Re: that's _darn_ the torpedos :)

[Keith Bradshaw <bradshaw@utdallas.edu>]

                   Not only 
         would a manufacturer be scrambling with inefficiency but so would the
         eventual consumer who was told by the manufacturer they actually DID 
have a
         260 under the hood for that year. That's like a modern day 5.0 mustang 
having
         a 351 slipped in occasionally just to make things interesting for the
         consumer. Whether it's Ford or Rootes, I don't think any manufacturer 
could
         be responsible for that. -Hank


        Hank,

        Chevy did that in the late seventies with the Monza....they were 
produced with
        262 destroked small blocks but because of problems of some sort for one 
year
        (1977-1979 somewhere in there) they were produced with 350's!!!!

        These would be interesting to find.... I haven't heard of anyone with 
one, but
        they were built.



        mBrad