You have to be INSANE to have long-tube headers on a big-block A-body Mopar!

jimharvard said
I posted a couple of weeks ago that I have started working on a forgotten car in my collection - an original 69 383 4 speed fastback Formula S Cuda.
So how many of you guys have replaced a OEM starter on an A-body Mopar with a factory 383 and long-tube headers? I've installed a number of starters on old cars in my 66 years, however, I've never done THIS particular car and starter. If I told you I'm ready to put a cube of C4 plastic explosive under this car, get a safe distance away, and then press the detonator button - would that surprise you? If you've done this repair, my idea shouldn't surprise you.
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Not an A body, but a B body with a 383 and long tubes - had to disconnect the driver's side headers and motor mount, put a bottle jack under the oil pan and jack the left side of the engine up, then persuade the headers up as high and toward the front as possible, then shake the starter until it figured out a way to slip out...getting it back in was fun, too - that, probably more than anything, is why I don't have that car anymore ;-)