My little mule, Pe'pe

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I considered going that route when I got it all torn down. But the original build was what I really liked. I built that motor 18 years ago
with the help from a buddy's machine shop. It was done old school, A 68 block, 66 289 heads, bored 40 over, clevland valves, ported heads
crane roller rockers with guide plates and special springs. When all said and done I could safely rev up to 8000 rpm!
Dutcher's machine shop dubbed it a shelby clone since it was similar to the 289 he put in the colbra.
At first I wasn't sure if it was all savable, but I got lucky and found another machine shop near me that does drag racing engines.
We found many other problems as we went, bent flex plate, bad lobe on the cam, had to clearance the piston skirts, heads had to be reworked.
I also found some noisy bearings in the water pump(edelbrock) and dist. So those have also been replaced with upgraded parts.
It is degreed and reassembled, now its back in and the break in procedure done. I will finish changing out the fluids tonight and hope to
have it tuned and ready to drive later this week.
I did also have to repair the ps pump bracket, it had broke a bolt off when this all happened. I replaced the bolt but the threads were
damaged so I had to make a new mount yesterday.
I also found some other items that had broke over the last sand run (broke exhaust hanger, window washer pump broken out of tank) that will
be fixed as well.
More pics to come....