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Barn Find!!!! Well not really......
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This!!Does your wife still have an emotional attachment to it? If she does, fix it to where it will be fun for her to drive and very dependable (fuel injection) so she doesn't get discouraged and hate it. A Gen 3 Hemi swap is pretty easy in an E body. Maybe consider that along with a 518 overdrive transmission. It will fit without hacking up the floor pan in an E body. Fix the body and make everything work......especially the AC. Good luck with it, and congrats on retirement!
Yes 318.
Great info! Thank you!!
1WildRT
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It'll be worth every moment. Here are the pics of our '62 Dart. The first is our high school parking lot in '72 and the second is this spring. The car and the spare parts I accumulated were moved from place to place since '77. Like you, I retired and some time before that we started dismantling it. But the old '62 is an oddball with what it packed under the hood. That was after I revamped the '73 Dart I got from my little sister many years back. The '73s Leaning Tower Of (Not So Much) Power gave way to a '67 R/T 440. Albeit, the old Slant did win the S6 class along with runner up in the Street Class that night at the 2001 Norwalk Mopar meet.
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harrisonm
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Bone stock 318 2 barrel or bone stock 340. Make sure it has PS, PB and AC. Make it a great, comfortable car to drive.
JDMopar
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@1WildRT Randy, can you steer him towards the pics and info from where you put the 518 in the Challenger? Your version is the one I was referring to in my prior post. Everyone else goes to hacking and slashing and it just isn't necessary when doing it like you did. If I remember right, the thread is on Moparts, but maybe a link will work so he can get an idea.
1WildRT
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I haven't been on Moparts in over twelve years... I just tried to search for it & got nowhere... My computer that had the pictures crashed years ago... It really surprised me I searched for any of the old photos I'd posted & got nothing.... I did the swap back in 2000, car went to Texas & I got it back a few years ago... Trans still works great..But I'm getting ready to pull it & swap in a TKO 5 spd... The 518 is going in a buddies Challenger... Maybe I can get some photos then...@1WildRT Randy, can you steer him towards the pics and info from where you put the 518 in the Challenger? Your version is the one I was referring to in my prior post. Everyone else goes to hacking and slashing and it just isn't necessary when doing it like you did. If I remember right, the thread is on Moparts, but maybe a link will work so he can get an idea.
JDMopar
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Moparts crashed in 2003, I think, and lots of stuff got lost. I'd say your info was amongst it. Shame....it was very well done! 
So it is a 318 car not a 340 ?
You could get a 340 with the V8 badging and a flat hood for a short time in 1970. I have friend with one . Real sleeper !
I would go 340 and a 42rh . Leave it stock looking beyond that . Go with the original yellow ! Will look awesome !
You could get a 340 with the V8 badging and a flat hood for a short time in 1970. I have friend with one . Real sleeper !
I would go 340 and a 42rh . Leave it stock looking beyond that . Go with the original yellow ! Will look awesome !
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Isn't the Dodge color Citroen Yella and Plymouth Curious Yellow?
Either way...the color gets a lot of attention. That's for sure!
JDMopar
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Curious Yellow/Citroen Yella is a 71 color. Lemon Twist is the 70 color.
Why even worry about paint, get it moving down the road.
It will turn heads as is.
It will turn heads as is.
Citron Yella is the correct term/spelling for Dodge.
Like said, if you spend years and a zillion $ to make it perfect, usually (not always) it will not be driven, BUT some people find their joy in such. I vote, to get it on the road with whatever drive train you think you want and can afford.
Dale Davies
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With the 10's of thousands of Magnum 360s in trucks, I would be looking to build up a decent peppy 360 with the OD auto out of a 2WD truck. You can use the EFI or convert to a carb. Body looks pretty good to drive as a survivor. Make sure MA Kettle approves.
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Dale Davies
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What is the difference between the 42RH and the 46RH?
I'm sure your playing around but I use to be 100% against swapping from different brands especially for muscle type cars, but I do get why people do the LS swap, it's hard to say no to a cheap 500 hp engine, with a ton of aftermarket support, as long people don't butcher the car to get it in can always be swapped back out. Not a fan but understand the swap, LS I give a slight pass to but now you car is a Chev not a mopar anymore
But I'd go with the cheap magnum idea.
ohh come on.... ls with a 6 speed... an easy 500hp with mileage and dependability... it's the right choice! (yeah i'm this bored todayI'm sure your playing around but I use to be 100% against swapping from different brands especially for muscle type cars, but I do get why people do the LS swap, it's hard to say no to a cheap 500 hp engine, with a ton of aftermarket support, as long people don't butcher the car to get it in can always be swapped back out. Not a fan but understand the swap, LS I give a slight pass to but now you car is a Chev not a mopar anymore
But I'd go with the cheap magnum idea.
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I wanted and old Chevy once....know what??? I bought an old Chevy!!!!!ohh come on.... ls with a 6 speed... an easy 500hp with mileage and dependability... it's the right choice! (yeah i'm this bored today
I thought I'd be hot chit IF I had a 4526 hemi...after I had some and figured in stock form, it ran a c*** hair faster than my 440's I said CHIT!!! WTF so what!!!! Course I ain't never been a boy racer!!
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