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Originally posted by accobra:
Detom - Its tucked away in the corner of the barn and I want to hold on to it until I decide what to do with it.

Ron

How many of these engines were actually made?

I'm not sure since this was an engine I never expected to find and I have a spare short block in cosmoline looks brand new. I have to say that the two came together and I have not done anything with either, but I suspect some thing ? When I first bought it I did some research but not much out there on this engine.

Sounds like a great find. Best of luck with it.

It is a great find Josh. Pristine examples of the cammer go for $30K these days.

I've never read any total sales numbers for the cammer, they only sold over the counter, but they sold lots of them. They are far more plentiful than a Boss 429. In the Seventies, prices had already started to escalate, but I would hear of a cammer motor for sale still in the crate frequently, by the eighties asking prices were in the area of $10K.

your friend on the PIBB, George

Great pictures, George! Truly an awesome motor!

Michael

George,
That thing is huge!!!

The engine that is...

Thanks for posting.

Josh

George have you rebuilt one of these motors ? Is that your motor ?

Ron,

those were just some pictures I pulled off the 'net. It's not my motor, but boy do I wish it were!!!!

I have worked on one just like that (single 4 barrel carb), long ago in a galaxy far, far away. Literally in a Galaxy!!! Get it? It was in a '64 Ford Galaxy. LOL....

Didn't rebuild it, just maintenance. The motor was new! I was a teenager putting green in my pocket by turning wrenches. Straight forward motor, with some very long timing chains.

your friend on the DTBB, George

Yea, I have played with a couple Boss 302 (clevors ) and a buch of FE's but that Cammer is huge and look complicated. I took off the valve covers and there is a lot of engraved clearances and numbers etched into the valve train components. It going to take some real time to take this apart and go over this motor.

wow mark super sexy shrimp boat!