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Tracker1 01-23-2015 07:38 PM

1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 
This is my preservation project. It was parked by the second owner in Kansas in 1981 after it wiped 3 cam lobes. It has Y09 on the fender tag, designating an export car but many export Mopars never left the country; they were ordered from overseas by American servicemen in Viet Nam or related zones. It is a completely numbers matching car, auto. 8 3/4 rear 3.23s - a real top-ender for those long Kansas straightaways I bet. The dark blue B7 paint is not often seen on a '70 Cuda and paired with the Shaker is even rarer. It was painted, with a couple patches here and there but, essentially, is an "all there" original car, except for the 6bbl. carbs which were donated to keep a Challenger T/A running in the late 80s. I'm not going to restore the car, but rather get it running under its own power with some date-coded carbs.

As Found:

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0-100_2106.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...-unnamed_6.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...unnamed_18.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...unnamed_17.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...unnamed_15.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...unnamed_16.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...unnamed_19.jpg

Wayne, the previous owner, collected all kinds of NOS metal (most of which the car doesn't need) which came in the deal.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...-unnamed_9.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...unnamed_10.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...unnamed_11.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...unnamed_12.jpg

A friend in Nebraska picked up the car on "roll-out day" a couple weeks ago -

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...1-100_2195.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...2-100_2196.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...3-100_2203.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...4-100_2197.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0110_00212.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-100_2199.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...railercuda.jpg



Xplantdad 01-23-2015 07:39 PM

Re: 1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 
Nice!

Tracker1 01-23-2015 07:58 PM

Re: 1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 
Thanks Bruce. We found the cam issue and the melted voltage regulator that side-lined the car in the 80s.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0114_00254.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0114_00257.jpg

And, we also found the original exhaust, still in place after 45 years, mufflers, resonators and all
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0111_00222.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0111_00223.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0111_00225.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0111_00226.jpg

fender tag & export tag
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-100_2194.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...8-100_2130.jpg

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...unnamed_13.jpg

Critters got the top half of the broadcast sheet (which has the VIN [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] ) but the rest of the option codes tell me it is definitely for this car - found it behind the glove box.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0111_00231.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0111_00233.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0111_00234.jpg


markinnaples 01-23-2015 08:21 PM

Re: 1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 
Cool. Please keep us updated with pics of your refreshing.

Tracker1 01-23-2015 10:40 PM

Re: 1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 
the vintage home-made block heater will have to go...
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0114_00256.jpg

Hot tank heads, yup, clean valves, yup....decades with no intake has its consequences...critters!! Add one case of Mystery Oil down the cylinders please

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0680-heads.jpg


njsteve 01-23-2015 11:18 PM

Re: 1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 
That's not a home-made block heater. I put that same aftermarket system on my diesel. They've been offering it for decades now.

Nice car!

PeteLeathersac 01-23-2015 11:33 PM

Re: 1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 

Way cool V-Code Des!
Hard to beat the look of a Shaker Cuda!
[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
~ Pete

mockingbird812 01-23-2015 11:44 PM

Re: 1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 
Great car Des. Nice options and glad to see you preserving it [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Charley Lillard 01-24-2015 12:51 AM

Re: 1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 
Even has your name on the tires

Tracker1 01-24-2015 12:56 AM

Re: 1970 440 6bbl. Export Cuda
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's not a home-made block heater. I put that same aftermarket system on my diesel. They've been offering it for decades now.

Nice car! </div></div>

Really? What a Rube Goldberg contraption.

And, Charley, I will definitely be holding onto that tire!


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