L78 motors for original cars

[luzl78]

does anyone know if the original L78 engines that were taken out by motion,yenko and other dealers ever were recovered and found by the car owners?

[Carleen]

Isnt there a 68 Yenko Camaro that had a 427 and later the 396 showed up and the owner put that one in instead

[RALLY]

does anyone know if the original L78 engines that were taken out by motion,yenko and other dealers ever were recovered and found by the car owners?

Very good question. I wonder how they figured the price with an engine swap. And if those 396 engines were sold to other customers.

[Unreal]

I was in college in Pittsburgh in the late 60's, and there was always an ad in the Sunday Pittsburgh Press, with engines, short blocks and wheels/tires for sale. (maybe other stuff aswell, I don't remember) In the pre-COPO period, Yenko was trying to recoup as much of the conversion costs as he coulld, as quickly as he could.

[PeteLeathersac]

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Below is one of the Yenko ads for the L78 blocks also flat hoods as posted a few years back in the Old Newspapers thread, there's others too around pages 29/30 as this link...
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=135780&page=29

A few of the unique '68 MV Suffix L78 blocks have surfaced and some reunited w/ the original cars, here's a thread w/ the most recent circumstance...
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=138489

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~ Pete

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