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I have a 308-327 stroker in pieces,

Can you tell me more about this? I've got a burnt HJ van that I bought which a few people kept telling me had a 327 in it. I never opened the bonnet till after I got it home and the block had 308 stamped on it so I assumed said people were wrong. Does the 327 crank fit in the 308 block? I remember this van used to go pretty hard before it caught fire, and it had a 9 inch so I assume they may have been concerned about breaking the standard diff.

Paint would be original colour unless it was panama green or tuxedo black, then I'd use another factory HZ colour, probably white or ultra blue or red.

What if original colour was Durham Beige?