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I own Mopar!
oh what have I done! Ran across a car that fills a bucket list spot so I had to..or wanted to..either way I now have a Mopar in my garage..or will in a week or so. details:
1969 Plymouth GTX 426 auto buckets console guages 8 track. Nom but real J car. original sheet metal..older restoration. B7 with Blue interior I'm excited!
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Looks great, Al! Always liked those 68-70 B bodies. I had a 70 Hemi Challenger from 1980 - 1996....my first complete restoration. Fun cars. Hopefully you will never have to take the engine apart, but if you do, make sure you have four left bank pistons and four right bank pistons....you don't want to find out the hard way like I did
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Congrats on the purchase. Those B-bodies ride so nicely with a decent set of radials. Enjoy the cruising. (and parking with that manual steering) ;-) Last edited by njsteve; 07-10-2020 at 08:21 PM. |
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That's EXACTLY what happened on my Challenger. It came with all 8 pistons the same from the factory.....IIRC, there is an offset on the piston pin of a few thousandths of an inch, the only difference between left & right bank pistons. Apparently when that engine was originally built either they were out of one type of piston or else someone just screwed up and put in all the same ones. Well, there is an arrow stamped on the piston head that is supposed to point forward. When I rebuilt the engine, being a newbie to 426 Hemi intricacies, I made sure to have all the arrows pointing to the front like the manual said. When I first fired it up I just thought the lifters were taking a long time to pump up (it was a 70 so it had hydraulic lifters). Ran for about 2 or 3 minutes before I got exactly what is pictured above in one cylinder Luckily it did no other damage....no scoring of the cylinder wall or anything major, just a lot of bent valves and marred piston tops on one bank.
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That GTX is BEAUTIFUL!!! The 69-70 GTX's are my favorite Mopars of all time, and a B7 blue Hemi???? That's dang near the pinnacle! Congratulations, I'm duly jealous!
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Get yourself an addition Wing Nut and enjoy her!
Well done my friend.....you deserve to fill up that Bucket List I look forward to seeing the new Mopar and you soon. Be safe. Dan
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Congrats!
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Very cool...congrats Albert!
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