lindberg model 72176 64 dodge 330 /slant six

nfpa1002 wrote:

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.

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

yardbird78 wrote:

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.

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

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.

nfpa1002 wrote:

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

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

J-Hulk wrote:

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.

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

 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.

mr moto wrote:

yardbird78 wrote: 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. I wouldn't dismiss the leaning tower of power so easily. This one ran a 10.09 quarter!

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. 

nfpa1002 wrote:

hello,   J-hulk  !!

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

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

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 

yardbird78 wrote:

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.

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

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.