miller
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And all nicely done...and a 64 to boot! What's not to like???
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It’s not great, great... But it will stay dry!!! Thanks to all that posted their projects so I understood how the dagum thing was built!
Lefty71
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Ed, thanks for sharing info on your build.... I'm much too selfish (actually time is too hard to come by) to detail everything like this for everyones benefit. I always tell myself I'll do it, take the pix, then get too swamped from there. Anyway, reading this, and seeing your pix brings two questions to mind that maybe I just missed the answers. I see your oil pan laying in the car, and you mention that someone told you that is was originally a 426 wedge. How did he know? How did you buy the car, roller?? What engine are you re-doing for it, something you picked up separately? Thanks again for sharing your build notes, Lefty71. See the PM I sent you too.
-Ed
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A fella on here with the handle RollingThunder looked it up in his books for me... Can tell the factory by the VIN and the rest from the fender tag. Apparently different factories coded the tags differently.. Who knew... all of that is on a different post of mine on here somewhere, there are only a few...
It was a roller, had a 68 383 and that 65 cableshift 727 in it. I have since found a running 440/727 combo in a motor home it’s a later lower comp model but a guy over on the a body site made one make 430 hp working the top end and throwing some headers and an intake on it. I don’t want the kid to have too much power anyway!!! Haha.
I’ll hang on to the 68 383 and make it a monster for when he’s a little more, uh, grown...
-Ed
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A little progress. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, I guess. Making a plug of the dash and getting that 195hp beast ready to drop in while I build the 383.
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Wheres your 383 carb? Thats a pretty late Rochester Quadrajet, not something seen on many Mopars, not a bad carb but it would be easier to use a square bore carb....
Though I have carved out a few manifolds to accept Thermoquads....
Pull the intake off, use a Quadrajet base gasket to transfer the secondary openings to the manifold flange & hog it out... Blend it into the plenum & your ready to bolt on your carb...
Though I have carved out a few manifolds to accept Thermoquads....
Pull the intake off, use a Quadrajet base gasket to transfer the secondary openings to the manifold flange & hog it out... Blend it into the plenum & your ready to bolt on your carb...
Lefty71
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https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sdm-pce110-1004
The deal of the day. You may want to go over to Speedmasters site and see if you can get it even cheaper there, as there is already a large sale the bumped up even further today.
The deal of the day. You may want to go over to Speedmasters site and see if you can get it even cheaper there, as there is already a large sale the bumped up even further today.
1 Wild R/T
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Before doing that hows your hood clearance? That adds an inch...
-Ed
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Thanks R/T... the 383 was a 2 barrel. There’s a Edelbrock 650 for sale locally, may just pick that up and buy the linkage to make it work. I’m not married to the thermoquad.
-Ed
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Haven’t had th motor in it with the hood on.. lol.... I’m getting close though!
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miller
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Lookin' good!
And, here's hoping you don't run into what I did. My oldest son, when he was 17, had his heart set on a 69 Charger. Okay. Found him one, bunch of work, rebuilt engine, trans, new brakes, blah, blah.
Got it all fixed up, and he takes it on his first drive. Comes back...telling me...he don't want it! Uses too much gas, on and on. So, I started driving the damn thing!
And, here's hoping you don't run into what I did. My oldest son, when he was 17, had his heart set on a 69 Charger. Okay. Found him one, bunch of work, rebuilt engine, trans, new brakes, blah, blah.
Got it all fixed up, and he takes it on his first drive. Comes back...telling me...he don't want it! Uses too much gas, on and on. So, I started driving the damn thing!
-Ed
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Does anyone have a part number or source for a stock pickup tube? I'm missing the one that came with the 383 (but I have the pan) and I need to get this truck pan and sump switched out.
I know I saw one somewhere on the forum, but I can't find it.
I know I saw one somewhere on the forum, but I can't find it.
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