Those pics make me want to take myself outside and kick myself in the arse!!!! great looking engine bay and motor. Two questions...where did those vc's come from (trick, trick, trick) and the headers. Who built those beautiful headers?
The Valve covers I am clueless on but I suspect they came from a specialty place that deals with 302 boss and or cleveland stuff. The Headers, I believe were made by hand by our local "FabGuru" Thomas Hackman . I have built several sets of headers and know the patience it takes and the skill. It appears I will be fabbing up a set for my brothers 73 maverick with a built 331 as I am having spark plug clearance issues on the drivers side. The heads are aluminum Protoplines. I am sure Mr. Hackman can elaborate a bit more
tom did make a set of his own, however he mentioned to me that he found a set of the motorsport covers and decided to use them since he needed to make a few more modifications to the ones he made so they would work( sorry if i spilled the beans tom)
I know he made a set, but then I think he ended up buying a pair after he was done with them. I remember Ward joking about it, but maybe it was just a joke. Don't think so though. I think my old-timers is starting to set in already. DOH I shoulda looked first, here is the thread: http://www.fordmaverick.com/displayThread.jsp?board=discussion&threadid=5711
DOH! I'm too slow! Man those ones he made look just as good though! I forgot how nice they turned out.
Wow you guy have it all right To make a long story longer, I found those Valve covers on E-bay and did not bid on them. I did some seraching and found out that they were 80's cover for trans am racing/nascar. They have a stud gurdile built in to covers, they came with long rocker studs, self locking nut, copper washers and acorn nuts to seal the cover. Since I did not need the stud girdile I thought I would make some copeis. After making the copeis then buying more valve train parts I noticed I had made a huge design error and would more than likely have to make another set and start from scratch. I got lucky and found another set on e-bay and won the bid for $270 way more than I wanted to pay but, they would give me the look and save alot of time. What was the error you ask? I made the top side perpendicular to the head sealing surface which makes the cover hit the guide plates and rockers. most cleavland style covers are at an 85-80 degree angle tward the intake manifold. Sorry for not posting sooner I was working on the car and had to work the Air Show
