Interesting '69 Malibu, Orig 307/4-speed/Buckets/etc

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Originally Posted by Bill Pritchard

How strange is it that the OO chose to put 350 fender emblems on a car with a 307? Back in the day, we were doing just the opposite, trying to downplay the engine size

----Bill,,, It's funny you bring this up. In 62 when I was 15 a friend that I grew up withs mother bought a 62 Ford XL convert with a 352. My buddy was a year older than me and had his drivers license so we pried the car away from his Mom as often as we could. I worked at my Dads hardware store a few doors up the street from a Ford dealer and went to the parts dept and ordered two 390 emblems and 2 427 emblems. I ground off the studs and we glued the emblems (not all at once) in the appropriate spot on the car. As young absolutely clueless idiots we felt we were gaining some kind of cred at the local drive-ins. Today I'm posative every older guy would just listen and laugh when the 427 emblems were attached!....Bill S