Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Hey Anders! I just realized that you've recovered from all that dancing around those poles. Good to hear from you again.
This motor has been collecting dust out at our farm since the mid seventies. Back then I didn't know much about Hemis and actually thought I was buying a 426. The guy told me he didn't know the displacement. Without any local resources for information it took me awhile to figure out that a rear distributor meant it was an old style engine.
Back then I couldn't find info at our library so I bought one of the big Direct Connection books. The section on early Hemis was pretty small but it listed the bore/stroke combinations. It's been 40 years since I measured it and I don't remember the stroke anymore but I know it didn't match any of the ones listed in the manual.
Aftermarket speed parts for that Hemi were hard to come by at that time so it sat waiting as I slowly accumulated whatever I could find. The biggest hold up I had was trying to find a way to adapt a transmission to it. I knew somebody made them but didn't know who. Although I never got anywhere with it back then I constantly used the manual for advice on the big blocks I ran in my Roadrunner.
I wish I'd hung onto that 6 deuce setup and some of the other parts I got rid of.
Hey Anders! I just realized that you've recovered from all that dancing around those poles. Good to hear from you again.
This motor has been collecting dust out at our farm since the mid seventies. Back then I didn't know much about Hemis and actually thought I was buying a 426. The guy told me he didn't know the displacement. Without any local resources for information it took me awhile to figure out that a rear distributor meant it was an old style engine.
Back then I couldn't find info at our library so I bought one of the big Direct Connection books. The section on early Hemis was pretty small but it listed the bore/stroke combinations. It's been 40 years since I measured it and I don't remember the stroke anymore but I know it didn't match any of the ones listed in the manual.
Aftermarket speed parts for that Hemi were hard to come by at that time so it sat waiting as I slowly accumulated whatever I could find. The biggest hold up I had was trying to find a way to adapt a transmission to it. I knew somebody made them but didn't know who. Although I never got anywhere with it back then I constantly used the manual for advice on the big blocks I ran in my Roadrunner.
I wish I'd hung onto that 6 deuce setup and some of the other parts I got rid of.