Sleeper from 1965

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

I rememer the first time I saw a 409 bare block, I was about 14 and dumbfounded by the fact a piston could be so off as to leave a ringland groove like that and not destroy the cylinder wall, then I saw the others and they were the same, then it all came together......I still laugh about that and pointed a block out to my 12 year old last year, his immediate reaction was the same.

Originally Posted by Steves68Nova

Well I didn't want to start anything about it, just looked like a cool sleeper. I would not know a 318 from a 440. But I do know a hemi head when I see one.

But at the CDRA bracket finals in Tulsa I noticed the valve covers on a 348/409 based dragster. I made sure I went over and told the guy how cool that was. You could see the smile with his helmet on. Stopped a young guy who races at our track and pointed the valve covers out to him and he did not have a clue. Had to explain it all. Young'ens