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I really doubt that a .3 drop in compression would account for that much power loss. I do suspect that the addition of the catalytic convertor, which in those days was very restrictive, single exhaust, carb and distributor changes for smog, lean burn, and other things like less cam caused the...

I don't have concrete evidence, but to my knowledge both '78 and '79 LRE's were available in California. As for how a smog pump works, I have a theory. They claim it allows for unburned gasoline in the exhaust to burn due to the introduction of more oxygen. My theory is that all it does is...

If you're on Facebook, look up Sam Bledsoe. He's in central California and has a very unmolested LRE, which I seem to recall being a '79. He's been around these '72-80 truck for a long time and has parted out many.

Unfortunately that feature ended in 1966. I'd love to be able to adjust the seats in my '67 and '68 A-bodies.

Year One's price is a bit on the high side. I bought a set last year from a local resto supplier and I want to say it was around $30, perhaps less.

New alternator bracket set is not very expensive...All the resto suppliers should have it.

I bought some low profile LCA bumpers from Summit. They're more like buttons. We have also cut some factory ones down. I like to have about an inch between the bumper and frame. Energy Suspension 9.9102G Energy Suspension Bump Stops | Summit Racing

The VIN on the engine in on the pan rail, not the front of the block. The front of the block has the build information for the engine only. ALL 1971 340s had Thermoquads.

Correct. '67 and '69 did not have the belt molding, '68 did. '67 and '69 are very similar, but the location of the end screw hole is different.

I've got three in pretty good shape. $150 plus shipping.

All three years parts are different. I'd have to look at the ones I have to determine if those are '67 or '69. They're definitely NOT '68.

In the real world with similar builds the performance will probably be similar. There's no real 383 vs. 360 performance tests from the 1960s, but there is 340 vs. 383 and they ran similar numbers with the 340 maybe being a little quicker.

We should be there.

I will be in the market and have seen the same thing you have. Hard to know which is best. I need to monitor 10 tires (six on the RV, four on the trailer). I went through the same thing getting my rear view camera/monitor setup. I went wireless there, but haven't mounted the camera on the...

I know of a '69-ish Cougar sitting very much like that for the last 30 years or more. Not for sale. I know some Ford guys who have tried.

I bought: Pair of 1967 273 four barrel valve covers - $200 1968-69 340 intake - $80 New Mopar offset master cylinder adapter - $50 Cruise control turn signal stalk - $25 Parts are still in the basement of the RV. Might be there for a while as they aren't in the way in there.

Oh, and walked through our front door right about 6pm. All in all a very good weekend. Spent a lot of time talking with friends and looking for parts. It did seem like turnout was low, but people were buying...

Sold a few parts and bought a few. Camping out at the park with our newly acquired diesel pusher was great Friday night. Early this morning, however, was a different story (not the fault of CPW or anybody else associated with the show). We had a knock on the door at 3:30. LAPD. Seems a guy had...

Steve does that every year... We're probably gonna put the parts away early in the morning (around 9) and head back out to the show. We'll hang out a little longer.

No price and if it's not pennies on the dollar it's not worth the effort. There is so much to sort through to even start to figure out what's in there. Just the effort to pick everything up is overwhelming.

I was looking at that earlier today. Scheduled Production Date two days after my wife's '68 convertible, but at a different plant. Red letters like my wife's car had originally as well. Plus the side stripe.

And, we're here. Sold a few things this afternoon. Talked to a bunch of people. It'll be nice to not be sitting in line in the morning.

We're planning on getting there around noon or so.

I don't think that's really restorable, BUT I want it anyway...

Can't go by my car. All front end sheet metal was replaced in 1970. The hood on ours is a '69 as pointed out by HemiSSDart when he stopped by the house several weeks ago. The letters were better than yours, but still not quite straight. My fenders are worse. We'll be addressing this when we do...

Ok, the car won't be making it (not the car's fault). We'll be in the swap. Anybody want to share our oversized space? We'll be there Friday for early setup. At least that's the plan.

We might be bringing a slightly undone A-body. It is painted, though...and the sway bar is now installed instead of lying on the floor. Gotta find another headlight, even though we aren't driving it...

@autoxcuda what do you think about my questions above? I'm mostly concerned about Thursday and Friday night.

We're thinking about going to the speed festival at Willow on Thursday, leaving Wednesday afternoon.

That's why I have long advocated for the 360. It got a bad reputation due to being released at the beginning of the smog era and not having a performance option until 1974. I remember conversations in the early 1980s with people degrading the 360 as worthless. I knew they were mistaken...