Direct Connection 340 block 1971

My block is one I bought from a salvage company, Consolidated International, in about 1981 or so. I also bought a lot of ring and pinions for 8 3/4" differentials. Cost $7.50 per set. Sadly, bought only a couple of 3.55 and mostly 276 and 2.94 and 3.23 as gas was so high.

The blocks came with cam bearings and freeze plugs and were standard bore. These cost $125 plus a few bucks shipping. It was much cheaper then to buy a new block and put the original parts back in it than it was to bore them and buy new pistons.

The blocks were marked like all other 340 blocks without any vin numbers.