[Alex Denysenko]

Originally Posted by Tom Goldman

For those of you who don't know, I've worked for a former AMC dealer for over 37 years , and have worked on the owners,and my own AMX'S since '72 ,so I have a little knowledge about AMC's.
I still have all the factory parts books from '66 thru '76, including the group19 sections, which were only 4 pages....ALL group 19 parts were over the counter, dealer,or owner installed only.
The Edelbrock R4B intake is listed p/n 4488409 and had factory part numbers cast on them for both '69-'69&'70&up engines.
The group19 cam to my knowlege, and I installed quite a few of them, had .477" lift.
The group19 Holley carb,p/n 4885730 was actually a Holley 950cfm 3 bbl,list 3916.
Just imagine if that carb was approved instead of the 780 !
Also available were 4bolt main blocks, and even a 8 quart oil pan P/N 4485741.
While I'd love to see what can be done with these new parts, and I'm really glad to see the 4300 Motorcraft carb superceeded, only the surface was scratched with regards to potential without these parts.

Absolutely freaking amazing, there are what? maybe half a dozen nashes that can take advantage of these parts? For the better part of ten years I have been trying to get a legitimate Autolite to Holley FoMoCo carb supercession approved year after year DENIED at every juncture by every official. So why would NHRA all of the sudden embrace a dead car company? Who next? Studebaker? I wonder ifBeth's uncle Leonard still has that old Avanti tucked away in his barn?