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Picked these up at a swap,,didn't need them ,, just couldn't leave them sitting there..... they screamed 'CANADIAN PONTIAC '  at me ?????  

what are they off of ??


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GMC 3 ton maybe???!!! I've had two 69 427 Pontiacs but never seen a decal like that.

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I've always assumed that ' Invader' was the tag for the hi-po stuff??

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Seems to me the GMC pickups used that term on a small block around 1970. Someone here will know I'm sure.

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yep my friend rob the chev expert  says there 3 ton 5 ton truck motors  he has ones that 366 invader

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GMC 100%. Invader Badges used on Sprint's as well. I've seen 454's badged like that too as well as small blocks.

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Could GM have sent one of their mystery motors up north in the mid sixites to be installed in the little Acadian Invader??? Nahhh.

I google imaged Invader 427 and looks like '70-'71 GMC Trucks used those valve covers. Also had Invader 350 & 454.

Click Here and scroll down a little

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62Beaumont wrote:

Could GM have sent one of their mystery motors up north in the mid sixites to be installed in the little Acadian Invader??? Nahhh.

I google imaged Invader 427 and looks like '70-'71 GMC Trucks used those valve covers. Also had Invader 350 & 454.

Click Here and scroll down a little


I think we need to start a rumour. The dealership I'm at was a Pontiac dealer in 62..............

Somehow the name "Thiessen Invader" doesn't have the same ring to it as Yenko Camaro.   Too bad cause a 427 Invader would have been a cool car Joel!!

 



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awesome!! thanks to the group !!

google is amazing.

so is it safe to assume that these 'may' have been on 1/2 tons,, or 3 - 5 ton only?

they make nice wall hangers.

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Oh and for the record, for many years I actually owned one of those "Mystery Motor" aluminum intakes. I sold it to my Nebraska friend many years ago on the condition he not resell it for a profit. I guess I should bring home some photographic evidence of that next time I visit him.

As soon as I arrive at his place, I go straight to where the intake is to make sure it's still there and that he hasn't sold it! It's a standing joke he and I have that he has actually has sold it and always gets it back when he knows I'm coming to visit. I keep threatening to pull a surprise visit one day!

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"Thiessen Invader" that's hillarious. biggrin
With that name they'd be the only dealer to remove the 283 and install a 153 4 cyl for better milage.

Kidding aside... a mid sixties Invader 427 2 dr post would have been very cool... I might have stumbled on my next project idea...


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Kidding aside... a mid sixties Invader 427 2 dr post would have been very cool... I might have stumbled on my next project idea...


         I have a mid 60's 2 dr post, and "you" could change it to "INVADER"

 



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Those are cool keepers for the garage wall for sure. Likely off an early 70's GMC medium duty truck seeing as there were no 427's in the light duties. I have seen invader 350's I am sure though on the light duty models.

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427carl wrote:


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Kidding aside... a mid sixties Invader 427 2 dr post would have been very cool... I might have stumbled on my next project idea...


         I have a mid 60's 2 dr post, and "you" could change it to "INVADER"

 



 Does somebody reproduce those decals Carl?  Do it!



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Yep 69/70/71 era trucks..
I think there was Invader 350/427 & 454's available too?.

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Your valve covers came off a 71-72 GMC Sprint SP ( El Camino Body) with a 427 Invader. GM also put a invader 350 in them too. They only made the 427 for the two years. The motors are pretty rare. Horse power under rated due to 70's gas wars. There is one web site that has alot of information about the car. Just put in GMC Sprint. 

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Your valve covers came off a 71-72 GMC Sprint SP ( El Camino Body) with a 427 Invader. GM also put a invader 350 in them too. They only made the 427 for the two years. The motors are pretty rare. Horse power under rated due to 70's gas wars. There is one web site that has alot of information about the car. Just put in GMC Sprint. 


Sprints had exactly the same drive train options in 71-72 as El Caminos, and that meant 6 bangers, 350s or 454s; no 427s were available in passenger cars in those  years.  Those valve covers are off of a medium or heavy duty GMC truck. 



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I'm with Hillar on this one. The Sprint V8s were called "Invader 307", "Invader 350", "Invader 400", and "Invader 454". The "400" was actually the 402 BBC.

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Big GMC farm tucks had 427 Chevy power with Holleys on them   Here is a NOS DECAL.........



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Lets not forget the 307 invaders.

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