what year...the plot thickens

Cleaned the lovely silver paint off the valve covers and find.....first line Fireball V8   next line   V8 CH-175...tag on the intake V 138.....

fireball v 8 is most likely a gray marine engine.there is a shop that knows a lot about these engines in buffalo ny.duby marine if they are still around.gray marine marinized alot of engines and different blocks 50;s and 60;s maybe earlier.i have one to put in my 69 cuda when the time comes.fireball v 8 238 hp 4 barrel.

93/70 ccpb wrote: fireball v 8 is most likely a gray marine engine.there is a shop that knows a lot about these engines in buffalo ny.duby marine if they are still around.gray marine marinized alot of engines and different blocks 50;s and 60;s maybe earlier.i have one to put in my 69 cuda when the time comes.fireball v 8 238 hp 4 barrel.

Your going to put a Chevy engine in a 69 Cuda? PLEASE tell me your joking right? At least put a 318 in your Cuda not some Chevy crap engine.

gtxragtop wrote: 93/70 ccpb wrote: fireball v 8 is most likely a gray marine engine.there is a shop that knows a lot about these engines in buffalo ny.duby marine if they are still around.gray marine marinized alot of engines and different blocks 50;s and 60;s maybe earlier.i have one to put in my 69 cuda when the time comes.fireball v 8 238 hp 4 barrel. Your going to put a Chevy engine in a 69 Cuda? PLEASE tell me your joking right? At least put a 318 in your Cuda not some Chevy crap engine.

Bite your lip there newbie! some CC came with chevys1

quinner wrote: Betting GTX thinks Dan's "Cuda" reference was to a Plymouth not a CC.

It didn't sound that way to me but maybe you are correct!

93/70 ccpb wrote: gray marine marinized alot of engines and different blocks 50;s and 60;s maybe earlier.i have one to put in my 69 cuda when the time comes.fireball v 8 238 hp 4 barrel.

Why would he put a marine engine in a car?

(by gtxragtop)- "not some Chevy crap engine"

Deep down in your subconscious, I feel that you do hold a certain underlying respect for the crap engines. Otherwize you probably would not have used a capital "C".

Some of the crap engines are amongst the most beautiful marine engines known to mankind.

And like Pete says, the Graymarine 327 is normally an AMC.

jbear wrote: boy ya just gotta love 'newbies' on here. where is 79 when ya need him? john

I guess we just have to take his place but I do know we will be gentler!

jbear wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: jbear wrote: boy ya just gotta love 'newbies' on here. where is 79 when ya need him? john I guess we just have to take his place but I do know we will be gentler! LOL Pete........'gentler' was certainly not in 79's vocabulary! john

John,
Yes, I agree that Chris did have a way with his words!! Actually, I miss it! Really!

Yes, I thought you were putting that engine into a Plymouth Barracuda. I had no idea that CC had a "cuda". As for my comment being a diehard mopar fan for too many years (except the late 70's and the K-car years) thinking about putting a Chevy motor in a Chrysler product is just plane wrong. As for my "crap" statement it applied to that motor in a Ply Barracuda. That would be a crap motor for such a car. When I read this, (fireball v 8 238 hp 4 barrel) I saw "283" not 238, hence the chevy association. My screw-up here. Sorry.

Somebody asked... why would you put a marine engine is a car? Well, I had a Chrysler Marine 440 in my garage taken from a Century ski boat for about 3 years. It would have been simple to convert to a non marine application.

I wanna see the '68 or '69 GTX convertable.

Almost bought a black '68 GTX in 1975 but instead I bought a '67 Camaro. Today either one in the driveway would work just fine.

DrCC wrote: I wanna see the '68 or '69 GTX convertable.

Or.. Anything topless would be great!!

Lets try this again! ragtop welcome! lets see your ride, the one that goes in the water that is!

yikes...

jumped on this thread fast...shoulda known better.

nice long sleeve white dress shirt on Pete. Hundred say he has monograms on the cuffs.


john