-> Well, it's a shame the AMC dealership did not know that ...
-> ... the employees at the parts counter of the AMC dealership (and various 
-> mechanics from time to time) said the reason it took forever to get
-> non-stocked engine parts was the dealership had to order the parts from 
-> American Motors, which in turn had to order the parts from Chevrolet.
 CH> That's truly odd.  AMC did buy a fair amount of things from other
 CH> auto manufacturers, but not engines.  There were three types of
 CH> V8 AMC engines.  The first was quite rare in the mid-fifties.  A
 CH> Packard engine, actually.  The second was the 287/327 type you
 CH> mentioned, but made by AMC. The third was the 290-343-360-390-401
 CH> used in later cars. Not a bad engine, actually. It looked a lot
 CH> like a small-block Chevy, but had a front mounted distributor.
I'll take your word for it, I was just going by what I had been told by 
someone who I thought should have known.  Thanks for setting me straight.
Brien
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