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Old 03-31-2020, 12:30 PM   #22
1976gmc20
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Re: Small block 400's???

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I worked for a dealer 1975/1976 and they were just becoming available in K models so probably the 1976 model year.

It seemed like a big deal at the time, but I drove the new ones and I couldn't really tell the difference between the 400 and the 350. Maybe I would have if I took them out on the highway or up in the mountains.

My 1980 350/SM465 seemed to have about twice the power of my 1973 350/TH350.
Duh, I just got to thinking about it, and actually I worked for the Chevy dealer 1974/1975, so the current model year then would have been 1975 not 1976.

At the time I thought about buying a brand new K20 with a 350 and 4 speed with the employee discount. But I would have had to sell my 2 year old pickup myself. It was an idea because my pickup was worth about as much used as the new one with the discount. I just couldn't figure out how to float the thing since I didn't have anything else to drive.
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