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I just had an epiphany - I will use the head bolts with the drilled and tapped head for attaching the battery ground. Bolt the bracket to the headbolt and it will hopefully clear the fins on the head.

A bargain at only $100,007 with the optional rollcage and optional paint color (white std). With sales tax here in Plano, TX that makes it $108,257.58.

Full thread on the car on the HAMB http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=557321

Stewdecky Looks good, are those aircleaners of your own design? Do you have any pics of your A/C condensor bracket? I will be installing my A/C along with a new 230 shortly and will need to fab a bracket. Will be running a finned aluminum head so can't really run a bracket off the head bolts like the stock bracket that was on the 57 Plymouth 230 I bought, but at least I have the dual pulleys now.

Ummmm No, I was not busting his chops. I was asking a question. He answered the questions with his reasoning and I understand where he is coming from since he has the running gear already on hand. Often when folks state their plans to drop a SBC in what ever car they can come up with, their reasoning is interesting to me. Many times they say they selected a (fill in the blank) car because they wanted something different, then power it by the same thing that the vast majority of rodders do. They also state the cost to build with a SBC are far cheaper that to build with the same make engine as the car. With the Mopars that is not really true. Yes it will be slightly less expensive but not a great deal. I just think it is odd when you see streetrods with "Plymouth" stitched into the seat, or the Ship logo on the trunk divider, or "Plymouth" in the pinstriping of an old Plymouth then when you look under the hood it is a SBC. Again, his chosen path is not the path that I would follow but as I said it is his car and he should build it to suit his tastes / budget. I was simply asking why he was following that path as I find it interesting when someone says they are a Chevy guy but buy a Mopar to build with an SBC. Just as I would if a guy said he is a Mopar guy but bought a Buick to build with a 340, or a Ford guy who buys a Chevy to build with a 351. Just interested in his choices. Nothing more so cool your jets, nothing to get excited about.

Not busting your chops as it is your car and you should build it the way you want to. My question is if you are a "chevy guy" why not build a Chevy coupe? I myself am a Mopar guy and if I was going to build a convert I would not buy 55 Chevy convert and put a 340 in it. I would find a Mopar convert to build.

Location: Kemah, TX Price: 5500.00 OBO http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=571752&highlight=plymouth

I am a regional sales manager for an electronics components manufacturer and my immediate boss tells me I will have to be careful that our VP doesn't find out the 48 is my daily. Says it is not a proper business car to be driving to call on customers. Yet our VP drives a Boxster and our RIM (Blackberry) Account Manager drives a Jeep Wrangler. So, I told my boss if they say something to me I am pointing at the other "un-proper" business cars. Besides that, I pointed out that we call on engineers all day long and that engineers are drawn to unique cars. My Plymouth has started more conversations with engineers that I had never met before when setting in a customer's lobby than you could shake a stick at.

I have not had a single issue with mine since the day it went in. When my new 230 goes in it will find its way in there as well.

My 48 is my daily as well. My wife has a Highlander that we typically drive when we are both going somewhere together, but other than that I drive the Plymouth. I often get questions when on the shuttle bus from the off airport parking to the terminal. "Why would you drive that car and leave it here?" Or when I play softball "I can't beleive you drive that here". My answer is always the same. "I love driving it, and would rather have it than a new car."

I believe my manual says furthest to closest. What I did for a spring was go to either Napa or Autozone and in the aisle with the generic parts there was a back of four or five springs of different lengths / diameters. Bought the bag and used one of the springs included. The ends of each spring were straight so you could put your loop or bend in it where needed for the proper length.

aero, I think I have an extra one of the headbolts with the drilled head if you are interested let me know and I will take a look. I will be leaving for a quick two day business trip to Florida in the morning so it would be later this week before I could take a look.

Remember going to Ozark Speedway, 66 Speedway, Monett, Razorback, Muskogee and others around the MO, OK, AR area with my dad when I was but a wee lad. He built and raced his own car for years before he started driving for a gentleman named Don Grant. When he built his own cars they always had Mopar drivetrain no matter what the body was. Once he started driving for Don it was Chevy power as it was Don's car and he was a Chevy guy. Here are a the only pictures I have left of those early days.

Try this link. You can't buy directly from them but they list who carries their gaskets and you can get the part numbers. http://bestgasket.com/about_our_products.asp

Here is a link to the add http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=565339&highlight=plymouth

Larry, If the engine number is as you show it is a 218 not a 230 unless someone has installed a 230 crank and rods at some point.

When asked what he used to cut out his rough shapes, he said a cut-off wheel on 4 inch grinder followed by a flapper wheel in the same grinder to work them to down.

OK, I know this is OT being a SBC powered Model A, but this guys fab skills are over the top. Just wanted to share for those of you who do not frequent the HAMB. Looked good to me when he started the rebuild, would have taken some serious motivation for me to ever tear in to it in the first place. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=556599

Shel, Was this the one you were looking for? http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/studremoval.htm

Well, unfortunately I will not be making it to Round Up this year as I will be in Brazil that week on business. Will not return home until early Saturday morning. Hopefully I will make it next year.

And send me a PM too as my clock needs cleaned as well and my speedometer too.

Bernie Madoff Keneth Lay Jeffery Skillings Andrew Fastow Jack Abramoff Joseph Nacchio Bernard Ebbers I could go on but think you get the idea. So, you might want to rethink that statement. "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. "But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal ; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also

Try this thread from the HAMB http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29715 or pull out your wallet and go with a Gener-Nator http://www.gener-nator.com/index.htm

Just in case you had not heard of this method. Here is a how to for removing broken studs/bolts that works wonders. http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/studremoval.htm

I am running a 53 head on my original 48 block, bumped compression from 6.6:1 to 7.1:1. No problems with the install or cooling.