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TONOWANDA  and Flint MI 283 AND 348 PRODUCTION and a quick shot of a '65 Chevy off the line.

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Is it just me, or are those 348's all tri-power?

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Well, if your not feeling any better at least your vision is good!

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It seems like this virus or whatever it is may finally be losing it's hold on me.

On those 348's, I wonder why H and A on the front of the heads?

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Amazing stuff...



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Blue straight sixes along with 348's in the background too.



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Carl Stevenson wrote:


 On those 348's, I wonder why H and A on the front of the heads?

 Haul Ahead ??...............more respecfull than what comes in my head first!!!   LOL

 

But seriously, if I was the employee in the pic, I just could not resist to ask to buy and bring home some of these brand new W engines!!!



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

It seems like this virus or whatever it is may finally be losing it's hold on me.

On those 348's, I wonder why H and A on the front of the heads?

         H   is for 348   and  A is for Tri-Power



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

It seems like this virus or whatever it is may finally be losing it's hold on me.

On those 348's, I wonder why H and A on the front of the heads?

 I think Norm, forespeed, worked at Flint engine plant and he might be able to shed some light on these letter codes even though the W engines were Tonawanda built.



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these are '55 265s

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427carl wrote:
Carl Stevenson wrote:

It seems like this virus or whatever it is may finally be losing it's hold on me.

On those 348's, I wonder why H and A on the front of the heads?

         H   is for 348   and  A is for Tri-Power

 .........HA was the designation code for 58 - 61 348 280hp w/triple two barrels and a turbo-glide

          (tri-power was an American Pontiac designation.)........

HA was also used on a couple 327's and a 69 350 all w/4bbl and manual trans..

 



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Funny looking exhaust manifolds on those small blocks. What would they be for ?



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Funny looking exhaust manifolds on those small blocks. What would they be for ?

 .......the 265 was a little different than later small blocks......notably the stange exhaust manifolds and if you notice no oil filter boss.

An oil filter could be had as an accessory over the counter back in '55 and '56, pretty sure

no 265's came with one - first seen on the 283.........this from memory so plz allow for some fogginess.......confuse



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Yes I see that now and has front mounts also.



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regarding the 348 engine colour......it sure looks red to me......I went on the 348-409 site....they detail the colours
for the 348 as orange.....wonder if it is the lighting in the pix ?

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'56 was 1st year for the block mounted oil filter

those ex manifolds are '55/'56...'57 was 1st year for 'rams horn' manifolds



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bjburnout wrote:

        (tri-power was an American Pontiac designation.)........

 








I knew as I was typing it that someone would call me out on that one!!!


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          (tri-power was an American Pontiac designation.)........

 

 See the photo of a beautiful 1958 Laurentian Series, Parisienne convertible I took at Autofest in Oshawa, it has the Tri-Power badge on te front fender as can be seen in the photo. Would this badge fall into the category of "restorers privilege" in other words did a Canadian car not come with a Tri-Power badge?

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My bet (and I don't bet) would be no, that is US only.

I could peek in the parts book but I'm quite sure on that one.

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But that a stunning car. I absolutely love 58's, and black with red is that much better.

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regarding the 348 engine colour......it sure looks red to me......I went on the 348-409 site....they detail the colours
for the 348 as orange.....wonder if it is the lighting in the pix ?

 I have a few cans of engine paint on my shelf that are labeled CHEVROLET RED, its really orange to my eye but with more red pigment than what we see now a days. I believe this was the early colour. 



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

My bet (and I don't bet) would be no, that is US only.

I could peek in the parts book but I'm quite sure on that one.

 ..........have to agree with Carl on this one........don't recall ever seeing a tri-power emblem on a Canadian

Pontiac back in the day - but do remember a certain 60 Impala at Harvey's on Yonge St in Toronto that put that emblem on just

to raise eyebrows.........Ray I like your call there.......""restorers privilege"........that sums up a lot - doesn't it?



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Now that I think about it that '58 Parisienne had a 4 speed floor shift too which was definitely not part of the equipment available in a '58 Canadian Poncho. Its a very nice car nonetheless "restorers privileges" and all. 



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