Just because the head number did not match the POP doesn’t necessarily mean that the block was not original to the car.
But what are the chances of having a bad tri-carb head and replacing it with another head off of a tri-carb car

 

Exactly. So so many flags for that kind of money. What's the term when people over pay for a car? Stupid money. But hey if the buyer just thought it looked cool and didn't care about details. Think of many cars 10 times more correct and original could have been had for that price.

 

My thoughts exactly, if you had to replace the head, would the factory actually replace it with a T stamped head? I seriously doubt it as they are no different than a regular 442 head..My guess is that T is just so the factory worker knew a tricarb went on that engine. Its just odd that the head is wrong yet stamped..who knows..still a beautiful car.

 

The T stamping is questionable @ best. With an ID # of 104xxx would mean that head was in the first 4K units built. With the tri carb option not being available until 12-1-65,was there that many built before then? You would figure there should be a lot of 66 442's built in the first few months of the model run,so I believe there was @ least 5K units built before 12-1-65 and would put this ID # before tri carb was available. In other words,this head was stamped with the T. The heads were stamped after the engine was assembled. The ID # being what it is and the trans case being a later unit,I figure the original drivetrain was missing and they used what they could find.

My 66 documented tri carb had an engine ID of V111xxx and a build date of 02B- 2nd week of Feb,66.. So if that BAT car had an ID of 104xxx and my car had a 111xxx,that would mean there were appx. 6K tri carb cars built in 2 1/2 months. There were 2100 total tri carb cars built total production over 8 months for an average of 175 cars per month. My point is the head on the BAT was stamped with the T after the engine was assembled by someone other than a factory worker.

 

I have taught you well JR.

 

when the student becomes the master

 

OK smart ***.

 

Don’t make me come down there

 

You must be drinking

 

Maybe

 

Cheers 🍻

Loving this site

 

By the way. This 66 that started this thread really is an awesome "looking" car. Beautiful car.

That car will never ever ever sell for more.