Finally some pics of Cudablu

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Jun 30, 06 6:12 pm

Blue he has some decent stuff at good prices, What did you get of him

Did you know him previously

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Aug 29, 06 6:45 pm

Fitted my dash and heater at the weekend finally as well as my loom.
What a pain the dash was to get in with the cage there

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Engine Next

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Tue Aug 29, 06 9:35 pm

Well done Ian..its looking good

Can you make it to the Preston cruise Friday? if not see you again at the Nags

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Sep 02, 06 9:28 pm

Got the Engine in today, what do you guys think of the colour?

TrevD · Post by **TrevD** » Sat Sep 02, 06 9:35 pm

thats lookin sweet, as for the colour of the engine i think it might be green but i might be wrong

. i think the engine mounts wooden work too well though

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Sep 02, 06 9:35 pm

Header clearance is a bit tighter than I thought

might look at making a set of fenderwells. Any thoughts ideas appreciated :-s

TrevD · Post by **TrevD** » Sat Sep 02, 06 9:37 pm

fenderwells will work well, just turn them out the side, job done as long as it dosnt leak its a complete exhaust system (honest officer

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Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Sep 02, 06 9:42 pm

Cheers Trev, think the engine is going to be chassis mounted.

latil · Post by **latil** » Sat Sep 02, 06 10:06 pm

You wo't miss any oil leaks with that colour engine

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Sat Sep 02, 06 10:09 pm

sickfish wrote:Got the Engine in today, what do you guys think of the colour?

Top Banana !!!!!Reminds me of something..

Trigger_Andy · Post by **Trigger_Andy** » Sun Sep 03, 06 1:32 am

Its a pain in the ass to make a set of Headers for a RHD Barracuda. I know, I build a one for the drivers side myself, Its that damn steering box and linkage that gets in the way. It took me about a week of tacking pipes in place and trying them out and then re tacking them to finally get it done but to be honest you are better off with fender well headers. In the end I guess I ended up with about a 1.5" tube for the exhaust gasses to pass through.!!

Nice work though, keep it up!!

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sun Sep 03, 06 10:59 am

Chassis exit headers can be done, Kev managed it without too much drama. Replacing that big ol' rag joint on the steering box with a Borgeson UJ will gain you some space, as would fitting the Australian filter adaptor to mount the filter up top, it fits a lot tighter to the block than that remote adaptor you have there. Another option would be the Aussie Pacemaker tri y headers which I think would bolt straight in.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sun Sep 03, 06 11:54 am

http://www.mopartalk.co.uk/mopartalk/vi ... sc&start=0

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 03, 06 4:13 pm

TonyO wrote:Never really looked or dug about trying to find the other Mopar sales. I guess someone in the MMA will have the Aussie numbers. Would be very intersting to find them out. Any ideas?

I have them

After all I am the Aussie Rep

I have a factory list of all 220 Chargers that came over. However there are no surviving lists of Station Wagons, Sedans or any of the other models. When Chrysler Aus was taken over by Mitsubishi in 81 they put everything in the skip. A few clued up employees rummaged and took out what they thought would be useful. So while they got the Chargers and cars of percieved high future value they didn't bother saving the more numerous records of the regular cars.

I hadn't thought of looking to the Gaydon museum for info, I'll try that link too. As far as UK records of these cars, there hasn't been much I could find so far. Warwick Wright didn't know anything about it, I even tried going to the company that owns Warwick Wright to see if they kept records. The Coventry Museum has a UK factory special Centura but claim to know nothing about it and know even less about the other Chryslers that came over.

However, Bob at American Auto Barn has been building a Right Hand Drive register for some years. There are all sorts in that.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 03, 06 5:06 pm

Hi James,

Maybe you ought to write to AMC magazine ? There is a thing in their editorial section of the most recent issue saying that (from memory) 'there were about 300 Chryslers sent to the UK, two of which were V8 Chargers'. 2/220 ... close.

I have written a couple of times to them but MattH had a letter published about a year ago.

All the best