push rods also so that may be a Plan B. I’ll have to see how bad my originals look when I start assembling it

Thanks guys. I will look into all those options. I hate to say it but once I get this thing done it probably won’t ever get more than 10,000 miles on it in my lifetime.

Getting to assembly my 440 and thought I had a 402 pan. Turns out I have a 971 and 933. Will the 971 work on Ebody? I have a skid plate on my k frame. TIA

Definitely used and great suggestion. I’m sure I can find a new set cheap if I look around.

I knew you guys would come through! Exactly the information I was looking for. The engine is basically stock so I am going to try the stock valve train.

I’ve got all the stock pushrods, rockers and shafts. I’m also running a stock 6 pack cam. I don’t remember the source for the engine. I got it locally in pieces 20 yrs ago. First thing I’ll do is see how far in the hole the pistons are. It might be a motorhome engine. I don’t have a lot of...