Putting the 406 Together

Alameda, California

Summer, 1997

 

The rods have been pressed onto the pistons, the heads are back from the machine shop, the freeze plugs are in place.  Now it's time to start building the thing.  The heads in the background are 1965 "camel hump" 461 castings.  The pistons in the box on the right are 10:1 forged units.