The riddler ss/IA recently found

[bill dedman]

Back in the very early '70s I had a friend named Charlie Malyuke, who worked in the machine shop at Gary Ostrich's engine building faciliy in Nevada, IOWA. They did contract work for the Chrysler Corporation back when it apparently had plenty of money to do things "right."

I needed a cam for my 340 street racer (did I say THAT???), and told Charlie. He walked over to a shelf and pulled off a used 340 cam and said; "This one will pick your car up a bunch.


It did... about 3 car-lengths over the stock 340 cam.

It turned out to be the cam that was in the Winternationals-winning Coletti "Riddler."
Coletti had sent that Stocker engine to Gary Ostrich to have it converted to a Super Stocker, and now, it was the cam without a home... until Gary sold it to me. Sixty dollars with the original lifters, identified as to which lobes they were "married" to.. and a new set of 340 valve springs... such a deal!!! Three car lengths for sixty bucks!!!

My '64 Valiant 340 2-door, that was the recipient of that cam was the only car I ever owned that never lost a race (probably ran a scorching 12.80...), but you have to love a car that never lets you down... LOL! That was a Lunati grind called "The Riddler," I later found out.

Sold the whole car for $350.00 in 1980, when I moved to California. Yeah; I'm a genius, for sure...

[danspony]

BILL,those realy wher the good old days, I Can remember geting a tickit for drag racing in 1972 I lost my licencs and payed a small fine { my girll frind payed it now my wife and wont let me forget it ,i was broke } today you would be hung!! I later sold that car { 1968 gtx - engine } for 300.00 bucks, if you would have had a cristell ball . sorry about the typing i am not good at this but i am forced to move into the 80 s , DAN

[Myron Piatek]

Originally Posted by bill dedman

Back in the very early '70s I had a friend named Charlie Malyuke, who worked in the machine shop at Gary Ostrich's engine building faciliy in Nevada, IOWA. They did contract work for the Chrysler Corporation back when it apparently had plenty of money to do things "right."...

Bill,
Charlie Malyuke did a lot of work on the low deck Pro Stock Hemi's, didn't he? John Hagen perhaps? I seem to remember an article about 383 and/or 400 blocks being welded up for Hemi heads.

[Chris DeGidio]

There was a D/MP Duster that had the "Riddler" name in the same font as what has been posted.The driver was Jess Heitman.I think he's from Oregon.Saw a picture in the Hot Rod magazine Mopar special edition from a few years ago.

[Paul Ceasrine]

340 Info.
The Riddler III, is obviously the 340 Duster G/SA from 70'. There were
(3) paint schemes..Also, several wheel/mag changes on the car, and grille and tail-light changes to go from 70'-to-71', to utilize the Thermo-Quad carb, when deemed neccesary. I think the SS/IA car came into play in 72'. I'm not sure if the paint scheme had it Riddler IV, or it was just
lettered Riddler. More 70's magazine reading.
Danspony,,I'm not kidding, if I get the 'snubber', its yours..What am I
going to do with it.. as I said earlier,,my wife said 'no more fun',,I'm still in training!!!
Paul

[bigshow2966]

Originally Posted by Myron Piatek

Bill,
Charlie Malyuke did a lot of work on the low deck Pro Stock Hemi's, didn't he? John Hagen perhaps? I seem to remember an article about 383 and/or 400 blocks being welded up for Hemi heads.

I think Landy was involved in the 383 Hemi deal too. A guy on Moparts posted pictures of one a while back, when another one turned up on E-bay.

[Paul Ceasrine]

The 'Riddler II' was the same 68' Cuda that Pop Joe Coletti ran at the 68' Winternationals. E/SA class runner-up to Jim McFarland, in the 68'
340 Cuda (Sox & Martin car).
The son, Mark, ran the 'Riddler II' to the 69' Stock Eliminator Title at the
Winternationals.
Paul

[Hemi Moose]

Any new updates on the Coletti Duster you found, because I came across this old photo that shows "three" Coletti Riddler Dusters in the background behind Coletti's 71 Riddler 'Cuda...so which one is yours.

[bill dedman]

Originally Posted by bigshow2966

I think Landy was involved in the 383 Hemi deal too. A guy on Moparts posted pictures of one a while back, when another one turned up on E-bay.

Charlie built ten of thos low-deck Hemi blocks for Moparites...

John Hagen got one, Landy got one (at least one), Butch Leal got one for his strret-driven Arrow (!) and one went to a Canadian Comp racer with a A dragster, Wally Dyck, who set the A/D record with it... maybe more than once.

I don't think I ever knew who got the rest...

[bill dedman]

Originally Posted by Myron Piatek

Bill,
Charlie Malyuke did a lot of work on the low deck Pro Stock Hemi's, didn't he? John Hagen perhaps? I seem to remember an article about 383 and/or 400 blocks being welded up for Hemi heads.

Yes, Myron; John Hagen set the last Pro Stock (pre 500cid) mph record with one of those motor, and runner-upped in a squeaker, to Lee Shepard at Pomona II that year .

I believe that was 1981. It had enjoyed only ONE YEAR'S development time...

I wrote an article (photo-story) for Super Stock magazine about how that 383 Hemi was built. It was in the June 1980 issue, beginning on page 57. If you have any interest in this, and can't locate a copy, drop me an email at Billdedman@Hotmail.com and I'll send you a photocopy of that article.

Sorry this is so late in getting posted; this turbocharged slant six I'm trying to build has me distracted... LOL!