273 commando progress
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Plymouth 65
I'll be in the shop
Looks great, love that Chrysler red! 65'
Always fun to se them all painted up and sitting on the mounts.
chryslerfat
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Looking really nice
JDMopar
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Looks good Tommy!Wow that looks great.
mopardude318
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oh man you got me all wobbly kneed after I seen those adjustable rockers. 
do you have a solid lifter cam? is this goin behind a 4 speed??? I always wanted a 273 commando and 4 speed combo.
do you have a solid lifter cam? is this goin behind a 4 speed??? I always wanted a 273 commando and 4 speed combo.Mopardude that was pretty damm funny but as sweet as the 273 is what makes my knees wobbly is adjustable knockers.oh man you got me all wobbly kneed after I seen those adjustable rockers.
, sorry but it Friday and i had to go there. (I needed to edit in Stay Gilroy Strong. Our prayers are with your families up there.)
65Val
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All 273's 64-67 had those rockers...68-69 were hydraulic, like the 318 of those years.oh man you got me all wobbly kneed after I seen those adjustable rockers.
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mopardude318
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yes sir Val, I know all 273's had 'em, I just like to see 'em.
I wish mother mopar stayed with those rockers all through the years. But I guess there wasn't a need when they went away with the solid cam in '68LOL. I like those too!Mopardude that was pretty damm funny but as sweet as the 273 is what makes my knees wobbly is adjustable knockers.
Thanks. that knucklehead who shot the place up was just a punk kid who needed to be eradicated. He just proved even more why the Second Amendment is so very important. Gavin Newscum can...I better not. turn this into a political thread, i'll get timed out. Anyways, i'll be at the Mopar show in Madera =San Joaquin ValleyMopar club tomorrow. Car show and swap.
I wouldda thought the manifolds red too wouldda been too much, but it's not. It looks real good.
Has the original Commando cam. It is an automatic. I would have liked a 4 speed, but had surgery on my arm to repair torn ligaments I felt this was a better option for me.oh man you got me all wobbly kneed after I seen those adjustable rockers.
I know the manifolds will not stay red very long but painted them for protection. This has been a project that has taken much longer than I had planned
Looks great! Hope the paint holds up on manifolds.
And that's the way the factory did it. When you get it running the paint will burn off and look just like it did 50 years ago.
Looks great sitting in there!!! That's a feel good milestone, for sure!!
It's all downhill from here to firing it up.
BTW, they ALL take longer than expected. At least you kept at it.
It's all downhill from here to firing it up.
BTW, they ALL take longer than expected. At least you kept at it.
When you get it fired up, if you could post a video, I'd like to hear the cam. I have a commando that has a flat Erson hyd that was in it when i got it. I'm interested in the idle of the stock commando cam.
Happy Moparing
chryslerfat
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Still way further ahead of me and we started about the same time. lol
Many thanks, my friend.
I thought about adding a clear coat to the exhaust,
Probably wouldn't help but may keep the red a while longer.
Mine don't look too pretty any more either. I painted then with the high temp cast paint and they still rust through. Oh well. They only look new once.
POR 15 on them now, a world of difference.
Cuda Al
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I went with the Eastwood exhaust manifold paint, looks great when first done.
After 10 years (as a driver) it has held up well, little rust coming through. May hold up better with better preparation.
Ten years later, starting over,
Alan
After 10 years (as a driver) it has held up well, little rust coming through. May hold up better with better preparation.
Ten years later, starting over,
Alan
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