--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC100023 Date: 07/31/97 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 09:54pm \/To: GERALD CHRISTOFFEL (Read 0 times) Subj: Desoto radio -> Anyone want a old Desoto car radio? Think it came out of a 1949. I -> it to work on 120 volts AC. You pay the shipping and it's yours. Wow, did that bring back memories. I had a 1953 Studebaker radio that I did the 120VAC conversion to. I think I used a 6V filament transformer. Removed the vibrator, and ran a couple of wire jumpers to get the current into the primary of the radio's transformer. It served me for a number of years, and it was *much* better than any table radio I had. Heard a lot of BCB DX on that thing! This was around 1959 or so... But no, I don't need the thing. The memories are good enough! That, and the Kenwood ham rig I have ;) -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC100024 Date: 08/01/97 From: MODERATOR Time: 12:10am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Rules of the OLDCARS Echo Rules for FidoNet's OLDCARS Echo *** Revised 3-18-96 *** The following are the rules for the OLDCARS FIDO-NET echo conference. This conference is carried on the FIDO-NET backbone and is moderated by Gerry Calhoun at 1:2004/200. These rules will be subject to change if a change seems needed or is requested. Enforcement of the rules will be handled in the echo and/or via net-mail. Repeated violations of the rules may be considered grounds for the offending node to have its link to this conference cut. Rule #1: Please try to keep your language suitable to all ages. Remember this message base is open to all age groups, and some may take offense to foul language. 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If there are any questions or comments about these rules, address them to me, Gerry Calhoun, via net-mail ONLY at 1:2004/200. --- * Origin: PETS R US! 805-946-8345 - Lancaster, CA (1:2004/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC200000 Date: 07/31/97 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 04:52pm \/To: SHAUN CARTER (Read 0 times) Subj: Daytona > Actually, someone once told me about a kit you can get from Dodge that > has a couple of cross members and other odds & ends that will allow > you to drop in a Mopar small block... I will wait though, untill this > engine blows up. ;) Someone whos name escapes me at the moment mentioned that. Actually, just took a look in the Mopar Performance catalog, they don't supply much to get you started! Just the stuff to hang the engine and tranny. Its gonna take some bucks to tranform that Daytona. I'd sooner hot rod the snot out of the van. =) Be a lot cheaper. > Actually I haven't started the van in quite awhile, I just got this > Daytona and it is taking all of my spare time to get it the way I > want it (well, kinda') Uh Oh... Before we know it, you'll be telling us about this front drive import your driving around town.... Alex. check us out; http://www.oldengine.org | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... Blood and guts! That's what I love about compact cars. --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMBP73M] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-438-1066 * Internet * 4GB * (1:2401/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC200001 Date: 07/31/97 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 04:52pm \/To: TOM COLLINS (Read 0 times) Subj: 396 You where writing to John Pummill; > bolt pattern redrilled (remember putting Buick drums on other cars in > the > fifies and sixties because they had fins on them)? Have you tried > Hemmings, > Late Great, etc.? > > Do you have part numbers? Or describe the year model again, and I'll > check > around here (north Texas). I put together a list a while back on same dimensioned drums. They're a 9x2 4 on 4 bolt pattern. Alex. | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... "If the needle still points to a number, you're not going fast enough." --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMBP73M] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-438-1066 * Internet * 4GB * (1:2401/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC200002 Date: 08/01/97 From: JACK SCHWENDENER Time: 09:31am \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: 396 RW>Not likly. 283's were hard pressed to make it to a 4" bore. That'd be an 1 RW>to bore out. You'd need a perfectly cast block. I remember a lot of them go RW>to 292, but hardly any 301's from 283's. Some, but not many, and those were RW>streetable due to the heat warping the thin cylinder walls. Sorry to disagree, but that's just not right. We used to routinely make 301s out of 283s. (You would buy a 327 master kit, the only additional cost was a small charge for the extra over bore.) There were hundreds if not thousands of them running all over SoCal in the '60s. For a while at San Fernando drag strip they had a "301 in a '55 Chevy" class. The entire Junior Fuel class was designed around the 283 punched to 301, although most guys went to a 327 with a 283 crank when they became more available (in the mid- '60s), partly because you could punch those another .060". But on the street a punched 283/301 was VERY common. Core chift has always been a problem with Chevy blocks, and occasionally you would run into one that was too far off, but you culd usually tell by looking at the lifter bores/bosses. 