my 440 is painted

[charge-it]

I finally have a few pics of the almost fully assembled 440 that is going into my 1968 Charger. It is all painted and the rest of the bolt ons will be installed once the engine and trans are installed in the car. It is very low mileage 71 440 that was completely rebuilt. The block retains it`s original bore, and the crank and rod journals recieved a very slight polish, no cutting needed. It has a stock mopar 440 magnum resto cam, Mopar electronic distributor, high volume Melling oil pump, Mopar Performance windage tray with trick mods, 6 quart hemi oil pan, some other trick oiling mods done to the block, some nice port work on a set of virgin 906 heads, new springs and valves, along with a three angle valve job, heads cc`d and everything measured three times before assembly. The heads were cut to achieve a final compression ratio calculation of 9.3 to 1. I have an original restored (by Scott Smith) 1968 vintage 4 speed Carter avs carb, and an original 68 date coded iron intake and water pump housing. All the intake and exhaust ports are port/gasket matched. We were shooting for a great running near stock 440 that will run fine on pump gas. The engine is 99% completely dressed as a 1968 440 H.P. engine with the correct valve covers, intake manifold, exhaust manifolds, and water pump housing. I can`t wait for the the day we bring it to life. It`s going to feel good rowing through the completely rebuilt 18 spline 4 speed, and spinning the completely rebuilt 3:54 geared dana 60. Many thanks go to Bob and Cici at Outrageously Vintage for the engine rebuild, the absolute over the top cylinder head work. Cudo`s to Scott at Harms Automotive for the carb restoration. Thanks also go out to Bear Martel here locally for the help rebuilding the 1969 dana 60. Looks like I may just have a ride again sometime in 2009! My body man came over last week and we pulled off the windshield trim, and removed the windshield. One of my other Mopar buddies who is almost finished with his 68 Coronet R/T came over this past Tuesday and we removed my dash assembly and heater box assembly. I hope to have all these sub-assemblies finished by the time my car heads to the body shop so when it`s time to put it back together there aren`t any hold ups. Sorry for the long story but I`m finally starting to get a slight feeling of excitement. I haven`t have a ride to drive since selling my 1964 Sport Fury three years ago. I almost forgot to mention another good friend who has donated more than one part to the cause. He called to tell me that I am now a worse than he resto F A G. I almost fell off my chair laughing. Rick, you know who you are! You better take a look at yourself pal, your 68 HEMI GTX is way above my car! Yours is the real deal and mine is a clone, clown, tribute, re-creation, or whatever they call em these days. This is the LAST car I ever do this to. I`m not saying I`m done with the hobby, but next time I will search for the right car that is finished and ready to drive. No more chasing parts and taking 3 to 4 years to drive it!

[hemi-hampton]

Looks good, I just pulled a original 383 69 Roadrunner motor that was the same color, This one had the Fuel Pump painted also along with rest of the motor. LEON.

[G-man]

Why on Gods green earth would anyone paint it like that.   

[tan top]

good work 

[Shakey]

Once again I must agree with Tan Top!  Very nice.

[Musicman]

     

[Back N Black]

Looks good ! That should get you charger going sideways. 

[charge-it]

I do prefer the orange color that 69 and up engines had but turquoise<SP? is the correct color for 68 H.P. engines. I didn`t want to paint the fuel pump and the dipstick tube got painted by mistke which will be an easy fix. I believe the oil dipstick tubes were left natural and just the handle of the dipstick is supposed to be painted. It better help get the skins smokin! Well, back to my heater box resto.

[69*F5*SE]

I think it looks great, nice job 

[hemi-hampton]

The real early built 69's were Turquoise, some time later in year they changed to orange, When, I dont know, Maybe someone has a Technical servise bulliutin on this procedure with date of change? LEON.

[Finn]

Why on Gods green earth would anyone paint it like that.   

ahaha...wait till you see my engine then.

Looks good dude!

[JimShine]

I like seeing Turquoise engines. Even engines that were not orange originally tend to end up that color now. The turquoise is a nice change.

[charge-it]

I like seeing Turquoise engines. Even engines that were not orange originally tend to end up that color now. The turquoise is a nice change.

Jim,too bad you still don`t live up here anymore. It would be great to cruise together. One friend of mine just finished his 70 Charger 500 and there`s more than a few 69`s around here as well. Heard your un-doing your 69 G.L. and going back to stock.

[JimShine]

Great to hear some of these cars are hitting the road!

My car is still a GL. But for how long is the question. I never planned on it being forever. Right now I have been upgrading it doing the same as you, getting ready to drop my 440 in. I had it and a 727 built over the winter and have been rounding up the rest of the stuff I need to get it up and running. It may be winter before I am ready, but am doing the small things now like changing the rear end, getting the subframe connectors in and such.

[BlueSS454]

That's purdy 

[G-man]

Why on Gods green earth would anyone paint it like that.   

ahaha...wait till you see my engine then.

Looks good dude!

look forward to it