Seen it all?

Exactly, I had one of these back in the 80's and a guy found out I had it and came over every week with more money till I gave in and sold it to him, the next day he was pounding on me door demanding his money back. It backfired and blew the lid in 4 pieces and burnt the hair off his face, all I could do was grin because I wanted to kick his *** for breaking my manifold.
My first top (bought base only for $100!) was a dual 390 setup off a 1/4 plate. It lasted about 3 minutes before a pop buckled the edge and vented it. 2nd was a 3/8 plate with a single Demon 650 that lasted forever, too bad the carb was ****. Ran great if you could keep the needle seat clear. If I were to do it again, I would tap 2 1" core plugs in the China walls that would blow before the top would buckle.