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Possible R3 in 1957 GH
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I know to never say never, but that engine doesn't look close to being a genuine R3...wrong intake and carb, wrong valve covers just from a quick glance. That the seller calls it 289 cubic inch R3 show he really has little knowledge of what he's selling.
Chrome valve covers do not an "R" engine make. Still, the car is worth being checked out by someone.Poet...Mystic...Soldier of Fortune. As always...self-absorbed, adversarial, cocky and in general a malcontent.
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Its just a replacement v8 with chrome valve covers. Not even a R1. No chrome cover under the intake. My gress someone found a engineless GH in the 70s and tried to restore it. Notice there is no place to mount the supercharger bracket. Can anyone tell what type of carb. it is? Kinda looks like a large 2 barrell holley a freind of mine had on his Hawk in the 70s.
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Originally posted by 70Avanti2 View PostIts just a replacement v8 with chrome valve covers. Not even a R1. No chrome cover under the intake. My gress someone found a engineless GH in the 70s and tried to restore it. Notice there is no place to mount the supercharger bracket. Can anyone tell what type of carb. it is? Kinda looks like a large 2 barrell holley a freind of mine had on his Hawk in the 70s.
The Stock Golden Hawk carb would have been a Stromberg 2bbl .Bez Auto Alchemy
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Looks to be some odd shaped breather caps on the valve covers. Why put a generator on an R3? I think the lister has been misinformed about the power plant in the Hawk, which looks to be a really major project to bring back from the dead.sigpic[SIGPIC]
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Easily restorable. Looks solid from the pics.Bez Auto Alchemy
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