25 Feb 97 16:20, Hey Rocky! Landon Robinson pulled 283 V-8 outta his hat!:
 LR>
 LR>> The dist. originaly came out of a 283 V-8 which was made from '62
 LR>> to '67.
 LR>
 TC>> The 283 was born in 1957, buried in 1967.
 TC>> Great engine though....
 TC>> Tom
 LR>
 LR> The book of casting numbers I was looking through only had the 283
 LR> listed as being made from '62 to '67. And you are probably right, I'n
 LR> not trying to argue or anything or turn the whole echo upside down on
 LR> when the distributor was made. My point was just that my distributor
 LR> was REALLY old and probably needed an overhaul kit.
The 283 was born in 1957 because Ford had introduced it's V8 line-up in 292 
and that year.  Thunderbird's 312 was also available in the Fairlane 500's 
that year.  The little 283 had no problem smoking the 292 or the 312.
The 283 was also the first production V8 to produce 1 horsepower per cubic 
inch displacement.  The venerable 283CI 283HP, Rochester Fuel Injected V8 was 
introduced into the Corvette as well as the Chevrolet passenger car.
I remember my first ride.  What the younger generation of today calls 
"awesome"....  I was a very impressionable 17 at the time.
... My 1st Chevy ride:  Granpa Witt's 1941 Deluxe Tudor, in Maroon. (1941)
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