A boy and his Station Wagon..

Once I found out how much having a flat black car in the valley of the sun sucked as a daily driver (being on average of 116 out side in the summer) was like literally being in an oven. Next, being a stock 225/ 904 combo, the lack of power got old really fast. Off the line is ok with that 4.125 stroke, but going to pass someone while driving can be ridiculous. So I decided on taking the easy way out with putting a small block in was in order.

Also included in the trade with Harold I got a 318 short block that he had put in his 66 Dart Gt conv, but the Isky cam was too large for a stock converter and he pulled the whole engine back out, built another 318 a year later and left this one on a stand in his kitchen (not kidding). The cam is long gone, he threw it in the trash right away, but the short block has .030 forged TRW flat tops, a steel crank, everything was very well ballenced by a reputable shop, lots of clean up in the lifter gallery, an early-a oil filter adapter and oil pan. Next I bought a set of 915 J heads that are freshly rebuilt and have springs good to 500 lift and a set of early-a exhaust manifolds for $100 (they had been blasted and coated with high temp paint. I scored a brand new crane cam and lifters in its original box on craigslist for $60, and bought a brand new Wieand Stealth intake manifold to put on top. I also got a set of cal-custom valve covers from damraider for $50 shipped. Then I bought the gasket set, summit double roller timing chain, standard volume oil pump, and 2 cans of Chrysler Industrial Red for it. I also scored a working, low mileage v8 904 and converter for $75 off craigslist.