62 Belvedere 318 poly granny cruiser (one day i hope)

[icetech]

Beautiful engine At this point i am leaning to finding a 360 and either heads/cam rebuild or 408 stroker.. i have the money i just hate spending money Growing up broke messes with your head forever.
I am taking my time, finally got everything to finish putting the rear end together and get it back in the car.. then pulling the interior and figuring what i'm gonna do there. Full sound deadener (killmat) but i need to get the seats recovered, so either find a place local to do it or buy aftermarket buckets, although i love bench seats.. will figure it out as i go thanks btw!

I just read your posts and really like what you are doing. The 62 Plymouth B has always been my favorite but elusive.
I'm on my 3rd 63 and had a 64 and 65. Your sludge was and is very common on those engines because of the type of oil they used back then.
I remember pulling valve covers on a Poly 318 way back in 1973 and a quart of oil dumped out of each ! The oil drain back holes were sludged over.
The car came in with a flickering oil light.Reamed the holes out with coat hangers ran the valves and sent it on it's way. Dang thing ran like a clock.
Just food for thought you can make the Poly 318 really run. The photo I will post is a 390 stroker that we did from the stock 318 in a 64 Dodge.
Nothing wrong with any way you go,383,Small block LA or Magnum,what ever you budget allows.
Anyway keep up the good work !! Just some eye candy for you.

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[Darter6]

i just hate spending money Growing up broke messes with your head forever.

Are you my twin brother ? I'm a use what ya got,only buy what ya need kinda guy .
Your plan sounds good. I'll be watching !
I don't have any photos but I put repop Jeep CJ5 buckets in my 63. They look allot like 65 B and 68 A Hemi car seats.
They don't come with brackets but at $158 each they can't be beat. I found them on 4 Wheel Parts.

 

[icetech]

Are you my twin brother ? I'm a use what ya got,only buy what ya need kinda guy .
Your plan sounds good. I'll be watching !
I don't have any photos but I put repop Jeep CJ5 buckets in my 63. They look allot like 65 B and 68 A Hemi car seats.
They don't come with brackets but at $158 each they can't be beat. I found them on 4 Wheel Parts.

Wow, those are kinda what i was thinking.. gonna get a quote on redoing the bench seats first.. i figure if it's under 1k i might do it. But.. if i go buckets, no reason to worry bout keeping the pushbutton trans and that opens up more driveline options.
I have never run a small block, thought it might be fun.. plus i think an aluminum headed small block would put me under 3000# (not that i'm racing. but you never know)

 

[icetech]

Got the rear end in last night.. not a big thing but feels good to put parts back in the car finally

need to paint the tunnel the gas filler tube goes in.. then the tank this weekend..

 

[icetech]

Finally put in my gas tank last night (fuckin hell i have gotten lazy.. been weeks since i touched the car, it's cold out..) So.. couple of questions.. i got a new Spectra tank and sending unit.. Did anyone else find the tanks to be about 2" longer than stock? I had to rebend my original strap to make it work.. and also... I had seen people posting about how bad the new locking rings are but OMG... i can't believe that product even exists it's soo bad. Think i got it on decent. will wait to see it leak one day..

 

[Darter6]

Yeah, not 100% made to spec.I had to adjust the strap on my 65's new tank. Maybe someone will have a OE lock ring round here to give up.

 

[matthon]

Spectra tank for my 62, original strap, fit perfect.
Bought the sending unit as well, fit no problem with the new locking ring.

Maybe a new ring doesn't play well with an old sending unit, or vice-versa?

My issue now is my gauge doesn't work. I did test the gauge/wiring, so I guess I'm pulling the tank.

 

[icetech]

Spectra tank for my 62, original strap, fit perfect.
Bought the sending unit as well, fit no problem with the new locking ring.

Maybe a new ring doesn't play well with an old sending unit, or vice-versa?

My issue now is my gauge doesn't work. I did test the gauge/wiring, so I guess I'm pulling the tank.

