f6john
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« on: February 07, 2021, 07:24:21 AM » |
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2021, 07:37:17 AM » |
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I had a 78 Ramcharger with a 440, It could pull stumps but only got 11 MPG. Wasn't a bad vehicle for what it was meant to be, a utility vehicle for hunting and camping like the original Broncos and Blazers.
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f6john
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« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2021, 07:43:34 AM » |
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This one claims to have a “built” 360. A 440 with a 100 speed (or whatever they’re building these days) automatic would be great or a 727 with a gearvendors overdrive unit would fill the bill nicely.
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« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2021, 08:14:48 AM » |
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Gear Vendors is a great product. A life long friend dropped a 500 CI Caddy motor into a GMC pickup, added the Gear Vendors Overdrive to it for better fuel mileage. Said it made one heck of a difference but, I can't remember how much. If my Ram 3500 wasn't still under warranty, I'd be considering such a move. The price of fuel is going to continue to go up with the current folks in charge.  Rams |
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« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2021, 08:20:23 AM » |
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Gear Vendors is a great product. A life long friend dropped a 500 CI Caddy motor into a GMC pickup, added the Gear Vendors Overdrive to it for better fuel mileage. Said it made one heck of a difference but, I can't remember how much. If my Ram 3500 wasn't still under warranty, I'd be considering such a move. The price of fuel is going to continue to go up with the current folks in charge. Rams We ran a Doug Nash Overdrive in a 3/4 ton Chevy 4x4 in the 80's and gained 4 MPG, Just had to remember to be in direct drive when using 4X4 |
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2021, 09:22:29 AM » |
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Plymouth called it the Trail Duster. I had one until a tree fell on it; even the factory roll bar could not hold up to that.
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Patrick
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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2021, 11:00:04 AM » |
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The Chrysler LA series engines are great engines, but, then again, so are the RB's and Hemi's.
And the 727 is a heck of a good transmitter.
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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2021, 12:40:56 PM » |
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LONG time ago Brand New off the showroom floor a 1970 Dodge 3/4 ton 318 4 speed plain Jane cab power brakes Only and rust got it before the engine or transmission quit. BUT I made a lot of money with it as I put it to work as soon as I bought it. A M radio one speaker.  And 25K Way the heck and gone outa my ball park!  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2021, 12:58:28 PM » |
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Never have owned a Ford. Only owned one Dodge. Dakota pickup. It sucked. I'd love to have an old Charger though.
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Patrick
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« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2021, 01:02:02 PM » |
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LONG time ago Brand New off the showroom floor a 1970 Dodge 3/4 ton 318 4 speed plain Jane cab power brakes Only and rust got it before the engine or transmission quit. BUT I made a lot of money with it as I put it to work as soon as I bought it. A M radio one speaker. And 25K Way the heck and gone outa my ball park! RIDE SAFE. That was a problem with vehicles of that vintage, you could listen to them rust. |
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« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2021, 08:27:56 PM » |
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LONG time ago Brand New off the showroom floor a 1970 Dodge 3/4 ton 318 4 speed plain Jane cab power brakes Only and rust got it before the engine or transmission quit. BUT I made a lot of money with it as I put it to work as soon as I bought it. A M radio one speaker. And 25K Way the heck and gone outa my ball park! RIDE SAFE. That was a problem with vehicles of that vintage, you could listen to them rust. And at that time I lived in the rust belt. RIDE SAFE. |
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Today is the tommorow you worried about yesterday. If at first you don't succeed screw it-save it for nite check. 1964 1968 U S Navy. Two cruises off Nam.
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f6john
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« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2021, 06:40:27 AM » |
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Never have owned a Ford. Only owned one Dodge. Dakota pickup. It sucked. I'd love to have an old Charger though.
One of my wedding pictures is of the two of us leaving the church in the back of my Dad’s 69 Dodge Charger. I was 16 when he bought that car and he actually let me drive it! When I married I had a 67 GTO and I loved that car too but if I could have either one now it would be the 69 Charger. |
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Patrick
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« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2021, 02:12:17 PM » |
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I grew up in Studebaker and Ford garage but am a fan of Chrysler products. I like their new trucks and am a huge fan of their old muscle cars.
