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    New / old fart here

    Nothing worse than a smogged noggin🤣😁 The body is "supposed" to be painted by the end of March 🤞 so the thrash will be on to get it all assembled in time for the Vintage Air Open house May 4th🤞🤞
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    Yep and more😁 I was in college (BS in Industrial Technology-Power Production) '77 to '80. For a auto tech project, I bought a 1965 Dodge pickup 225 engine - thicker cylinder cooling walls and bored it 100 over, used Buick 215 pistons, stock rods, stock forged crank from the truck engine, bigger...
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    Bearded one, I scoured the internet looking at Dodge Brothers cars an landed on the open touring. The roadster has a very boxy rear turtle the would (I think) require a lot of sheetmetal work to replace to get the T tub look like you have. I used the back half of the touring body to get the...
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    New / old fart here

    Stay alive long enough and you'll make it to old fart status ;>) That's one cool ride. I love the old slant 6 in it. Is it a 225? I bought a new Duster in '72 with a 225 and 3spd on the floor.
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    New / old fart here

    Thxs Indy, I'll look into it.
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    I've not done the calculations for Dynamic. Static is 10.2 : 1 with a fairly mild cam, don't have the numbers handy, but the machine shop owners (they've built a couple of Bonneville cars so I trust them) say it as should be good for 93 octane
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    New / old fart here

    I've got a lot of engineering/figuring to do on it yet. The carbs are progressive so I want them to all run their front bbl and then open the same at full throttle.
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    New / old fart here

    I'm also thinking of going with a 3 duce set up. Ford/Weber progressive 2bbls on a homemade manifold
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    New / old fart here

    It's a 1956 Desoto 330 ci Fireflight. Bored 30 over, heads milled 10, block decked 5, for 10.2 to 1 cr. Cam regeound by a guy in RI(?) with Racer Brown specs/equipment. Stock intake was opened up for a full plenum. All new valves, springs and seats w/3 angle valve job. All rotating assembly...
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    New / old fart here

    A couple more. The body is in paint, Candy Rootbeer w/gold-copper flake
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    a few more
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    More
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    OK, here's some pics
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    Turning radius differences

    Turns out I already have a 2" offset arm. Guess I'll start looking for a 3" or try some machine shop cutting and welding.
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    Turning radius differences

    Thxs Spanky, I'll check it out.
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    Turning radius differences

    Still Haven't found the problem if there is one. Found my hair pins were out 1/4" shots on the driver's side, so have to take care of that. Also does anyone know of someone/company that makes modified pitman arms for Vega steering boxes? I need one that is off set by 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" to clear...
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    Turning radius differences

    Thxs Ausbucket, haven't tried that. I'll do that next and check for the angles to see how close they are.
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    Turning radius differences

    Thanks guys. Yes, nothing is hooked up yet except for the tie rod and steering arms on the hubs. This is a puzzler to me. I had a reputable shop install a new set of king pin bushings and everything on the disc brake conversion fits smooth. There isn't any binding when turning the wheel lt &rt...

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