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Old 11-08-2013, 11:56 PM   #171
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I believe that is a staggered front-end, not a 2% car.

Not uncommon back then......
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Old 11-09-2013, 03:40 PM   #172
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Ever seen an altered wheelbase stocker? It is. 1966 World Finals at Tulsa....Cool.

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Old 04-14-2015, 11:37 AM   #173
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On page 6, post number 59, Barnstorm posted a copy of an NHRA spec sheet for the 383/343 hp engine. Does anyone out there have a copy of an engine spec sheet from the late 60s/ early 70s?

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Old 04-14-2015, 03:43 PM   #174
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Oldie on the street now with mild 440...NOT for sale.
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Old 04-15-2015, 04:48 PM   #176
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Call me crazy but I think the 62 Plymouths are the best looking of the early b-bodies.
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Old 04-15-2015, 05:59 PM   #177
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Call me crazy but I think the 62 Plymouths are the best looking of the early b-bodies.
Bring a straight jacket for me to Bob cause I have to agree. They have very cool lines. The 65 Plymouths were always my favorite but the 62s have grown on me.

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Old 04-16-2015, 12:08 PM   #178
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Someone posted if anyone had seen a street version of the 383 343 package. Yes , I saw and tried (too long a story for here) to buy a 62 Dodge Coronet 500 in 1966 at Roney Dodge in Detroit, Mi, Car was 383 343 powered. Car was 100 percent original down to the spinner hubcaps and whitewall tires.Black with red int. Salesman was very knowledgeable and explained to my that the package was dealer installed and came with the car.(?) Car was a trade in from the original owner who bought the car at Roney. Only other dealer install package I have run across was for a 66 street hemi. (basically the 67 wo mods minus the scoop). Rumor also is that Chry built 6 1963 Dodges and or Plymouths with the 383 343 eng for reps to use while they decided if they would release them. Would be great to find a paper trail for this package.
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Someone posted if anyone had seen a street version of the 383 343 package. Yes , I saw and tried (too long a story for here) to buy a 62 Dodge Coronet 500 in 1966 at Roney Dodge in Detroit, Mi, Car was 383 343 powered. Car was 100 percent original down to the spinner hubcaps and whitewall tires.Black with red int. Salesman was very knowledgeable and explained to my that the package was dealer installed and came with the car.(?) Car was a trade in from the original owner who bought the car at Roney. Only other dealer install package I have run across was for a 66 street hemi. (basically the 67 wo mods minus the scoop). Rumor also is that Chry built 6 1963 Dodges and or Plymouths with the 383 343 eng for reps to use while they decided if they would release them. Would be great to find a paper trail for this package.

Mike,
Thanks - it may have been me. Near as I can gather, there were no FACTORY 383/343 cars, and since after late 1961, those dealer-packages were relegated to O/SS & then /FX classes, or so I thought.


For example, the Ford 390/401-6v was a dealer install so had to run in O/SS class. However, it DOES appear in today's stock class guide. Other examples of dealer-install were never legal in stock class AFAIK, like the 302/z28-8v, and the 1962 Nova 327-4bbl, which were dealer-packages but not factory. Seems like a double-standard to let the 383/343-8v in, but I figured, well, maybe it WAS factory (as in 50 or more factory & general public).
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