Original engine owners

[Ghoste]

How many folks here are running cars with the original engines still in them?  Further to that, are you SURE it's the original engine and if it is, do you beat it?
My car does not have the original in it, but I do have what I believe to be the original for it.  Little harder to tell with a 67 but at least the casting date corresponds to the rest of the car.

[elacruze]

 

I have the original engine, but not the original car!

[tan top]

wish i did  
nope mine is MIA some where in & around  Kerrville Texas   

[Ghoste]

No chance of getting it back huh?

[1BAD68]

I have no idea if mine is original being a 68.
Although its a 318 with a 67 date block and a 67 vehicle build date I'm assuming its original and I beat on it all the time.

[PocketThunder]

      I just got it back together from a professional rebuild.  I wont say i dont beat on it, but i dont drive with and egg between my foot and the pedal either..      

[694spdRT]

The 69's MIA 440 was last known to be running around in a 1/4 mile drag car in the Chicago area in the late '80's.

The 68's original 383 engine and trans is tucked away in my shop. I pulled it out because I installed a 440 and then another cheap 383 I found....next stop is 5.7 Hemi. 

[A383Wing]

I got the original engine in the cream 66 Charger, along with OE trans, rear end, paint...etc....

We bought car from original owner

[41husk]

My 68 (still in my daughters garage but sold to G-man) has the original 383 and rear but the tranny was replaced years back

[stripedelete]

Original - rebuilt not yet started

[Manfred318]

Ive got the original motor and trans in mine. I try to take it easy for now because my trans is slipping a bit. Motor runs good and strong tho. Hopefully Ill have them out for a rebuild sometime later this summer.

[Charger´69]

I pulled it out because I installed a 440 and then another cheap 383 I found....next stop is 5.7 Hemi. 

Hey man, You´re going wrong direction    Don´t go smaller direction, put there BIG Hemi, that´s better 

I will get my original #´s matching engine and transmission in this summer maybe, those are still in there in USA. I got those with car, but those stayed there to wait transportation. But my Charger is XP code car, so I won´t never put them back to my Charger 

[twodko]

Original everything on our 69 R/T..............we bought it from the original owner.

Tom

[The70RT]

Mine has a warranty block that was intalled in 72. I have the paper work and the block is unstamped so It is original to me.

[crusty440]

Orginal engine, rebuilt in the 69 R/TSE

[694spdRT]

I pulled it out because I installed a 440 and then another cheap 383 I found....next stop is 5.7 Hemi. 

Hey man, You´re going wrong direction    Don´t go smaller direction, put there BIG Hemi, that´s better 

The 440 is now in my '69 and that particular 383 is not very impressive. Too late anyway as the "crate" is already at the shop.  I am shooting for a nice 25mpg cruiser anyway.

[Johnny SixPack]

Me, I wanted a stroker for my '70 Charger, and there was no way I was using the original #'s motor.

I may pull the stroker and put it my other #'s Charger though, as she's a plain jane '69 SE.

If I do, then the original motor will be rebuilt back to stock and put back in the '70

I do remember being rather hard on the #'s motor for the '70 before it was pulled.

And the #'s hp 383 in the '69 gets worked now and then.

I do try and keep in mind the originality when I'm running her though.

[Belgium R/T -68]

Mine is the original, no risc I'm beating it since my car seems to never leave the garage.

per

[moparstuart]

Mine is the original, no risc I'm beating it since my car seems to never leave the garage.

per

someday , someday   

[bordin34]

I have the original 400 in mine. It's seen north of 6000rpm a couple times before I installed the rev limiter and 5500rpm almost everytime I take it out now with the limiter.

[Nacho-RT74]

I am with factory engine... sleeved but still the factory one.

Sleeved just because I couldn't find locally 040 or 060 pistons, so had to sleev to mount standart pistons from a donor engine. On those days I didn't know all the ppl I do know to find oversized ones.

[Khyron]

I have the original engine, but not the original car!

this

[tan top]

No chance of getting it back huh?

well when i first got my charger early 89, i asked Bill ( second owner )
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,63970.0.html
why the motor was turquoise , & not orange , he said the original R/T motor was blown up when he got the car 1985 , so i put this one in   , was still a E series 440 , but casting date too late !
being 17 at the time was no real biggie as the motor that was in there ran strong !  ,  also looked stock  & just needed to be painted orange!  & was just soo excited  to finaly get the charger i wanted ! , then after reading the new mopars mags that came out  , started thinking , hmmm wonder where my matching motor is , so i wrote to Bill  no answer ! had sent me  some old pictures before  ,   phoned a few times also , but  phone line dead !
 all this happened about late 89 ,  so never bothered any more , but since doing a nut & bolt resto & the internet coming along , have emailed a few mopars being sold on ebay around that area with a NOM 440 in there  asking whats the vin stuff like that!! but it could be any where now

 

[Daytona R/T SE]

The original 440 from my Daytona clone ( 1969 RT/SE )  Is still floating around

Kansas somewhere...

I guess  

[Sublime/Sixpack]

My Charger has the original engine in it, and I'm not afraid to drive it hard. It can take it!

