I scrounged parts here and there. It was a wrecked heap in 1989 when I got it. It had been crunched in the front end and had a mason jar for a gas tank, lol. (just so dude could prove to me the 318 would run) Paid a $125 for the car on that day.
Anyway, there weren't no Internet when I started repairing the car. Just had to acquire parts by word of mouth or riding around and knocking on doors asking about junked Mopars in folks' backyards.
So, the 440 magnum hood is not correct. I got that in a parts swap with another guy that want some of my Coronet500 stuff.
As the car sits now, that is a 383 HP short block from a 69 Fury in there, with 906 heads I had assembled by another Mopar buddy that I dd some other trading on.
Not a show piece, no numbers match. Just a toy saved from the crushers.
Very cool
To me the 383 has a coolness factor that overshadows the 440.
I wouldn't have guessed a 383 swap, I think that's very cool.
