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Since the distributor was used in a hi deck early hemi I did have to change the shaft which I bought from Hot Heads. The intermediate shaft I am...
This one is for sale on craigslist now. They pop up every now and then. 1964 <NOBR>dodge coronet</NOBR> Great Dale Housecar. This is <NOBR>a...
Your going to find that diodes large enough to handle the current are expensive. I added the DC capability to a Montgomery Wards cracker box and...
It's pretty much common knowledge that the right side of the firewall has to be dimpled to clear the valve cover. The Magnum 318 has a completely...
The grill in the Desotos is badass. That will make a good ride. My 41 Plymouth is about the same save for a few fender lines and that grill. I...
39 and 40 have the headlights inboard. 41 started the bugeyes. Bebop has glass fenders listed for both types and agree with this year difference....
I've been looking at one from Northern Tools.
My 39 Plymouth. I bought the truck about half done in 1998. The guy that built it put a Mustang II suspension under it. The bad thing is he used...
63 and later poly 318s have the same bell housing pattern as LA motors. I have read but not seen one yet that poly 318, 301, 277 engines 62 and...
I had a 67 Barracuda vert with a 273 4bbl. Engine needed rebuilding and I had a roller cam swirl head 318 from the late 80s sitting in the corner....
EGGE has hemi parts too
I have a Marchant model 12 shrinker stretcher that I bought at a Navy DRMO sale. I thought the stretcher jaws were missing untill I got it home. I...
I looked thru the pictures posted but I didn't see any of the running boards. If I missed them ..sorry. Does anyone have pics of a running board...
George the 360 is got about 14mpg on the trip to Texas. I have 2 or 3 truck pans for the 318s. Right now the 39 has an 8.25 rearend from a 74...
Who cares about mileage when you've got the looks of the hemi. If I have to put up with lousy mileage then it has to look the part.
I'm trying to make a decision on what engine goes in what car. There is always logical reasons for either combination. First the 39 Plymouth truck...
There air gap intakes drilled for both the magnum and the la engines. One is listed on Ebay for $169....
A lot of 40 and 41s came with running board delete. I saw a 41 Canadian Dodge which is actually a rebadged 41 Plymouth coupe a few months back and...
The 273 probably has a 10" clutch behind it. I put a 318 in a Valiant that had a 273 somewhere about 25 years ago when parts were readily...
Me thinks you kinda played down the amount of work it took to do this. I won't dispute what you did but to mod a manifold or build one from...
Am I missing something here? The intake port configuration for the Desoto hemi and a sbc is completely different. Intake ports are spaced evenly...
To give you an Idea of the difference between 330, 341 or 345 Desoto intakes and Dodges, there was at least one aftermarket manufacturer that made...
Here is a link to a guy making both the hi deck and lo deck intakes. Nice thing about his intakes is they are a dual plane design unlike the...
Since you live in Mississippi, are you going to have your work at Cruisin the Coast? I plan on being there and I would like to see a set.
Taking the A but only Saturday. Too much to do to get ready for Cruisin the Coast the next weekend on the Mississippi gulf coast.
Nice neighbor to have around. You are lucky. Take a look at a post I put up about a friends battery charger and the dire consequences....
I think you were parked next to me. I wondered why you dissappeared so soon. I think I was standing in line behind you to get one of those...
You have a couple of pitfalls you need to look out for. If the 273 is a 64 or 65 then your screwed as far as swapping the intake onto either the...
I don't know if this has been posted before but I looked and couldn't find anything that I needed.. I was looking for a list of colors for each...
According to a drag racer friend of mine the 400 had the biggest bore of any B/RB engine. Drag racers love to stroke em. He has a 400 stroked to...
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