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Just got back fron a local car show and was going through the flea market when I spied a set of camel hump heads from a 68 or 69 vette. They looked in great shape and I asked what he was selling thme for. How about $1,000. Now I know they were good heads back in their hey days but there's alot better flowing heads now. I guess someone might want them for a restoration on a car and want's it as stock , but still $1,000 seems high to me.

there are much better heads in iron and much cheaper .but if all work over with all new premium parts and bake. blasted mag and psi check all new guilds hard EX seats with a very good valve job and milled with screw in studs and not all used up i could see some one trying to get that for a restoration heads

I guess there's no way I'd pay that for 40+ year old technology!!!! A bit of shopping will buy you a nice set of heads, and an intake, carb, and distributor for a chebbie... Everybody's got a couple of them, used parts are cheap, new parts aren't that bad either.... IMO, pass on the double humps and leave them for one of the "numbers matching" types....

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Originally Posted by viking

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Couldn't use them on the street though!!! The auction as sez they are "racing" heads!!!!!!

oh boy painted intake ports wizer wheel deck job then are nice

I have a set of the old double hump fuelie heads on my 350 (1968 variety) and while they are nice to look at and talk about, I would just as soon have a nice set of modern cast iron heads. My car was built the way that it is a long time ago (1989-90) and was previously used for racing before being converted to a street rod. Car is no longer raced, so it is all nice nostalgia with the fuelie heads, the Torker I intake, and the Cal Custom valve covers. Traditional rod, yeah, for the most part. Can it run.... sure, but not much anymore. Now in retirement and used mostly just for cruising.

$1,000 sounds to me like a total rip off by someone looking to make a fast buck. If you are not into nostalgia, look elsewhere.

I agree on them being to high. I wasn't looking for them to buy, just happened to see them and if I could have piocked them up for $100-150, I might have, but not for 1 grand!

For $200 I bought, a 4 bolt main 350, Edelrock Performer Intake, a Crane Hyd Cam and a set of 1964 461 heads. I think he is a little high in price.

this is funny you guy think this is hi ? yes it may? but hell i did not see them ? there is better heads for the money BUT let say you buy a set of old hump casting for 250. now at with all new parts and machine work done by some one that knows his ass from a hole a the wall ?400.yes that would be nice but just no way in hell that happening . so this just show that you can easily put more money in them then a new set of casting would be .if the guy shop rate is 60.00 or more hour so how long will it take a set of whip out 20+ year old casting with all new parts and time $1000. ? if done right if some one needs the numbers they will pay that . i see old .125 bore over 427 block at the point of junk go on e-bay for over$800 with no work done and would easily take $1500 of machine work on top of the $800 and if shipped add that to it to just for numbers on a block???

Bought my 327 SJ with humps for 150. Sold the heads for 150 and building the block....................

Originally Posted by chevy 37

I agree on them being to high. I wasn't looking for them to buy, just happened to see them and if I could have piocked them up for $100-150, I might have, but not for 1 grand!

I picked up a great running 63 327 motor with camel hump head for $300.00 was a replacement motor for this guys 63 327 corvette. it did not have dist, carb, exhaust or acessories. but still runnen in my 50 F1 pu Ed ke6bnl

at the track alot of guys are running them and news id say its almost 50/50 but the guys who can afford them get new ones i couldnt so i got my camels worked a little not to bad of a deal its easier to give 100 here and there on payments then 1000+ all at once !