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Now that's a true HOT ROD, very nice thanks for sharing Jon

Marvelous, wouldn't you just love to see my sons (2 and 4 years) to jump in with some fries and Icecream Really sharp looking upholstery!

Interesting, at least it is very cheap compared to other adapters I've seen, so there must be a reason for that. It says Mopar flathead, not Chebby. BUT, if this is for trucks, what's the difference on bellhousing with truck/passenger engines?

Now that is something I 've never seen before Bob. What comes to the noses on the cars pictured above, all are ugly to me. Those Hagan's french kits don't do justice for any car. I have nothing against chopping a top, but all of those look like pancakes, an poorly made pancake even.

Al, there most certainly is an Industrial hydraulic/pneumatic store in Umeå. At least here those guys carry tons of different kind of springs you can match.

Now I have seen it all...

I totally agree, and that's why that bumber was off my car 15 minutes after it arrived. I'm still on a plannin phase what to do with my front. Grille will stay, but the a plain rolled pan, or pan + some tiny bumber, or maybe a totally different bumber without any pan does the trick. We'll see. The rear pan will stay, with ford taillights and no bumber as it is.

Saw this on another forum and thought somebody might be interested http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=185238&highlight=dodge

Great pics thanks for sharing. That green whale on first page, is it Plymouth VIP?

Oh I'm not saying you are wrong by any means Tim, and I don't know all out of my head either. I think your quotation from that book: " All the "A" engine flywheels and torque converter flex plates are interchangable except for the engines with cast cranks." causes the confusion here, because it is speaking of flywheels within the same sentence, and they are different story because they are weighted. Or, perhaps it is about poly engines, which are A series? I have done both removing the balancing weights from converter and adding them into another application, just for this internal/external reason. I'd still say the difference is in the converter bolt diameter and spacing, not the balancing of the flexplate. There are 5/16" and 7/16" applications. And when we add Magnum engines and aftermarket flexplates to this soup, the validity of your comment that they fit but are not all the same is even more true. I'm not being an smartass, this is good info sharing and if my poor way of impressing myself in English causes somebodys blood temperature to raise, forgive me. I still know my way around small block mopars, I have raced and build them a lot. Both internal and external balanced engines.

One can install nearly any wheel into any steering column with some fabrication. I put some 30's wheel into 80's Chebby tilt column for my '27 roadster. I cut the centerpiece out from the 80's wheel, the one that fits the splines over column axle. Welded that inside this banjo style wheel, and then made a cover out of an center cap and '52 Buick taillight. Turned out like this

Tim, the weights in external balanced engines are in the converter not the flexplate in the OEM applications. Olddaddy, if you will start "mass production" of this kit, I propose you could make both 8 bolt and 6 bolt versions? If you wonder why bother, my opinion is that the 6 bolt flexplates are so much more common, easily available all over the world, even for free, and whenever a word HEMI is included the prices and rarity raises. I think it's easier to drill a different pattern into adapter, than trying to locate an specific flexplate for it. That's ofcourse only my suggestion and you fabricate per your decisions. I'm just sure it is easier to sell a kit that adapts the most common available parts. For you the production cost is just the same with 6 or 8 holes tapped right?

That is clear, even I understood this correctly. BUT, questions keep popping into my otherwise hollow head. You said 8 bolt flexplate, ummm, Smallblock Mopar LA series 273, 318, 340 and 360 all have 6 bolt flexplate to crank bolting. 8 bolts are special billet cranks for racing, and then 426 hemi. Like this So maybe you have old cast iron 727 behind wrinkle head 318 and thats the reason why 904 does not fit? If my memory only serves me correctly on this those early smallblocks had 8 bolt crank flanges Please don't get frustrated with me flooding these questions Olddaddy, I just want to make sure if this would be something to buy for my car. I have 904, converter and driveshaft waiting in my garage...

That pile is low enough even without airbags, nice stance.

Fits in nicely

MyHeadisFlat welcome on board. This forum is GREAT, not only for the informational part, but the spirit. As you can see from the posts above, open minded people can have different opinions without a fight. That does NOT happen in so many many many other forums I'm part of. This forum has so positive "atmosphere" whether you talk original, customized or inserting modern tech into old Moparium. That's the way I like it, and I like it here. Now I stop slapping my hands against your back and back to your car;) I like your RPU, reminds me of my '27 tracknose roadster I built from scratch earlier. I agree with others that chopping your ragtop doesn't do any good to the looks, and I still like customs. Carson top or similar are ugly to my eyes in so many cases. I was concidering even to chop my businesscoupe, the more I look it and the pictures of chopped ones, the more I lean towards keeping it original what comes to the height of roof. Here's my project, mild taildragger And this my '62 Lancer STW with flaked roof, blue flake tuck'n'roll interior For the Hemi, go for it, thumbs up if you feel like converting it. To me any engine in these cars is cool as long as they are driven. Well maybe not Nissan diesels:D

Thanks Olddaddy. Do I understand this correctly, the part in first pic goes against flathead crank right? And then the flexplate for 727s converter is attached to this piece, and the converter then with it's original tabs against flexplate? Sorry for the load of guestions here, but this topic is interesting. I like to learn new thhings whenever possible, and that doesn't happen too often due to lack of free disc space in my central memory I have transplanted GM's Powerglide behind 360 mopar for racing, that kit from JW's in FL had more parts than what seems to be needed with your kit. So this design is better:cool:

That's funny, in our language "ei" means "no" in english btw

Mr Kirby I'd really appreciate receiving that info as well. I'll PM my email since the spam posters are collecting adresses from these public forums. Thanks in advance

Actually this is just the other way around. 998 and 999 are later upgraded versions of 904 from 70's and 80's, 998 has 4 clutches in front drum, 999 has 5 clutches while the basic 904 had three. I think 998 was the first lock up converter around '79 or so

Any pics of the adapter yet Olddaddy? One queston to you guys with automatic tranny, how did you solve the handbrake issue, has everybody changed rear axle? Has somebody installed an hydraulic handbrake to original lines? I'm already planning things in the back of my head without even knowing will I ever do it. This stiff clutch of mine seems to make me drool after an automatic

Good hint guys, thanks, I'll soak it. The pic above proves my theory of my spring being dead. I had like 1" gap there and seems like it should be more like 3/8". I'm sure it'll be good after a little more finetuning

My pump wasn't squirting at all, so an rebuild kit 101A went in. It got better but still bogs a bit, and the squirt is not as strong as I think it should. Stretching the pump spring seems to help, so the question is how wide should the gap between top of the pump arm and the brass cap above the spring be? Sorry guys this is a bit tough to describe.. I should have taken pics. EDIT found this, photo 24 Linkage is set to the farthest hole

No reason to rush Norm , at least not anymore after ten years of patience and proper planning

Sounds like a deal to me Maybe I should try to locate mine from the yard, and then sell it on iibey as an valuable matching number original part, and move to Hawaiji with the money collected... Naaaaah I rather live here where it is cold and dark and people are rude, taxes high and everything overpriced exept our salaries:p