Valve covers on ebay

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whitetop · #1 03-07-2003, 07:36 PM

Frank
My personal gut feeling is they are repops based upon the decals. I don't think CP put decals in their originals. I betcha in the next few months you will see alot more of these pop up on ebay.

MadMike · #2 03-07-2003, 07:48 PM

For reference purposes, I offer what a set of real (motion) valve covers look like:

http://www.motionperformance.com/mp-valvec.jpg

MotownMadman · #3 03-07-2003, 07:57 PM

Didnt some of the Nickey, Dana, and Harrell cars have a finned M/T valve cover that had 427 cast into them and a GM part number on the inside? I have a set and was told they came off a Dana car.
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whitetop · #4 03-07-2003, 08:03 PM

Motown
Yes, all the very early M/T covers did have the 427 script where the pcv goes. They were not exclusive to a Dana or Nickey car. Every speed shop that sold them were the same. The part number inside was a m/t number, not gm. All the early covers by M/T Ford etc had that long part number differentiated by just a few numbers. When the 454 came out in '70 M/T took off the 427 script. Very hard covers to find today.
Still see them on occasion but the drippers are usually ground off and the 427 scripts are missing (one one side of the pair)because that's were the PCV goes.
Dave

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