Old Race Parts and Pieces

James L Miller · 03-02-2012, 02:08 PM

He bought it at a swap meet in Florida. The casting date is 10-17-63. There are two articles that have been published on that block. One is in the Mopar Collectors Guide, the other was in Mopar Muscle magazine. We have a mutual friend, Stewart in Tampa, that used to hang out with the Mopar Missile crew back in the early 1970s. I was fortunate enough to be included in the early rounds of figuring out this block. The AAQA stood out for me. Bill Weertman thinks it was used for valvetrain testing as one of the head stud bosses cracked, making it useless for engine testing. Apparently the EXO marking also lends to the theory that it wasn't a running engine. I don't know if Hoover has seen the block, but the Missile gang usually makes it down for the Gators, so I'm sure Olfield has seen it and probably Joe Pappas. I got to meet those guys at the 2008 Hemi Reunion in Ohio thanks to Stewart.

03-02-2012, 02:08 PM	#11
James L Miller Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 494 Likes: 6 Liked 25 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Old Race Parts and Pieces He bought it at a swap meet in Florida. The casting date is 10-17-63. There are two articles that have been published on that block. One is in the Mopar Collectors Guide, the other was in Mopar Muscle magazine. We have a mutual friend, Stewart in Tampa, that used to hang out with the Mopar Missile crew back in the early 1970s. I was fortunate enough to be included in the early rounds of figuring out this block. The AAQA stood out for me. Bill Weertman thinks it was used for valvetrain testing as one of the head stud bosses cracked, making it useless for engine testing. Apparently the EXO marking also lends to the theory that it wasn't a running engine. I don't know if Hoover has seen the block, but the Missile gang usually makes it down for the Gators, so I'm sure Olfield has seen it and probably Joe Pappas. I got to meet those guys at the 2008 Hemi Reunion in Ohio thanks to Stewart. __________________ Mopar 2 Ya!