Short of Paying Joel for confirmation....

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I believe joel, being Mr. Economical would start with the most up front. I.e. an L78 or L34 396 car, something that already had a 12 bolt and heavy duty drivetrain in it. Then he'd take the expensive L78 (thank you and resell it) for the 427 you're getting.


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I would say Mr smart as a FOX, because he could sell the takeout used motor to just about anybody in town for nearly as much as his cost on the "new" crate motor he was putting back in. No way would he start with a 6 cyl car. To much to have to change. Time is money. With a DEALER on his side he had a good thing going. he would just order or transfer to get the closest configeration he could use.

I was suprised that he used a 390 hp vette to make a Phase III GT like he did on my '70 BM car. I would have thought he would have ordered a hi per motor in the car but he may have had to rush it and took what he could get. '70 vettes were selling pretty well back then.