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California Flash UPDATE:

Looking to put engine in tomorrow; glass Monday night. coming right along.

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Impressive build. Thank you for sharing it here.

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Engine assemby in; Glass in. Many details seemingly every minute. These steel elephant ears are
just for the mock as after their final fitting was confirmed, the new aluminum ones are in machining.
Two weeks to go before unveiling at the Mopar Nationals in Columbus.

I am stating again that although I probably would have much preferred that the engine compartment
finish was in white and not satin black, this is the way the car was originally built. The general concensus
was that the black on factory cars was per Mr. Hoover, possibly to camouflage minor structure changes.
Obviously everyone didn't adhere to this (witness Sox & Martin).

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a) There's nothing like a 426 HEMI in the looks dept. The biggest, baddest, coolest-looking American engine ever produced as far as I'm concerned. Those big cylinder heads and beautifully sculpted valve covers are what give it its cool look.

b) Presumably you're talking about Sox & Martin's SS/A Barracuda (1974 era) because there's no need to camouflage anything in a Pro Stocker of that era in the engine compartment area.

c) The plus side of having your engine compartment painted semi-gloss aka "satin black" is the ease with which you can touch-up a scratch or scrape and blend it with surrounding paint unlike a glossy paint, as is very easy to do if you do any maintenance on the engine, especially when you pull the valve covers off to adjust valve lash.

Pete

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I love new toys!

(Note: These are only the mock-up motor plates. The "pretty ones" arrived from machining tonight)

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A few pictures of the Flash at Columbus.....Plus we hosted driver Butch Leal, Gil Kirk (The Rod Shop), Joe Pappas (Don Carlton Mopar Missile crew chief), Carrol Fink (SS/EA Hemi Cuda convertible), Greg Charney (Retired Chrysler Powertrain Engineer - 9-second street legal 68 Dart), Al Adam (Mopar Missile team member; invented the 069J torque converter), Tom Coddington (Mopar Missile team member & Original Ramcharger), Mike Kayrouz (Leal '65 SS/B) and Magrath Kean (Billy the Kid Stepp Demon).

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Joe Pappas, Tom Coddington, Al Adam, Butch Leal & Gil Kirk.
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