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Back in the late '60s?early '70s, a trick with Slants was to put in a Truck cam, degree it 4 or 6deg up, get a Marine head, thin copper head gasket and the usual Clifford intake and Header. Super simple and Worked! A couple of friends back then had what were named 'Deputies' ! 225, 3 spd Challengers, both of them Red. I wish I had them both now! They hopped up one of them and lined up against the untouched one, which for some reason had been faster out the back door. Beat him by nearly two and a half cars! Needless to say, as soon as he saved up for the parts, they did his too! Memories from the Dusty corners of my mind!

Keith, the first crank that you got was for a '66 and earlier 225. I ran into that back in the early '80's.

Matt, You will Love the '50! They have Nice lines, an Excellent ride, and Unbelievable Reliability! Glad to have You in with This 'Herd' !

Back in the 50's, Dad would shorten and connect the draft tubes into the air cleaner on all of our vehicles and most of the customers trucks to help with emissions and mileage. Plus, when they could get an extra 1/2-1 MPG more on their Gas trucks, Basically for Free, they ended up doing a Lot of them. Just My 2cents.

Same Here! I would drive it most every Day. My wife says I am 'Sorta Warped' that way!

Looks like a Really Great show, guys! Thanks for the Pics! Hopefully, IF things work out, the Wife and I are trying for Tenn next year with the '57! The N.E. stuff is a bit far us at this point.

That Is Looking SO Sweet, Sir!

Wow! I thought only My legs Glowed in the Dark, Great job on the Stand, Sir!

I Also sent you a PM.

Thanks! My Grandkids keep my energy up! And, the Wife Tries to keep me focused, ( She says it is like Herding Kittens sometimes! )

They are building the Countach again, in Texas! I make the sway bars for them at work.

Seat puller/installer?

And, as I am in the process of building 'T' bucket # 21, Engine swaps/trans setups and clearance issues are not a big thing. My "23 Three door Touring car has a Twin sidedraft Solex Volvo 4cyl w auto/OD in it for now and have been thinking about changing it out for a 2.8 V6/auto that I have. Just so the wife could drive it, should something happen to me when we go on a Long cruise. (Different states, etc)

Not my first Rodeo with these. The Poly/5spd is probably where I am heading with this, just did not really feel like raising the tunnel for clearance, or reworking front seat to clear shifter. If I keep the Pushbutton, they are easily hid under dash, and leave shifter and third pedal in to fool the "All-Knowing" car show critics! I have access to 5-6 B body 8-3/4's and will go that route, due to Not being enthused about shearing rear hubs, etc. Definetly going with the disc conversion before I get to drive it. The slant is a 225, I have cam/intake/headers etc for it. Last one pulled 2900# '64 Dart 11:40's all day long. I will be rebuilding the Flat 6 and Driving it stock for a while, then, it will probably end up in the Tall T pickup.

Dad told me that they were at one of the dealerships picking up two new shop pickups, and a salesman managed to toss the drive shaft out of a brand new '57 Imperial with a prospective customer in it! Dad told them that they could fix the problem! They went to the shop on Monday, and built ten replacement shafts for them by wednesday!

I also have a '63 Poly 318/auto or a 5 spd out of my '99 Dodge pickup! The Plaza already has 3:73 gears, and, the Overdrive would make her a Great highway cruiser, Huh?

I Was going to put a Slant/auto in It, But, sometimes things get changed around, Ya Know?

My Dad and Granddad used to make those in the mid-fifties for the Mopar dealerships, because, they were ripping the drive shafts out of them on the showroom floor!

Yes, Tub1, send us a pic or two! I will probably be putting the flattie from my '57 Plaza into a '26 Ford ( oh, the Horror! ) Tall T pickup and they have not burned Me at the stake, (Yet)!

I just use a BIG funnel!

If I don't put the Flathead back in the '57, I have a roadster or a pickup the would be just Sweet with a Flat 6/3spd for Power! Pretty Scary, HUH?

The Flathead still runs, just need to put a wrist pin in #6 and throw a set of rings and bearings in it. The Slant runs great, is Much easier to fix if it gives us trouble, and, I already have a clifford intake, headers, etc, etc. I also have a newer Slant/auto that could go in a bit easier.

Not Quite with the "Arnie" thing. We have a guy around here that does have a '58 Sport Fury And, He shows up at shows dressed like him! The Plaza will be going back to the Blue it is Supposed to be ASAP! My buddy the painter, owes me right now, SO, I think I will have him take that Crappy Orange off of it and get it done! Right after I get the engine swapped, etc. I DID have another '57, 2 dr post 440/auto, and Brown, that we nicknamed "Charlene, Christines' Older, Meaner Sister! " Had to sell it. You know how it is with New Babies and such!

The previous owner is an Excellent mechanic/fabricator.just got a bit older, and, his wife wanted to move to Texas! So, He had to get rid of it. It has a Mustang II front end. power rack, 8" rear, etc. The engine is a Mopar 3.9 V6. It was the '92 NHRA giveaway engine that was built by Arrow Racing, the same people that built the Viper engines for Dodge. Aluminum intake, Holley 4bbl, Headers, Conventional Ignition (No Computers) ,P/S, P/B A/C! All new, Never used! And a Dakota 5 spd as well! The rear deck was Rusted below the rumble area, so, He just cut the lower section out and was going to put a regular trunk lid on it. It still has the rollup back window and most of the parts for the rumble seat are in it.Left front fender has a minor dent in it.

Here are a few pics. More later, gotta get to work! I have to rebuild the rumble seat section, as the guy who started the resto, thought it would be better Without it!