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Originally Posted by boardog
need some info, i am going to look at what is supposed to be a 68 ram air bird this weekend. same owner for 20+ years. needs restored, green car with a black interior. i have talked with the owner and car is for sale. he says it is a ram air car but not sure. he is the 2nd owner and told me the air cleaner was missing when he bought it and previous owner told him he had the cleaner but never got it. he told me the scoops were closed. a friend of mine did look at it about 2 years ago and told me the car did have the right exhaust manifolds but did not check the numbers. i know of certian things to check but can someone post the casting #'s for me. i am going to run the vin thru phs when i look at the car. friend says the car is solid but needs restored. if it is a ram air car what would be a decent for for it. i know a lot depends on whether it is a ram air 1 or 2 car. thanks for any input.
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If it is the original hood and the scoops are closed it is not a ram air car. All ram air cars had functional ram air (open scoops). If the car is supposedly untouched, it sounds like it could be a 400HO. The 400HOs came with the ram air (long branch) exhaust manifolds but had the standard 400 4bbl air cleaner, heads (#16), carb (7028264) and distributor. 400HOs are neat cars with less than 2100 built and will net a bit of a premium over a std 400 car, but, they are not is the same ballpark as a ram air car pricewise.
The head numbers are cast on the center exhaust ports. If it were a RAI it would have #31 heads and a RAII would have #96 heads (or blank on the center ex. ports with an "R" and an "A" on the outer exhaust ports).