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Posted: Tue Jan 11, 11 8:46 am
by Dave-R
Jeff wrote:Just waiting for all the details..... It is slap bang in the middle of Utah. That is real bible belt country!
It is also prime Vanishing Point country. Half the film was made there.

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 11 4:08 pm
by Jeff
Another pic from September.....
Posted: Thu May 12, 11 6:41 pm
by Jeff
Bit of a reality check on this I think.....
No money, but at least I have it.
I think this car will pretty much stay as it is, I will just keep it as a cruiser. Go to the shows and meets and just put some miles on it.
Billy got it out of storage, cleaned it all up. A few little problems, over the winter it has leaked some trans fluid. I will change the pan gasket, hopefully that will sort it.
Engine has developed a noise! It is a strange noise, so I need to find out what that is. It runs great though, so smooth!
So I think, I may just put a nice ICE system in, and perhaps change the wheels. Just to give it a slightly modded look. Then carry on with some airbrushing on it. Not a lot. I have permission to use any Roth material from his widow. So I guess "Finky" will still go on there somewhere.
I would love to put a dual exhaust system on there to give it a nice sound, but TTI are the only suppliers of headers. TOO expensive for my pocket at the moment. So may have to look at another option there.
Posted: Thu May 12, 11 6:45 pm
by Pete
If you plan to keep it in the short term then that makes sense - keep it as standard and low profile as possible to avoid minimizing your re-sale opportunities later on.
I thought there were "Tri-Y" headers out there for Polys????
Posted: Thu May 12, 11 11:01 pm
by TYREMAN
Dave wrote:Jeff wrote:Just waiting for all the details..... It is slap bang in the middle of Utah. That is real bible belt country!
It is also prime Vanishing Point country. Half the film was made there.

No porn or Booze allowed?

Posted: Fri May 13, 11 6:21 am
by Bryan
i love your car jeff, its just right, leave those wheels alone mate, they look the biz in my opinion.

Posted: Fri May 13, 11 9:54 am
by RobTwin
Bryan wrote:i love your car jeff, its just right, leave those wheels alone mate, they look the biz in my opinion.

+1
But you knew I'd say that

Posted: Fri May 13, 11 1:19 pm
by Dave81
Lovely looking car Jeff.
I'd be proud to own that (even a 4 door)!
What kind of difference in feel does the Poly engine have over a normal 318??
Posted: Fri May 13, 11 1:58 pm
by Jeff
Don't know really Dave.... Only had 2 318's in the past, one was on a stand, the other was toast!
Posted: Fri May 13, 11 2:45 pm
by Pete
A Poly ("A") is a very heavy boat anchor, as opposed to being a medium weight boat anchor.
Physically quite big with some interchangeable parts with an "LA" (Light "A") 318 - 360 series.
Finding a bit more favour now as you can put cast stroker cranks in them and over-bore then an amazing amount to make a quite big-inch motor. Tuning parts are hard to come by.
The heads were known as semi-hemi (Hence the "Poly" - Polyshperic) and quite advanced thinking, some of which has been copied on the latest production hemis.
Very forgiving motors that seem to last forever.
Posted: Sat May 21, 11 4:13 am
by Jeff
Finally! Got to go out in the Fury this evening... Drove to a local cruise. Great turnout, about 120 cars. Met another Mopar owner, he has about 8! He was with his 18 year old son, in his sons Duster.
Looking forward to seeing his shop real soon. Summer looks like it has finally arrived. Another cruise tomorrow night.
Posted: Sat May 21, 11 9:33 am
by Charger
Jeff wrote:Drove to a local cruise. Great turnout, about 120 cars
what no pics?? come on Jeff, chop chop, get some pics up

Posted: Sat May 21, 11 3:26 pm
by Jeff
Couldn't be arsed with a camera!
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 11 3:24 pm
by Jeff
6 of us in it friday night at the local cruise! That was fun, then off to a local eatery for burgers and beer!
All 6 of us are off the the drive in one evening as well!
Found the build sheet too! And all the factory seat tags. This car would make such a good resto project. I can't be arsed!
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 11 12:41 am
by Jeff
Got the paint and brushes out today!
