Well here's the car i've been looking at
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte...2&fromMakeTrack=true
Sort of a strange one this one,
the owner says he bought it and it wasn't running too good, rebuilt a carb and it runs great now. (he did a few other minor things, flushed out the engine.. etc)
Got it repainted, bumpers were good. blah blah
Now the contraversial part:
The auction claims the engine to be a 421 HO,
he says he never cared too much for what it had but when he bought it, the old owner thought it was a 428. He bought it anyways, took it home and it turned out to be a 421, not a 428.
I asked him why he hasn't checked the casting # on the engine and he said something along the liens of him simply not caring.
He also said he took it to the track and got 14s on the qtr mile. (not sure how that compares to the 421HO bonny's expected time)
His story is sort of wavy in the sense that whoever told him it was a 421 should have been able to tell him if it was a '65 421 and if it was an HO or not.
The cell phones we were using kept disconnecting. I might call him back later with a few more questions.
He says he's not big on numbers he just buys and sells cars. In any event, what do you all think? Can anyone make out anything from the engine pics? (i assume not cuz they all look so similar except for tripower manifold which tells us almost nothing). Anyone know any good questions to grill him with if i call him back? I'm about to give up on this one since it's so shady.
mike diaz