In 1975, I had a friend with a '66 390 Comet, whose dad was the shop foreman for a local short-haul trucking firm that had a fleet of C800's with 391FT engines, so he was "well versed". The Comet popped a head gasket, and his dad showed us how to change the head gasket without pulling the intake, as was the factory procedure. Considering that it was shock tower car, it went pretty well, just took a lot of patience. He also told us about the problems with the oil drainbacks in the heads clogging, and had a factory Ford tool for enlarging the drainbacks in the truck engines. Only time I ever heard of such a tool, but he had one and he was pretty sharp. Flash ahead to 1977, and a gal friend who knew I had my 406 car says hey my girlfriend has a Galaxie she wants to get rid of, smokes and runs real bad. So I go look at it, pretty cherry 500 fastback with perfect interior, 390-4V etc. She starts it, running poorly on about 6 and fogging skeeters. She says can you give me $200 for it? Well, OK. I pull the plugs, fronts are fine, backs oil-fouled. Drip pan goes underneath and pull a valve cover and get black rain- the drainbacks were completely clogged and covers full of oil. Took a lot of digging with a screwdriver to get all the gunk out. A couple oil changes and it was running sweet and clean. Not a perfect return path indeed

Ok a new one is over 500 now so hopefully find a good used one

It's an Offy 360 1x4

I have an old Offy or Weiand on a 390, have to look

Not fond of, or impressed by word salads myself. Talking down your nose at folks is not the way to make friends, and definitely does not impress people- especially pretty knowledgeable, well respected people

OK, went upstairs to see what I have- it is indeed a Dove. Thanks to those who posted the differences, and Jay's book. Flat plate valley cover, and the water passages per Jay. Very clean, and is silver coated with something. I separated the intake from the 660 setup to get it downstairs, still a little wobbly on the stairs from my torn Achilles. Will get the nice 660 setup down in a bit and get pics

I'm considering selling my Dove Tunnel Wedge manifold. I will probably never use it, as I have a couple of Jay's adapters and a bunch of 351C intakes for them. I understand that the Dove versions are more large cid/RPM than OE Ford ones? Any actual experience with using them and pricing? This unit was on a V-drive with a 454 setup, and has 660s with nice lines and guage that I would like to keep, but don't have to. Thanks

We are looking for a display-only SOHC blower setup for a non-functional museum engine. Worn-out, grenaded etc. is fine, as long as it looks good externally. We do have a Birdcatcher available, but complete would be great. Partial assemblies considered