Interesting that Bedard felt that AMC may not have been competitive even with special homologated engine parts. As it turned out his prediction almost came true when, according to Kaplan, or his people, a truly competitive block was not homologated because AMC failed to turn in the paperwork in time. The rules as listed in the above article must have changed because AMC did not produce near the required number of blocks ( though the service replacement block that they made available for '70 and served as the basis for replacing everything from a 343 through a 390 according to AMC experts, would, along with the 390 block, be "4 bolt capable". The '69 engines did produce more power but they were not reliable and AMC's promise as shown in the '68 season went away in '69 when they finished adistant fourth to Pontiac's third and AMC didn't win a single race nor get on the podium at all.
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