I deleted my first post to get rid of the info also. Sorry, just replying to a previous post that was left up. Probably better off letting people ruin an OT engine anyway!
That would be neat to have sitting in some nostalgic shop with a tag saying it was an original four bolt main 283 (327) . Can you imagine the sh*t you could start with conversations about that and then make a phony bet that you could prove it? Not too many people would realize it was converted, and after a good laugh you could tell them the truth....or not. Then they get on the internet and start another myth.
Just for fun, I'll bring up something from the hamb circa 1999 or so. There was a Canadian hamber that had a 327 out of a combine that had a 4 bolt main block. He had posted pics of the block and casting numbers etc. I have always wondered what the story was on that. Maybe a replacement block. I wonder if that thread is buried in the archives? Not that it matters. I am going from memory so my story may be off, but that was what the old man brain told me.
I remember that story I think that thread came back up in '03 or '04 when I first joined the HAMB. Or maybe you told it to me at some point when our paths crossed. Funny and in the spirit of ruffling some feathers I still own an early 4 bolt 350 block. If we had a large journal 327 crank we could scab it together grind the numbers off and tell everyone that it is a rare factory race motor. LOL
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