lindberg model 72176 64 dodge 330 /slant six

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good morning all,

i had contacted linderg models to try and order “10 slant six motors.” Sorry, they said: No go…

So… if any one out thier has built the 330 64 dodge and did not built thier slant six?

I’d love to talk…

best regards, nfpa1002

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Howdy!
I just picked up the Dodge 330 kit, and since I’ll be dropping a Hemi in it, you are welcome to the slant six. Sorry, I only have one, though! (Why do you want ten?)
PM me with your address and it’s all yours.

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Put all 10 of them in one car. That is about it took in real life to get a MOPAR going with the slant 6.

Darwin, O.F. [alien]

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I wouldn’t dismiss the leaning tower of power so easily. This one ran a 10.09 quarter!

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i had 4 cars w/that eng in real life worked on 1 for speed

i rejetted the carb put some new exhaust headers and not only did i get FANTASTIC mpg i got rubber in any gear out of the 3spd auto

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hello, J-hulk !!

sorry for the delay on this reply. I went on to other projects. to answer the question why ten?

I really love 1962 Valiant’s. I have a few revell, SMT, and other kits. othe’r than revel. some older models that don’t have a open hood .I plan to make a resin hood then scratch build the engine compartment. some of the models i have collected thier motors are SHOT!! if you have it. I’d love to talk.

I have 2 Dodge 330’s, i bought for the engine’s alone I have the body shell’s and crome in a bag… The chassis’s and interior are for more scratch building … the interior’s for my Valiant’s.

nfpa1002

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hello mr. moto,

love the pic. ten in one car? absolute power corrupts absolutly right ? so one per car is fine … Hay? take a look at a mopar article on the hyper pack history and compact raceing series . they talk about and take a 1962 Valiant out of a salvage yard. restored it. & build the hyper pack, powered slant six… if you look far into the past you’ll find Lee petty drove a valiant in that race. the race was 1961 compact car series at daytona. the Falcon, corvair, and Valiant of that era’s (compact car generation… ) though the falcon and corvair fell So Far behind the Valiant . it was a Drive’s race that showed how power and stength of a valiant . As most mopar owner’s know of the 60-62 model valiant’s, most have never seen them on the road.

talk to ya later .

nfpa1002

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Hello!
PM about the Slant Six sent.

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I was thinking more of the stock engine in the average Mopar family vehicle rather than a zillion dollar, juiced up, drag machine. I had a 79 Dodge Aspen wagon with the slant 6. It was very reliable as long as you didn’t push it too hard for acceleration or top speed. Change the oil regularly and hold the speed to 55-60 and it would run forever.

Darwin, O.F. [alien]

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hi sorry to hear;

. I had a 79 Dodge Aspen wagon with the slant 6. It was very reliable as long as you didn’t push it too hard for acceleration or top speed. Change the oil regularly and hold the speed to 55-60 and it would run forever.

I had a 62 slant six. ( my sister got impounded last year … it could do 75mph at 2800 rpm… and pass trafic with 85 with out missing a hart beat.stock with a single holly.

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Remember that in 1964 there were actually three different hemis sold!

  • the first issue hemi with the cross ram and carter carbs. This car had the standard wheel base & wheel locations

  • the hemi with holleys on the cross ram. This car had the front wheels moved forward slightly (I think it was three inches), and the rear wheels also moved forward. The wheel wells were just made wider to accomadate this alteration. Might add that this was this most common version.

  • Then there was a very rare hemi two door hardtop (all I’ve ever seen were Plymouth Belvedeers) on a 114" wheel base. These used the hemi engine with a cross ram and holley carbs. The only one I know that was raced competetively was from the Golden Commandos car Club out of Detroit. Another was sold in Indianapolis about two weeks ago. It was a factory hemi with the correct K-frame and aluminum front end like all the above others.

All the cars that had aluminum front ends used A-100 car seats and had no window cranks. Most had the 135 lb buss battery option in the trunk, and if it was a very late one it sat in a lead battery box.

There’s nothing like the 2nd to third gear shift in a race hemi!!!

gary

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you forgot the killer car in compact racing! A studebaker Lark with the eight cylinder engine.

Also most all 225’s that were of the hypo varity had alloy blocks and heads. One single carter four barrel carb. Have only seen a couple of them in my lifetime.

gary

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hello Squeakie,

Sorry for the long dealy with this reply. I had never heard of the studabaker in the race! i still would have LOVED TO SEEN it!!!.

best reagds nfpa1002

PS if any one haas any loose slant sixes ? let me know.

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If anyone is interested there are some of the old JoHan kits being rereleased including some 60s MoPar cars, Studebakers, and a few Rambler/American Motors stuff. Google JoHan.

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I’ve seen dozens of slant sixes that had over three hundred thousand miles on them in taxi cabs, and the heads had never been off the blocks. That motor is still one of the most reliable engines ever produced. Perhaps your thinking of a Ford six?

gary

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at one time NASCAR actually fielded a compact car division, and just about everybody tried somekind of race set up for their badge. The Larks were so hard to beat that NASCAR tried to outlaw them, but they’d also had to outlaw Pontiacs, and Oldsmobiles. Later on they did a displacement thing that made the Larks unusable. Then it was the slant six with the hypo kit. That’s only been about 48 years ago!

There were also a couple guys who ran Larks at Bonneville, and each held records in their class more than once. There’s also a guy who still runs an Avanti to this day (a real one from Studebaker), and holds at least one land speed record. Hot Rod magazine road tested a R3 Avanti, and were stuned at how well it ran. They took it to the half mile drags (that was a short lived experiment in CA back in the sixties). The car ran 136 MPH thru the traps in show room trim & mufflers.

Never owned a Studebaker (but have always wanted a 53 pickup truck), but have always liked them. My main interest in the sixties were max wedges and hemis, and for me nothing else would do in their place.

gary