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!