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Chromium Valves



Hello All,
Went to visit my 64 at the only shop in town that I would trust with it. As I got the preliminary bill for work preformed, a gentleman in his late 70's came over to chat. After the usual " I haven't seen one like this in years..." he made a rather remarkable statement. Seems around 1970 he had his mid 60's Dodge motor home in to the local mopar dealer. He asked the head mechanic what to do about the unleaded gas situation. He was particularly worried about the unleaded gas in his pre unleaded era 413. The answer was that the valves were chromium plated so they would not wear prematurely. He did say that this was a "truck" version of the 413.
My question is simple. Was this a brushoff from the mechanic? If not, is it possible that all 413 were constructed in this manner? Comments?

                                                 Allan from Billings, Montana


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