My search for a shorty D100 is over

[mopar56]

NICE SCORE. I am truly happy for you. I remember how long I looked for the 69 340 Barracuda I have had for about 33 years. No internet back then. It is a clean slate! I kind of like the idea or keeping it stock. I mean, how many trucks like that have you seen at a Mopar car show with a 225 three on the tree. That being said, I would 100% support you making it the truck you would have special ordered back in the day. Could you please tell me what Fleet Side means. Does that mean a bare bones truck? It really looks good in white.

Fleetside is Chevys term for the wheel wells on the inside and a smooth box on the outside, the opposite is a stepside in Chevy terms , many refer to Dodge trucks in the same term but it is incorrect Dodge uses Utiline for the fenders on the outside and sweptline for wheel wells on the inside.

 

[TT5.9mag]

Fleetside is Chevys term for the wheel wells on the inside and a smooth box on the outside, the opposite is a stepside in Chevy terms , many refer to Dodge trucks in the same term but it is incorrect Dodge uses Utiline for the fenders on the outside and sweptline for wheel wells on the inside.

Learn something new everyday. Thanks

 

[go-fish]

That is definitely a concern. I want to drive the thing and not hate it, or be a nuisance to traffic. Which here is 75-80 mph. And on top of that, I have a mopar crate 360 and a 46RE sitting here built and ready to drop.

I have a fresh 727 in mine and already thinking about the 8HP. That’s what these bricks really need.

 

[junkyardhero]

let's just make it all the more cornfusing: ford called them "styleside" and "flare side"

 

[lemondana]

What they really need is a Hellcat swap.

 

[sireland67]

A slant is cool, they just run.
But this is a hell of lot more fun.

 

[mopardude318]

A slant is cool, they just run.
But this is a hell of lot more fun.

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Cool! What’s the details on that engine?

 

[sireland67]

Cool! What’s the details on that engine?

360 mag, KB 107 pistons, stock crank and rods balanced, comp 262 roller cam, Eldebrock heads, gone thru by local machinist.
MI duel plane intake, 625 street demon carb.
Nothing fancy but it made good truck torque.

Took my cousin for a ride, the first time he was in it, opened it up real good, pulling a car trailer.
He said damn cousin this thing revs quick and pulls good.

 

[TT5.9mag]

360 mag, KB 107 pistons, stock crank and rods balanced, comp 262 roller cam, Eldebrock heads, gone thru by local machinist.
MI duel plane intake, 625 street demon carb.
Nothing fancy but it made good truck torque.

Took my cousin for a ride, the first time he was in it, opened it up real good, pulling a car trailer.
He said damn cousin this thing revs quick and pulls good.

An RPM air gap will pick up about 25hp on that engine.

 

[sireland67]

An RPM air gap will pick up about 25hp on that engine.

I took a M1 single plane off, and removed the comp 280 cam, just to make truck torque.
Had no care about how much hp it made.

 

[TT5.9mag]

I took a M1 single plane off, and removed the comp 280 cam, just to make truck torque.
Had no care about how much hp it made.

On mine (which is basically a stock magnum so yours will be more) the RPM AG also picked up torque from 409 to 423 over the M1 dual plane.

 

[go-fish]

Somewhat similar building in mine. +.060 318, ported SM’s, Comp Magnum ductile roller rockers, China gap intake.
Similar drive experience as someone stated before. Design is like a shoe box ( but I like it) and you can feel something akin to parasitic loss due to wind resistance. The faster you go it exponentially feels like there is a parachute behind the truck.

These things need brute force and modern transmissions.

 

[harrisonm]

She’s FAR more interested in me finishing the falcon which has been renamed “her car”.

Falcon? Ford Falcon? What year and how equipped? Besides Mopars and 63-67 Corvettes, the Falcon Sprints with a 289 or 260 and a 4 speed are my next favorite cars. There is just something about them. Specially the convertibles in red/red. Could you post any pictures?