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12-14-2006, 06:37 PM
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My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
Saw a 72 Chevy truck…….appeared to be a stock restoration, had a big block, fender badges said 400. Chevy never made a 400 BBC, and the 400 SBC wasn’t around in 72 as I recall. So is the 400 badge because they didn’t like 402 badges?
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12-14-2006, 06:39 PM
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
Stock big blocks in the 70-72s only came with "400" emblems
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12-14-2006, 06:59 PM
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
400 badged trucks had the 396 or 402 depending on the year.
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12-14-2006, 07:01 PM
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
Full sized cars (Impala,Caprice) were the same also. 400 could be a sbc400 or a bbc402.
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12-14-2006, 07:01 PM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
actually, in 69, the badge woulda said 396, it wasn't untill 70 that they badged it as a 400, even though it was a 402.
And as indicated, the 400 small block wasn't installed in a truck untill 73. |
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12-14-2006, 07:13 PM
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Led Sled! Discs R 4 ME!
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
Thanks for the correction Andy
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12-14-2006, 07:30 PM
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
thanks you answered it come to willis texas and I'll give you a beer.
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12-15-2006, 02:20 AM
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
From what I have read Chevrolet called the 402 a 396 in 1970 because of the reputation of the 396 in cars such as the Camaro and Chevelle. I myself own a 70 C-10 swb 2wd with a factory big block. The options list on the glovebox door listed the truck with "396 cu in." and the Truck had 396 badges. Although a sticker on the radiator support said "402 cu in 350 hp".
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12-15-2006, 03:53 AM
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
Welcome to the board gotchevys.
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12-15-2006, 06:27 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
gotchevys, what's the last 6 on your VIN if I may... I wonder if this is an extreemly early model.
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12-15-2006, 08:30 AM
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
Thanks for the welcome krue. Longhorn, I'll check on my VIN today and let you know.
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12-15-2006, 03:02 PM
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
Welcome... Your in good company now...
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12-15-2006, 06:23 PM
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Re: My friend has some ?'s I can't answer
Here are pictures of the labels I mentioned and a picture of my vin tag. I cannot verify the originality of the 396 emblems, the truck had been painted by a previous owner in the past so they may have been 400s originally.
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