340 valve covers

[twodko]

A fellow club member is looking for a date coded set of 1971 340 valve covers.
A buddy of mine believes he has a pair. Are these that hard to find?

[draftingmonkey]

Well here is a blurb from Allpar with the 340 valve cover description.
Valve covers for 340 engines were different than 318 valve covers. Since the 340 carb was a 4 barrel, it was wider and the carb linkages caused interference with the spark plug wires, so they raised the drivers side wire holder up about 2.5" higher than the 318, to clear the linkages. Also since the 4 barrel carb was wider, it pushed the choke well boss over close to the passenger side valve cover close to the wiring and vacuum advance hose that runs along the valve cover, so they added a rubber coated curved heat shield to the side of the valve cover to protect the wiring. This is how you can tell 340 valve covers from 318 valve covers at a swap meet.
Also, the valve covers were orange until 1972 when they changed to Corporate Blue.
About the only place to find OE ones will be swap meets or Ebay. Good luck to your buddy.

[twodko]

Wow! That's just too freakin' cool.

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The information that the membership here comes up with IS amazing!