You have the ground strap on that goes from the fuel line to the sending unit? And there are a lot of posts about the locking ring.. i got 1 with the tank and 1 with the sending unit and bother were about 3/16th smaller than they should have been so that they would pop out of one of the tabs that holds it.. ended up getting it in then tapping it to get it centered good enough to hold.

 

[icetech]

Yeah, not 100% made to spec.I had to adjust the strap on my 65's new tank. Maybe someone will have a OE lock ring round here to give up.

Ah cool.. i was thinking i had messed something up on the strap.. but it all fit in the end. And yeah.. my old tank had sat for 45 years with "Gas in it" the smell was unreal and i took a chisel and couldn't budge the old ring.. i prolly should have used heat on it but didn't think i would need it.

 

[matthon]

Yes, I have the ground strap, also grounded everything to a ground hub, new AAW harness.
I got a ring with the tank and one with the sending unit, iirc both were the same.

 

[icetech]

Yes, I have the ground strap, also grounded everything to a ground hub, new AAW harness.
I got a ring with the tank and one with the sending unit, iirc both were the same.

K.. the strap is easy to forget (I put mine somewhere safe and it seems it's REALLY safe as i haven't found it yet)

 

[33 IMP]

K.. the strap is easy to forget (I put mine somewhere safe and it seems it's REALLY safe as i haven't found it yet)

Btdt.

 

[icetech]

Man.. Winter has brought work to a stop... finally went out last night and got the gas line hooked up... rear end/brakes done.. And found a engine.. just a 318, but a 1988 which means.. roller cam+mechanical pump and pretty much ready to run. Am thinking of making it a 390 stroker though. Or make the car drivable and pick up a second 318 to stroke. Planning on Trickflow heads but no rush as they are still back ordered like 4 months.
Need to find a local machine shop i can actually trust...

 

[Nxcoupe]

My opinion, everyone has one and I like to share, is put it in as is, maybe replace some gaskets, but get it running and driving to keep your interest piqued.

 

[33 IMP]

I agree with NX. Get it running with the 318, build a 408"stroker 360 at your pace.

 

[icetech]

Yeah.. kinda thinking that so i can at least drive it this year and work out everything..

 

[Geoff 2]

Granny is going to be reaaaaaaal happy!

 

[icetech]

so.. motor showed up, it's a 85 not 88.. no roller cam.. but no biggy there.. spent a few hours today and got the interior out, found a few holes but nothing major, already cut out the rust and corrosealed it all. Will patch it this week sometime..
P.S. found the punchcard taped to the floor...never had a punchcard before

 

[Cranky]

Man.. Winter has brought work to a stop... finally went out last night and got the gas line hooked up... rear end/brakes done.. And found a engine.. just a 318, but a 1988 which means.. roller cam+mechanical pump and pretty much ready to run. Am thinking of making it a 390 stroker though. Or make the car drivable and pick up a second 318 to stroke. Planning on Trickflow heads but no rush as they are still back ordered like 4 months.
Need to find a local machine shop i can actually trust...

A buddy has a 72 Demon with a 115k miles 318 that we 'played' with to the tune of running a 13.51 @102 in the 1/4 mile. The 318 can be made to run......but a good amount of rear end gear is usually helpful Teens used to be free for the most part and it didn't matter if you had to buzz it to make it run since they were plentiful. People have a clue now that they are not worthless anymore lol

 

[icetech]

A buddy has a 72 Demon with a 115k miles 318 that we 'played' with to the tune of running a 13.51 @102 in the 1/4 mile. The 318 can be made to run......but a good amount of rear end gear is usually helpful Teens used to be free for the most part and it didn't matter if you had to buzz it to make it run since they were plentiful. People have a clue now that they are not worthless anymore lol

Yeah..this one was $350.. but looks like it was just running, turns over fine with good compression..
I'm already looking at cams and all that can't help it..
So.. this was a truck motor, i believe my 318 poly oilpan/pickup will work on it? And i hope the motor mounts..