Another of the old passenger side, next to the new one. I am holding the old one together for picture purposes

New one installed. No more distributor resting on fender

We think when the motor mount went, it caused the distributor to get knocked out of time. I ran out of time (no pun intended) to try and start her tonight.

Drivers side. No pics of it installed. Got too late

....and your MPG goal is going to be ?......

Hoping to get close to 30 MPG's. My buddy tim is trying to talk me into fuel injection. We shall see haha

YOU will need one of my ONE HALF a THERMOquad conversions !

.....and take a guess at what the BEST MPG I have ever heard of on a /6 A-body stick shift car ....

She runs

So after fiddling around a bit, turns out I was a tooth off on the timing set. Pulled the cover off, re did the timing, put new points and a newer coil on, and she fired

Of course we had previously pulled the plugs, oiled the cylinders, and hand cranked her over a few times.

She fired up, and was firing on all 6 cylinders. There was a light thump/tap that my buddy says could be a main.

NO smoke though

So now I am going to buy stuff to finish the front of the motor (water pump, thermostat and housing, belts/hoses) reason being, is now it'll be able to be moved around the shop under its own power assuming the trans is any good.

But I have a lead on a 225 that supposedly runs great and come with a working 904 that's going to get gone through and dropped in. But for now, it runs for the first time in 10+ years

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Definately is a 170...but what does the DW stand for?

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D - Series (model year) 1968

W - Windsor engine assembly plant

170 - 170 CU displacement

2239 - Engine final assembly date from the 10,000 day calendar - Sept 14, 1967 (1968 model year)

0332 - 332nd engine assembled at the plant above on the date above.

Since the car is a 1967 model then yes, someone swapped the engine.

Time to post some pics of getting her running.

Here is a comparison of the old points and the newer (new never installed) blue streak points. Not sure if the old points should look like that where the lobe rides haha

So not only were the points not opening enough, and not adjustable enough to get proper gap, they looked like they had been there since 67.

As compared to the new one. Supposedly, this lady drove this car into the junkyard where my friend Dennis bought it from. She supposedly drove it every day with the broken motor mounts, spark plug wires rubbed through onto the shock tower, and who knows what else. The points tell a different story though. No way this car ran with those old points.