My first SS396POS circa 1982/1983:
396 version 1 (L34 based with a Crane CC290NC solid cam, Vega converter in a Turbo 400, 4.56 12 bolt):
396 version 2: 11-1's, square port closed chamber heads and the same Crane cam.
Never got this one to the digs, but it was considerably stronger than version 1:
At the digs in 1983 with 396 V1:
13.20's @ 107 with ZERO hook on Kelly Springfield N50's.
(Not too shabby for a dumbass snot nose kid.)
Spun a rod bearing on the next pass which resulted in 396 version 2.
Giving a friend something to waste the last few pics on a roll of film on:
I would give everything I have to be able to go back to those days.