496 crate motor?

[hotrodchev]

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I was only 5 in 1970, so I can't help you on this.

[/ QUOTE ] Hey Jeff, no excuses. I was only 4, so you had a whole year to be studying and soaking in this information. LOL!

Very interesting GMH454. In those years, Can/Am racing was in it's heyday up here at Donnybrooke International Raceway in Brainerd, Minnesota. Maybe it's possible that a few of these 495's made their way up here back then, but I highly doubt one could be bought over the counter by an average Joe. Last night, I was doing some more thinking about this motor that my friend's dad was telling me about and I'm now beginning to wonder if maybe it was an LS-7 motor he purchased over the counter.

Does anyone know if this is how the LS-7 crate motors were sold over the counter, for marine applications only?

Tim
"Hotrodchev"