Re: Need help identifiying 340 block
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03/07/15 10:30 PM
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C22 "Scheduled Production Date" - Friday before Christmas 1967 (12/22/67) a known B'cuda at 8B239678 -your 340 block at 8B239741 * anyone know a Barracuda or Dart between 239678 & 239849? & a Dodge Dart at 8B239849 where's that 0262 casting number?
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Re: Need help identifiying 340 block
[Re: 340swing]
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03/07/15 11:02 PM
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68 340 should be what color? I will send it out and have it checked, see if its any good. bores are ok some pitting will need a bore probably.
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Re: Need help identifiying 340 block
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03/07/15 11:13 PM
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P8B203175 SPD-B14 (Tuesday, November 14, 1967) P8B239741 SPD-C22 (Friday, December 22, 1967)
36,566+ assigned VINs in ~27 UAW working days (~1,400 cars per day) out of two shifts on each of two assembly lines at the Hamtramck, Michigan plant.
These VINs would be Barracudas, Chargers, Darts, & Valiants.
"They" assembled 45,412 1968 model year Barracudas between July 31, 1967 & July 12, 1968.
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Re: Need help identifiying 340 block
[Re: 340swing]
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03/08/15 11:50 AM
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In '68, 340's would have only come from the factory in Formula S Barracudas or Dart GTS. I'm not aware the factory ever slipped a 340 into a Valiant or a Charger that year (& that's not what Dan was saying).
Last edited by GO_Fish; 03/08/15 11:57 AM.
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68 360 rusty B'cuda 'vert (GO Fish)13.59@ 98.72 mph
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