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Natural unless the car had styled wheels then the face was red (brushed sloppily). This was in 1970, not sure about earlier years. Alan

I just noticed that these have the earlier heatshield like the 273 but are for a 340, it has a different part number 2863599 not 2946105, the 68 parts book has 2946105[] noting a new number. Pages in the parts book get updated as changes happen. So has anyone ever seen one like this? In another...

Have at it... NOS Mopar 1968 Plymouth Dodge 340 VALVE GRIND GASKET PKG incl the heat shield | eBay Alan

This is Pearblossom, the nearest thing even remotely close to an industrial/warehouse complex is probably 15 miles away in Palmdale, as i mentioned earlier, a desolate desert community of 2435 people. Pearblossom (what looks like complex is the Los Angeles Aqueduct pumping station and solar...

I gave up trying to find a place capable of holding a dozen cars, not say it wasn't in this area I'm just saying knowing this area that Pearblossum is a desolate desert community. A lot of this... Alan

That was my though, I bet this was an unmanned shop and not on someone property, rent up there is cheap compared to the LA area. This could have happened over night or days, hard to say how long is was from when the owners were last there. Alan

69, no point in posting VIN as , I'm not doing a full build again and I would not trust any "used" engine. Not sure someone would want to spend what it would take to get it, never know. LM23P9B17**** (Swinger 340) Alan

I already checked with my nephew and he has my chain. It is highly unlikely that I'd have it done in three weeks, but you never know. I already have a new molded hood pad. As soon as the car has been cleared for a road trip I'm going to Oregon, maybe I'll stop by on the way there or back. Alan

One thing about my paint guy is he is fast, some times too fast. Even when I give him specific instruction he forgets something, otherwise he does great work at a fair price. He used a tinted sealer, the above picture is just sealer. While at his shop I had the new windshield installed...

The engine is out, I had a friend over that has actually pulled a 6 out and understood its quirks. For the most part it happened quick so no pictures of the pull. The only issue started when I couldn't find my chain lift sling as I use a carb plate on the v-8s. So I ran down to the parts store...

I would have said that 67s should have the holder up by the battery until I got my convertible. There are no extra holes for the holder, I checked the backside to see if they may have been filled in, nothing, still has the original undercoating. The car is a late (May) build. Maybe the already...

Normally the P273 would reference the model year IE A273=1965 B273=1966 C273=1967 and the other number 4-27 the date the engine was assembled. Now unless the P is actually a B I cannot comment. As for the 2250? no idea. Alan

Lock, latch, catch, pull, lever... call it what you want. As for the hood, I guess I should have been specific, yes just the inner panel would have the access hole for the light on the 68 hoods. 1967 1968+ Alan

I cannot say I'm an expert but every 68 that I looked at for this had the holes even without the lights, I do not see them having two different hoods for this. The 67s angle up then back, 68 and later straight back. Alan

In the cars defense... The hood is a 67, 68s had holes for the hood mounted turn lights. You can see the vin tag on the a pilar The car has the 67 only vent window locks. Radio with knobs. When the 68s came out my grandfather thought about adding the round marker lights. Good car as-is...

Not on mine, (hood was just cleaned here) Alan

Here are pictures of my 67 Barracudas original blackout. It was sprayed from under the car with no masking. Alan

This is something that may have varied from year to year. Here are some NOS ones 2862364 1968 Valiant Phosphate and yellow zinc with a natural rivet 299074 1969 Satellite All Phosphate with a natural rivet 2765531 1966 Charger Phosphate and yellow zinc with a natural rivet 3739874 1972...

For the most part this brings me up to current, this weekend I'll start on the disassembly to pull the engine. Once the engine (and everything else) is removed I'm going to have the engine compartment repainted. As I'm putting a new k-member in the install will be bottoms up. Alan

No, you never know when you may need a spare. It is hard to say when or if these will ever be reproduced. I saw this coming from over four cars, I thought it was coming through the glass. Not little gravel, just glad it didn't hit paint. Alan

Once again back to the engine. By now I have all the parts back from the machine shop and have acquired everything else that I should need. Overall the build went smooth. It is for the most part a stock build, not going to cover in detail. First up was to clean all the oil passages with long...

On the way home from Oregon the car got hit with a pretty good size rock, I have a new windshield, still need to have it installed. Northern California, Avenue of the Giants Alan

Back in Oregon on its second trip. Alan

I've had the car at a few Cars and Coffee, this was the first one my friend had his 68 there. The 68 is a 340 4-speed survivor, original paint, original interior (original engine in storage). Alan

Next up was the Mopar Alley show in Cupertino. I met up with Max there with his fastback. At the show was a very nice (rare) 67 383 GTS convertible. Alan

On the way home from Oregon on another trip i stopped by Accurate and picked up a complete exhaust system (the two larger boxes are for a friends C-Body). Further south I stopped at the friends place and picked up the free transmission. Alan

Back to the engine. One thing I knew would be difficult and expensive to locate was the left side exhaust heat shield. In my regular daily eBay searching a listing popped up for one, once I gave it a quick lookover to confirm it was a 340 piece I hit the $35 Buy-it-now (plus $85 shipping), in a...

Fall Fling (2022) was the first show for me, while over in the swap a friend asked if I saw the other 67 vert, I said I saw a white one drive in. Returning to the car I saw a nice copper one. Elsewhere I caught up with the white one. Alan

One of the top latches broke shortly after getting the car. Just a cosmetic element. Replacing it was not easy, limited access. Alan

The wheel covers are the same Bolt-on style as the fastback so I had a small inventory of them along with the ones from the car. Most of them the argent had faded so I felt now was a good time to freshen up a set. Very time consuming. Alan