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So ,you Say You Are Having Trouble Dropping That Motor In ?

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horse sence

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HAHA , you haven't tried this ! This is a 69 429 Boss on the assembly line getting ready to install the motor with the transmission ,exhaust manifolds and the H pipe all assembled I bet there was a bit of cussing going on there
 

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A 302 with shorties and a C4 transmission is hard enough... I could not fathom how hard that must have been. It is like putting a square peg in a round hole, it will fit if you give it enough persuasion.
 

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I would seriously hate that job. 460 in a fox was bad enough, and it was almost bare.
 
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I bet the absence of the radiator and the giant hole in the floor helped a fair bit.
 

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I found another pic of a Boss 429 getting set in place
 
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Those dudes can probably do it in their sleep without so much as a pry bar.
 

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Yeah ,but you notice it took four to do it
 

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It actually looks like there is five guys
 
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