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Below are some photos of the port and chamber work. The chambers ended up at 58cc and flow is 250 on the intake side and 160 exhaust.

The head casting number is 3178453. These were the 290 head numbers and early 343s had them, too, but with the bigger 343/390 valves. Later 343s, 390s, and apparently some 1969 390 Rebel Machine heads were 3188558.

Now the heads have 2.055" and 1.650" 8mm Ferrea valves and beehive springs. The lighter valves should help the motor rev real quick and the beehive springs will be easy on the cam to ensure long life.


The heads aren't so grubby anymore... or limited to 280 HP.






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I turned the intake into a split-plenum design, radiused the ceiling corners under the carb mount, and dropped the center divider a little. This intake's casting number is 3191736; it was installed on 1968 390 motors. The runners are bigger than the 290/343 intakes and my understanding is these made 15 HP when bolted onto the 290s and 343s. AMC made this intake a Group 19 option for the 343 and assigned it part number 3191737.




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That's some nice work that you're are doing there! I will be curious to hear the results when everything is done and the car is back on the road.
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Originally posted by fhpdave fhpdave wrote:

That's some nice work that you're are doing there! I will be curious to hear the results when everything is done and the car is back on the road.

Thank you, Dave. Coming from somebody who has one of the nicest 1967 Ambassadors on the planet, that gets my and the Marlin's self-esteem up!


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Powder coated the pulleys. I want to keep the motor original as possible, but the long 1967 water pump will be an exception. The PO replaced the pump before I put 1,200 miles on the motor and there's already a slight wobble in the shaft. So, acquired the 1968-1972 short-style pump from Galvin's and matching short pulley from a forum member. The 1967 pump height was 5.688" and the 1968-1972 ones were 4.438." The 1968-1969 fan spacer is 1.5 inches longer than the 1967 spacer, so I ordered fan bolts that were 1.5 inches longer than the originals; because of their length, I went with Grade 8 ones.



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Freshened up things under the hood. I'm excited to see how the Matador Red paint will contrast with the copper-colored 343.




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Since the radiator was out during the engine compartment spraying, figured it would be a good use of time to have it checked out. The inspection revealed the radiator is in real good shape. Don't know when, but the radiator was previously serviced in Washington and I had the shop leave leave the tag on there. The Marlin was bought new in the Seattle area and spent it's entire life there prior to me finding it, so this is a nice "certificate of authenticity" you could say. They flushed, boiled, vibra-sounded, and pressure-tested the radiator, and reinforced the sides and straightened the fins.




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Check out these wheel covers! Found these beauties on eBay. The original blue paint in the center "caldera" is pristine. Don't know their history, but I wonder if these wheels were ever on a car. Understanding is that the blue paint was very thin and could crumble off from a few washes. The second photo is one of my originals, which shows no color anywhere. These wheel covers are specific to the 1967 Marlin. The 1965/1966 Rambler Marlins also had their own wheel covers, but they were slightly different - the center area is taller and narrower and the paint is an aqua color and not this cool electric blue.




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That is a fantastic find !!!

Your radiator looks good. I like the tag that the shop put on, I am going to show that to my radiator man. 

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I think those hubcaps look brand new; wow, what a find... and likewise, they found you!
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