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« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2021, 02:28:05 PM » |
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My very first car kinda turned me off that brand for life I'm afraid... It was reliable at least (slant 6 with a 4 on the floor), I'll give it that much. When I had a school bus next to me at a stop light, the light turned green and I floored it for all it had, only to have the school bus easily walk away from me, I swore I'd be getting a faster car very very quickly... (And I did...)  |
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« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2021, 02:33:03 PM » |
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My very first car kinda turned me off that brand for life I'm afraid... It was reliable at least (slant 6 with a 4 on the floor), I'll give it that much. When I had a school bus next to me at a stop light, the light turned green and I floored it for all it had, only to have the school bus easily walk away from me, I swore I'd be getting a faster car very very quickly... (And I did...) Coronet ? |
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Patrick
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« Reply #15 on: February 08, 2021, 02:58:41 PM » |
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My very first car kinda turned me off that brand for life I'm afraid... It was reliable at least (slant 6 with a 4 on the floor), I'll give it that much. When I had a school bus next to me at a stop light, the light turned green and I floored it for all it had, only to have the school bus easily walk away from me, I swore I'd be getting a faster car very very quickly... (And I did...) Coronet ? I can sympathize. I think all manufacturers put some junk on the road in the early/mid 70s. The Slant Six was about as bullet-proof a motor as anyone ever made though. They ran forever. And those old T&C transmission were indestructible. [ They also weighed a ton, literally. Had more than enough of them laying on my chest.] |
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f6john
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« Reply #16 on: February 08, 2021, 03:12:42 PM » |
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My very first car kinda turned me off that brand for life I'm afraid... It was reliable at least (slant 6 with a 4 on the floor), I'll give it that much. When I had a school bus next to me at a stop light, the light turned green and I floored it for all it had, only to have the school bus easily walk away from me, I swore I'd be getting a faster car very very quickly... (And I did...) Coronet ? Dodge Dart - Plymouth Scamp is my guess. Perfect for grandma’s and nerds.  A four door Chevy Nova or Ford Maverick could have caused the same situation. |
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« Reply #17 on: February 08, 2021, 03:22:17 PM » |
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My very first car kinda turned me off that brand for life I'm afraid... It was reliable at least (slant 6 with a 4 on the floor), I'll give it that much. When I had a school bus next to me at a stop light, the light turned green and I floored it for all it had, only to have the school bus easily walk away from me, I swore I'd be getting a faster car very very quickly... (And I did...) Serk, my friend, that seems to be a bit of exaggeration. The slant six was no speed demon but if you were beat off the line by a school bus it had more to do with driving skill than the power of the six. My fourth car was a Valiant with a slant six and a three speed transmission. I didn't win a lot of drag races but a put on a lot of satisfactory miles across the country. |
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« Reply #18 on: February 08, 2021, 04:02:21 PM » |
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Serk, my friend, that seems to be a bit of exaggeration. The slant six was no speed demon but if you were beat off the line by a school bus it had more to do with driving skill than the power of the six. My fourth car was a Valiant with a slant six and a three speed transmission. I didn't win a lot of drag races but a put on a lot of satisfactory miles across the country.
Heh, I see your point, but no, it wasn't that he got a jump on me, we were neck and neck as we started off the line, and I floored it and...... not much happened... As to Meathead's query - 1976 Dodge Dart. My dad had bought it new because of the oil crisis; I still remember first thing he did was take the catalytic converter off and ram a rod through it, then he put a crowbar in the gas filling hole and widened it so it could take leaded gas... When it came time for me to start driving in around 1986, it already had well over 100,000 miles on it. The engine would go forever (Indeed I ended up giving it to a friend and he drove it for another 10 years then gave it to a junker who sent it to Mexico, I'm sure it's still crawling around Mexico to this day.). However, the things around the engine didn't last so long, and my dad's proclivities for creative engineering didn't help. Had a string tied to the wipers since the wiper system died, when it rained had to tug the string from both sides back and forth, that kind of stuff.... But it got me to school and work for a few years and allowed me to save up to buy my first real car:  |
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« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2021, 05:28:13 AM » |
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My very first car kinda turned me off that brand for life I'm afraid...
It was reliable at least (slant 6 with a 4 on the floor), I'll give it that much.
When I had a school bus next to me at a stop light, the light turned green and I floored it for all it had, only to have the school bus easily walk away from me, I swore I'd be getting a faster car very very quickly... (And I did...)
I bet it was faster than my mother’s Ford Pinto station wagon with an automatic.
That was scary slow. |
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« Reply #20 on: February 09, 2021, 06:42:33 AM » |
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Gear Vendors is a great product. A life long friend dropped a 500 CI Caddy motor into a GMC pickup, added the Gear Vendors Overdrive to it for better fuel mileage. Said it made one heck of a difference but, I can't remember how much. If my Ram 3500 wasn't still under warranty, I'd be considering such a move. The price of fuel is going to continue to go up with the current folks in charge. Rams this usually allows modifications Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act |
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