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Another.... AHA !!! it works.... Thanks Control !!

Hey Los Control !! Thanks for the info. It had just occurred to me that I might be able to do that. Maybe forthcoming if I don't get lost..... Lemme know if tis comes up full sized.....

Hi Loren, That was one of Ak's favorite quips. H was a very good friend 'till the day he passed. Back in the late 80's I worked with him to recreate the El Caballo from the parts and pieces he had left of the original. I vintage raced it for 10 years, several times with Ak, and I was there at the La Carrera when you talked to Ak. He and Ray Brock, along with my wife and I, raced the critter in the Carrera Panamericana in '91. Great fun !! The "El Cabong" as he liked to call it, now resides in the NHRA Museum in Pomona. I donated it when we moved to Idaho from California..

Hi Sniper, I have been looking for the harmonic balancer since I noticed it was not in the goody bag with the parts.... People seem pretty proud of them.... As to the Charger, they are pretty interesting. My mistake in that they were produced by Chrysler. They used a variation of the venerable Mopar flathead 6 that had been produced since Christ was a corporal. They were produced up into the 70's and had an overhead conversion on the flathead 6. As I understand, they produced around 300HP from the factory. I am trying to load photo's but they all seem to be too large. I will continue to try.

Howdy All !! I am new to this forum, and look forward to some interesting chat.... Back in the mid 90's, an acquaintance ran the Carrera Panamericana twice in a '48 Dodge that was painted fluorescent pink. It ran very strong and fast. He decided, like all gearheads, that he wanted to go a tad faster. I lined him up with an old friend, Ak Miller, who just happened to have one of the Holden Charger 6's just sit'n around. the deal was made, and I ended up with the D2 from Pinky. Another friend, who had a '34 Plymouth Pickup, was looking for a mill, so I gave him my newly acquired 6. This was still in the mid 90's, and as it turned out, the engine was never installed, and the truck went away. My friend passed a few years back, and I ended up with it. Here are a few details. D2-116860 (I'm assuming those are 1's) Mopar big 4-spd tranny Tattersfield alum head Edmunds "script" intake Chrysler carbs (2) Phillips Performance cast iron headers Phillips Performance side covers The engine was "freshened" by the original builder before I picked it up, although I didn't know that for sure. Now, some 25+ years later, I decided to part with this critter. It has not been apart since I got it the first time. I went to a swap meet here in Idaho, with some of the parts and a description of the mill, and had quite a bit of interest, but it's not the best way to sell something. I had a couple guys want to see it, so I told them where I live and go take a look. They were skeptical, as the plugs had been out and it looked "dirty" inside. They wanted to pull the head and check it out, and made me a stupid offer, and I sent them back to Utah empty handed. When I got home later that day, I pulled the head bolts. They had been torqued, and were tough to break loose, but when the came out they were clean, with NO corrosion. I grabbed a mallet to persuade the head to break loose, and when I leaned on it for balance (I'm old), it moved. ****! It popped right off. Turns out it had never had water in it, since the freshening. A couple of the cylinders have slight surface rust, and the rest are just as honed.. Okay, enough of the story. In rummaging through the parts, I realized that there is no harmonic balancer. So, did this series have a harmonic balancer, or simply a pulley with the timing marks?? It appears that either way, it is hard to find one. Any help would be greatly appreciated !! There was a problem posting photos, so I will do so as a comment to this post. Thanks for reading, and please comment.... Bruce