BB could rebuild his hurt motor for the price off those heads. Or buy a complete motor for the price of the blower.

Now that, might not be reliable.

Looks bad@$$ though!

As recent as a couple of years  ago  Ferguson was still  offering  the  ARDUN heads complete  for around $7k.

Lots of guys recognize the ARDUN  heads but how many of you know  what the acronym  stands for.

BB1

They were created by Zora Arkus-Duntov.  Later the advocate which got a V8 put in the Corvette while working at GM.  Later involved in the Grand Sport program for the Vette as well.  One of the only cars to beat the Cobra, but GM shelved the program due to their mandate against factory racing.  He was one of those guys who knew that young hot rodders were going to drive the market for decades. 

A good family friend (Bobby Gold) who ran a business restoring Corvettes many years ago had met Zora, along with pretty much everyone involved in the Corvette, as well as a ton of other guys not just from GM.  He got to know Carrol Shelby while on a cruise.  Shelby had recently had a heart transplant, Bobby had recently had a kidney transplant.  Both were taking the same antirejection drug.  Bobby said they knew that if one or the other lost their pills there was only one other person on that ship who could help.  He even sat in on a meeting of Cobra owners on the cruise.  Guys were referring to each other by chassis numbers, and talking all kinds of technical stuff.  At one point Carrol leaned over to Bobby and whispered "I've got no idea what the hell they're talking about". 

Thanks 6sally6, put a smile on my face remembering some good stories and good times from my youth.  Everyone I just wrote about is gone now.  Just another reminder that the good ones are probably throwing an awesome party up in heaven right now.