283 blocks were so cheap in those days, you'd just throw it away and find another ..... Damn near everyone claimed they were running a 272 (.060 over 265) but they were 283/301s. You could even bore a few real late 265s a quarter over to make them 301s, but that was REAL chancey. Far better to pick up a 283 for about 25 bucks. Jackson --- SLMR 2.1 Speed costs money - How fast can you afford to go? --- BMW Motorrad /2 * Origin: *Beemer Board* Oakdale,CA. 209.845.2603 Motorcycles R Us! (1:10/2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC200003 Date: 08/01/97 From: JACK SCHWENDENER Time: 09:31am \/To: BILL CLARK (Read 0 times) Subj: 396 BC> RW> Not likly. 283's were hard pressed to make it to a 4" bore. That'd BC>I remember a bunch of 283s punched to 301 running around the streets of BC>southern Ohio in the late '50s. In fact I had one that made it's way Yup! Jackson --- SLMR 2.1 Speed costs money - How fast can you afford to go? --- BMW Motorrad /2 * Origin: *Beemer Board* Oakdale,CA. 209.845.2603 Motorcycles R Us! (1:10/2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC200004 Date: 08/01/97 From: JACK SCHWENDENER Time: 09:31am \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: Mopar or Walk? RW>around the country for the previous 5 or 6 years. BTW, 67 rod bolts were 5/ RW>wereas 68 and up are 3/8...I had two rods with 3/8s bolts on the number one/ No they weren't 5/16" they were 11/32 (a real orphan). RW>crank throw, the rest were 5/16s. It must have balanced it out pretty od Pretty hard to do since the early rods were a small journal (2" shaft, 2.2247 rod bore) and the late rods were large journal (2.1" shaft, 2.3247 rod bore) .... The only V-8 that used/uses 5/16 rod bolts is the 289/302 Ford (and the hipo/boss rod for those used 3/8 rod bolts). Before ARP was around, we used to ream the 289 rods to 11/32 (with a valve guid reamer) and put in 283/327 Chevy rod bolts .... Jackson --- SLMR 2.1 Speed costs money - How fast can you afford to go? --- BMW Motorrad /2 * Origin: *Beemer Board* Oakdale,CA. 209.845.2603 Motorcycles R Us! (1:10/2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC200005 Date: 07/29/97 From: JACK SCHWENDENER Time: 08:47am \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: 396 RW> JS> (And stock 2 bbl. 265s didn't turn 7000 rpm either .... ) ;-) RW>Wanna bet! Well, no, I really don't want to get into a "spitting" contest with you. But I was there and I know what the stuff could do. So maybe we'll just have to agree to disagree .... :-) Jackson --- * SLMR 2.1 * Speed costs money - How fast can you afford to go? --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: ELLIOTT'S BBS ORANGEVALE, CA 916-988-0954 (1:203/721.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC300000 Date: 08/01/97 From: CRAIG HEALY Time: 09:52am \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: Daytona -> AB> What I did find semi-neat was a Chrysler Daytona CS (yes, CHRYSLE -> AB> it was the front drive version, around before Dodge took the -> Daytona AB> name back) a friend had. CS for the Carol Shelby tweaked -> version of AB> that front drive thing. Turbo charged. And full of -> electrical AB> gremlins. =) It took Seeing the nameplates and all -> before I believed -> AB> that the CS was for Carol Shelby. =-) -> -> Hard to believe he would put his name on something like that. Maybe h -> hard up for cash. My wife has an '87 Dodge Charger Shelby, #855. It is actually a decent little car. Not something I want to go on a trip with, but is very quick and agile. And off topic for "Old Cars", so I'll shut up now . -c- --- ViaMAIL!/WC4 v1.30 * Origin: Chowdanet! 20gb Amateur Radio BBS (401-331-5587) (1:323/120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: EC300001 Date: 08/01/97 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 03:51pm \/To: ROY WITT (Read 0 times) Subj: Daytona > I remember seeing some coverage on it somewhere. Wasn't all that > expensive, > just a lot of work. I'll only imagine. =-) As you've no doubt run across, I found the kit in the Mopar Performance Catalog, about all it gets you is brackets/crossmembers to hang the engine and tranny. The rest is upto you. > Hard to believe he would put his name on something like that. Maybe he > was hard up for cash. Thats what I figured. What was the GM product that Don Yenko had a hand in in the early 80's? Alex. | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... 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