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This original motor stuff seems funny to me considering it's a historic race car. If you found Jenkins' original "Grumpy's Toy" 69 Camaro in this condition would you say it "could never be perfect" because it no longer had the 396/375 it was delivered from the factory with? I know I wouldn't.

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Yes Joe Im with you.A race car and its history is the important part of the car. I dont beleive that any race cars
have the original motor.
Peter

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Most of the rare hemi-powered Sox&Martin cars were delivered to them as a "body in white" shell. They then cannibalized a real car to add the trim pieces to it, so it's not like they ever had an "original engine." I remember seeing a vintage 1970 magazine article years ago (maybe Hot Rod) that showed them building their 1970 Pro Stock hemicuda. They had a body in white next to a brand new hemicuda and they were stripping the street car to add the parts to the race car. The engine in the street car was just another hemi to add to the arsenal of engines in the back room.