[Charger RT]

I have the original 440 and 4 speed. They have been out of the car for 28 years but I have them.
Tim

[jeryst]

Everything original in mine. I dont beat it, simply because I would have to pay someone a fortune
to pull it, rebuild it, then put it back in.

I'm not that mechanically inclined, and I've found that its more expensive if I do the work myself, so either way, I'm screwed. - lol

[Highbanked Hauler]

    I  USED TO  back in the day but not now unless running at 110 mph for a few miles is flogging it . I also put 86,000 on it myself so I have a different mindset.

[RallyeMike]

No original engines here. All of them flogged.

[TXcharger70]

Original everything but i may be stupid cause i am stroking my 383 but i really want to drive this car and plan on hanging on to it for a while nothing special about mine though just a standard 1970 charger

[Todd Wilson]

Frankie's engine is original and hasnt been rebuilt yet! 236,xxx miles and still going!


Todd

[chargerjy9]

My 73 still has the factory installed 400 4 bbl with 14k miles on it. I don't beat on it. I wouldn't say that I baby it either. (some might) I have yet to do a burnout in the 8 years I have owned it. I want to keep it as intact as possible

[68blue]

Have the origional 383 short block in the car but lost one of the heads installing seats on the rebuild. Its wearing Edelbrocks now.

[GunMetal]

Numbers match but that's about it. I do get on it from time to time(in a controlled environment ).
73 SE with 2bbl 400/727 originally. Now roller 470 E heads.  Big fun!

[tan top]

My 73 still has the factory installed 400 4 bbl with 14k miles on it. I don't beat on it. I wouldn't say that I baby it either. (some might) I have yet to do a burnout in the 8 years I have owned it. I want to keep it as intact as possible

    would love to see some pictures !! guessing its all unrestored or ??

[Charger´69]

Everything what goes broken can be fixed and I think it should broke if it can´t handle beating 

I´ll drive my Charger just the way I feel, normally cruising nicely but sometimes that devil in my head makes me floor it and do some burnouts and that´s FUN  And I´m not afraid it, it should handle it. If it brokes, I´ll make it stronger 

[Nacho-RT74]

My 73 still has the factory installed 400 4 bbl with 14k miles on it. I don't beat on it. I wouldn't say that I baby it either. (some might) I have yet to do a burnout in the 8 years I have owned it. I want to keep it as intact as possible

    would love to see some pictures !! guessing its all unrestored or ??

survivor... a real one!!!

[B5charger]

Original 318, 904, and 8 1/4.  Only thing changed is the paint.  Been in the family since new.

[chargerjy9]

I'm not sure what the definition of a survivor is,I know that there are varying opinions.....

My 73 SE was bought in July 03 with less than 2800 miles. today it has 14 k. the only parts not original  (factory installed) to the car (other than some rebuilt issues) are shocks, mufflers, water pump, battery, ballast resistor, voltage regulator.  has orig paint, vinyl top and interior

Orig tires, wheels, hoses, belts, spark plugs were taken off the car,( saved of course)  and replaced with new stuff for reliablity sake.

[tan top]

I'm not sure what the definition of a survivor is,I know that there are varying opinions.....

My 73 SE was bought in July 03 with less than 2800 miles. today it has 14 k. the only parts not original  (factory installed) to the car (other than some rebuilt issues) are shocks, mufflers, water pump, battery, ballast resistor, voltage regulator.  has orig paint, vinyl top and interior

Orig tires, wheels, hoses, belts, spark plugs were taken off the car,( saved of course)  and replaced with new stuff for reliablity sake.

thats awesome stuff

[69rtse4spd]

Red 69 S.E. 383. 727. 8.750. still all original. Yellow 69 R/T S.E. 4-spd., dealer installed short block, I was told, (never looked yet) original 18 spline & 4.10 Dana still in. Q5 69 S.E. pulled the original 383 2-bbl. back in the late 70s & got took it to the junk yard  , tyranny's been beefed up & Dana put in it. The 70s motor is long gone, replaced by a 440, 727 gone, replaced with a stronger one & 8.750 housing could be original, never looked. The 8.750 will get replaced with the Dana soon anyway. I do pound on the 70 now & then when I drive, but if it breaks you just fix it or improve it & pound some more, cause its a Mopar baby. .     

[69_500]

Still the numbers matching motor in my 500. Nothing wrong with putting miles on an numbers matching engine. Nothing wrong with putting your foot into it every now and again either. Way I see it is they were built to be driven.

[ChgrSteve67]

All of my daily drivers still have the origional motors.

Too big of a pain in the ass to change them to match the Charger.

[vancamp]

still running the numbers 440, bit the original 4 barrel intake is mia it has a six pack set up on it right now.

[bull]

I'm pretty sure mine's the original engine although I don't have the bellhousing flange stamps. It's got the right date code though. Let me say it this way, I can't prove 100% it's the original engine but no one else can prove it isn't.

[ZSmithersCharges]

      I just got it back together from a professional rebuild.  I wont say i dont beat on it, but i dont drive with and egg between my foot and the pedal either..      

Duh, then you'd get egg everywhere 

[Troy]

My Barracuda had the numbers engine but it was a 318 auto so even beating on it pretty hard wasn't all that impressive. None of the others have the original engine.

Troy