48 Dodge pu with440

[Lou Earle]

Me and friend found a 48 Dodge with a newly rebuilt 440 in her

Have not got the trans operating yet but do have engine running and it is smooth and good not hardly broken in- Fan does not kick back.

Anyway it is for sale anyone wnt more info e mail me direct

Truck is ok but aobut 4 but engine is a bad ass 10

Lou

[Plymouthy Adams]

Lou..is this my old Business coupe maybe..it had a 440 in it when I saw it last..still no tranny hook up...boy lost interest in it and sold it...curious..does it have a 41 Dash in it?

[Young Ed]

Tim I think you missed the PU in the subject.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Guess I did at that...still would like to know where the Bz Cp got off too....the guy who bought it from me told a guy a liked 54 Plymouths..got a call about one for sale one eveing..called few hours later and it was gone already. That was good for I was going to have to let the man kow I was not in the market so at least maybe it goes to a good home. Knowing this guy..he may be pulling up anytime now with the 383 he owes me installed...lol

[1just4don]

How in the world would you hold the tires to the pavement with that much horsepower to burn out with???

Guy I worked with back in the early 70's had a five window chevy pickup that he thought the six was too slow for it. One 'nice' Halloween night we pulled the six out,,on his driveway,,,dodging the trick or treaters that were everywhere. It was one of those rare nice shirtsleeve nites for that time of year. Couple days later he stuck either a 283 or a 327 into it. And not hopped up either,,,much,,,all it was evere good for was burning rubber off the tires,,,it would burn forever. No weight to keep them hooked up.

Would make a good 'burnout' competion entry these days. I used to burn a little rubber too,,,but always wondered how many tires they go thru doing the 'burnouts'. Back in the day I even ried bleaching the tires,,,like the funny cars of the day did,,,to get the tires sticky. I never saw one iota of difference to my daily driver.(back then)

[martybose]

How in the world would you hold the tires to the pavement with that much horsepower to burn out with???

When I originally bought my 47 I had planned to seriously hotrod it. I was building a 400 (Mopar, thank you!) stroker motor with 500 ci, aluminum heads and fuel injection - 540 HP and over 600 lb/ft of torque!

But at the same time I was driving the 47 with the stock motor, and I noticed something interesting. The car didn't accelerate well, didn't stop well, didn't go around corners well, but when driving it I was living with it's limitations and just mellowing out. Waving to people that waved at me, etc.

Then I considered how much I would have to reinforce the car to stand up to that engine without tearing apart, and changed my mind. I decided to build the car as a 50's hotrod with a tricked out flathead six.

It took me the better part of 5 years to figure out what I wanted, find all of the pieces and get it assembled, but I enjoy going for a ride in it every time I can. The Killer V-8 would have been something you would have had to be very careful driving, and wouldn't have been near as much fun. My flathead has a neat sound that gearheads appreciate, nobody tries to challenge me to race, it's just a cool car to roam in. I'm still very happy with my decision, although I am looking forward to putting front disk brakes on it!

Marty

[Plymouthy Adams]

My 1941 dodge Military 1/2 with 4 Wheel drive and 375 HP 440/727 was awesome..jump straight into the air...was even more fun with the 833 four speed I had in it earlier..sadly..bad knee sorta convinced me to install the automatic intead. Nice vehicle..short on headroom and front seat in general..like an idiot I sold it...