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3 minutes ago, JustHarry said:

Oh cool thought from the comments it was dereg.

The Plymouth next door to it has lapsed, so might be some more work involved in that when we get to it but the Dodge is live and on hold thankfully

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On 25/10/2024 at 12:29, dabuzz said:

rock auto is probably your first stop for motor parts.

cool looking front - need many more pics!!

 

Just added a few more photos. Bit tight for space in there at the moment!

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Cool cars. Got any pics of the 61? My mate had a 61 plymouth coupe years ago in welly he daily'd (dereg too!) back when gas prices were 2 digits.. it was Matty B and dropped on its ass with a small block. I loved how weird/cool/ugly it was. Mopars of that era are just so awesome. 

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I've had a couple of dodge flatheads over the years. Really solid engine and there are still bits for sale that aren't too hard to find. I recall getting a lot of parts out of Turkey when I rebuilt my last one about 15-20 years ago now. Dusting off my memory bank if you want a quick way to ID your engine just measure the length of the head. If it's 23 inches it'll likely be a 218 or 230. If it's 25" then it could be a 228, 237 or a 250 iirc. Most common I found were 230 and 250. 

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On 28/10/2024 at 16:51, HumberSS said:

Cool cars. Got any pics of the 61? My mate had a 61 plymouth coupe years ago in welly he daily'd (dereg too!) back when gas prices were 2 digits.. it was Matty B and dropped on its ass with a small block. I loved how weird/cool/ugly it was. Mopars of that era are just so awesome. 

Nothing of the Plymouth just yet - just need to get the garage door open and will be able to get a few. Will try and get some next time I'm around there but definitely needs more work than the Dodge

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2 hours ago, dmulally said:

I've had a couple of dodge flatheads over the years. Really solid engine and there are still bits for sale that aren't too hard to find. I recall getting a lot of parts out of Turkey when I rebuilt my last one about 15-20 years ago now. Dusting off my memory bank if you want a quick way to ID your engine just measure the length of the head. If it's 23 inches it'll likely be a 218 or 230. If it's 25" then it could be a 228, 237 or a 250 iirc. Most common I found were 230 and 250. 

Yeah it's a 25 inch block - so I'm thinking 230/250 as well, guess we won't know for sure until we get into the engine and figure our bore size.

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On 28/10/2024 at 16:51, HumberSS said:

Cool cars. Got any pics of the 61? My mate had a 61 plymouth coupe years ago in welly he daily'd (dereg too!) back when gas prices were 2 digits.. it was Matty B and dropped on its ass with a small block. I loved how weird/cool/ugly it was. Mopars of that era are just so awesome. 

Actually, have got one handy. 

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30 minutes ago, 440bbm said:

yeah thats fricken cool!

Thanks, quite strange old cars - didn't sell very well from new I've been told. Designers told to go as distinctive as they like but maybe went a bit far for the market at the time. Anyway - I'll put a forum up about the Plymouth too in due course! Got the garage open just need to clear a wee bit more room to get some decent photos. Might be a weekend job.

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