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One thing to remember is that once you tighten a bolt into a helicoil the helicoil expands. If that cap was helicoiled I can see how it would crack seeing that there is not enough material to support that expansion.

I remember a time when I had to pull my Barracuda up the driveway with my truck. I had my wife in the car and I yelled back at her to take her foot off the brake. I gave the truck the gas and it was obvious the cuda’s brakes were still on. This went back and forth until I got out of the truck to...

My go to was always a 1-1/2 ton Craftsman jack they were well built and were about $100 and once they leaked I bought a new one. I still have one now but I rebuild it if it starts leaking.

Just go to a shop that sells Aeroquip fittings and they should be able to fix you up with something.

I missed you yesterday. Where were you set up?

When I was looking at mig welders I bought a 220 volt unit just so that no one could borrow it.

FYI, the 833 did not come out until 1964 so your transmission is either a ‘64 or ‘65.

That’s a Carter Thermoquad on that engine not a Holley. The ear Thermoquads were the carbs to have in the early ‘70’s.

At first I was skeptical about gaining 20hp on a ‘73 2-barrel 318 until I remembered that back in 1973 a friend of mine had a ‘73 340 Duster automatic and I had a ‘73 Dodge Sport 318 2-barrel 4 speed. I added dual exhaust to my car and put lighter advance springs in the distributor and it seemed...

Whatever the horsepower is or whatever the the motor came out of it is worth the $400 so yes you should buy it but plan on changing the pistons along with the cam, carb and exhaust manifolds if your looking for any power.

Unless Chrysler was playing games with the numbers back in the late ‘60’s early ‘70’s the low performance 383 made 330hp and the high performance 383 made 335 which amounted to 5 extra horsepower. The low performance 440 made 350hp and the high performance 440 made 375 which amounted to 25 extra...

Could it be out of a police car? Yes. Is is anything different in it from a standard passenger car engine? No.

It’s not a police pursuit motor. The thick balancer and log type exhaust manifolds give it away.

The guy turned out to be somewhat of a flake. We made a deal to buy the 1970/71 parts book which is in excellent condition the two big block torque plates and the bare B-body console. He asked me to delay picking up the parts because he wasn’t feeling well so I told him we could delay it until...

Whatever you paid for it was too much. Look for something else.

By chance do you have the other side of the control arm installed between the tabs? If so remove that side and install the ends of the control arms simultaneously by tapping one side and then the other.

I’ve repaired many ‘69 Barracuda grills using a product called Plast-Aid. It works so well that the repaired area is stronger than the original plastic. I have also replaced complete missing sections using this product. Another tip is to remove the chrome grill surround and opening up the holes...

Thanks, it’s just a private individual.

Maybe all is not lost. I contacted him this morning and I’m buying some of the items that he had but I have a feeling that I’ll end up with everything possibly. I’m getting the 1970/71 parts book which is in excellent condition. Two big block torque plates and the bare B-body console. I can’t...

I stopped by there today and there wasn’t anything of much interest there.

I’ve been messaging with the lister and he’s wanting someone to take everything which seems strange since his Craigslist posting lists prices for parts individually.

Thanks, I’ll have to stop over there tomorrow.

I’ve owned 8 A-body cars. Half of which were original big block cars. If that car was mine I’d stick with a small block since you have all of the parts to do so. If that car was an original big block car I’d definitely put a big block in it.

Save yourself some money and trouble and go with the original 273 with a performance cam and a 4-barrel intake and carb. Putting a big block in an A-body isn’t an easy thing to do.

This isn’t a story about one we couldn’t blow up but of ones that we could. Every fall our car club would have a get together. We would get a foreign car and remove all of the glass, oil and water out of it and start it up and then put a rock on the gas pedal. We would then throw a dollar in a...

This is a very good show and I'll be there selling parts in the swap meet area.

Well what really happened was that the show last year in April got rained out so they rescheduled it to later in the year. It turned out that the attendance for the rescheduled show in November was better than expected so decided to have two shows this year. I’m sure that the decision was based...

I’ll be there selling parts in the swap meet area.

Those are all nice trailers but a 24’ seem a little crowded once you get a car in there. I have a 26’ trailer and I have plenty of room in there for the car plus gear.

Find out what some of your competitors are going with and start there.