[72projectbird]

Before anyone has a heart attack, please note this engine is only temporary! lol


I have a 77 SE TA that I've had for about 5 years now. It's a cool car, real SE W72 4 speed, deluxe interior, heat only, sold new in Bangor ME and spent its whole life there until I dragged it home. It spent about 20 years in the woods before I got it.

I got it up and running almost immediately, and put around 4000 miles on it before another vehicle needed an engine. This car had a non original 400 in it from a 74 TA, so I pulled it and threw it in the other car. I ended up selling that vehicle, so this car sat dormant for a while. Long story short, it'll be getting rotisserie restored, but I have other stuff to do before taking on that headache.

I'm sick of looking at it sit around doing nothing, so I dug out this 78 service replacement 400 removed from another TA. I guess it swallowed some metal thru the intake, and beat the hell out of one piston. However, the valves seemed to have survived, and the cylinder walls look ok. So while it's waiting to be restored, it's getting this cream puff of an engine.



I threw in a pic of it at Lowes for good measure