Direct Connection Valve Covers

Hey some of them where not any better in the late seventies and eighties! In the late seventies I had a Australian 1977 Ford falcon Hardtop with Aussie 351 cleveland in it. I went to a large parts store to get an inlet and ex manifold gaskets. I said can I have a 2v gaskets. Well the smart *** behind the counter asks does it have a 4 barrel or two barrel carb on it? I say it is a 4 barrel but that does not make any difference as all clevelands now have 2v heads. See in about 74 australia made there own cleveland V8s in 302 and 351 sizes and cast there own variaton of cyl heads that were half way between 2v and 4v castings (yes they were crap) but all were 4 barrel with a thermo quad carb. The salesman did want to give me the 2v gaskets because he said they would not fit and I would be back to get the other ones. I just paid for the 2v ones and walked out. Our 351 clevelands were not real quick and were horrible on gas. My 318 charger ( 2barrel) was a lot faster and used about half the gas of the ford and had heaps more torque noticable when towing!