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- Good luck finding exhaust manifolds! I think they were all used up 20 years ago!
garyemunson wrote:
Good luck finding exhaust manifolds! I think they were all used up 20 years ago!
A Google search will find them... ;)- I had a personal tour of it at Mackinaw campground a few years ago. It wasn't in that good shape then, but definitely unique and.....ugly!
hanko wrote:
Those were built in Brighton Mi at the old Vagabond coach factory, which is still there but abandoned
Hanko, isn't that the refrigeration research factory now? When I was a kid in Brighton our neighbor worked there.- Different heads, different exhausts manifolds
Different water pump
Parts from the 440 do Not fit
The 413 (sometimes called the semi hemi) is/was an industrial engine
Used to power irrigation systems, hydraulics etc..
My first motorhome a 1972 lifetime by Boise cascade
Had the 413
And gas mileage sucked - There must be a lot of brave souls out there...
Brian in Michigan wrote:
hanko wrote:
Those were built in Brighton Mi at the old Vagabond coach factory, which is still there but abandoned
Hanko, isn't that the refrigeration research factory now? When I was a kid in Brighton our neighbor worked there.
It was in fact. A fence supply company was in there last. They moved out a few years ago, I don't know who if anybody is there now. where in Michigan are you located?MrWizard wrote:
I always knew them as the "wedge" and they could fold a factory 62 Valiant in half if you treated it naughty. They weren't just for pumps! I don't know which version went in a motorhome, but the dual cross carb super stock was envy of many in my high school days.
The 413 (sometimes called the semi hemi) is/was an industrial engine
Used to power irrigation systems, hydraulics etc..- yes..Wedge head is more common, i was trying to remember that
mine was single 4bbl carb
boy that thing used a lot of gas
no matter how i tried to soft pedal it MrWizard wrote:
yes..Wedge head is more common, i was trying to remember that
mine was single 4bbl carb
boy that thing used a lot of gas
no matter how i tried to soft pedal it
I had a 440 in a very rare Plymouth Trailduster (Like a ramcharger) and it too was absolutely terrible, aside from the fact those exhaust manifolds got so hot next to your feet you had to stop and get out to cool off your tennis shoes :)
