Re: 74 360 engine detail
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03/16/20 10:17 AM
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Is this original other than the changes that you mentioned? I am working on a b-body and looking for items like,color of Water pump bolts attaching power steering and alternator brackets, choke coil detail, any carb detail etc. etc. like I said earlier Scott Harms had excellent photos of a 71 but like everyone knows it seems when you get 72 and up the interest seems to fade off a bit particularly in the detail department. Thank You and if you could get a few shots on the front, top and sides of the engine it would be great!! Sorry, I have sold the car a few years ago, so don't have any other pics . . . . as for original, the original engine had been rebuilt (probably had 70k miles on the rebuild when I sold the car), so water pump had been changed, but all brackets were original, TQ was original, although I had rebuilt it a couple of times . . .
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Re: 74 360 engine detail
[Re: a12rag]
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03/16/20 04:59 PM
03/16/20 04:59 PM
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Here's a photo of the Carter TQ before installation. It's installed on the engine but has yet to be filled with gas.
Terry
Last edited by 71vert340; 03/16/20 05:00 PM.
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Re: 74 360 engine detail
[Re: 340cpe]
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03/24/20 11:23 AM
03/24/20 11:23 AM
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A12 I am assuming it is yes to the air cleaner, any help with the other questions I had in the previous post? Correct - air cleaner color. Uhh, my memory is too fuzzy to respond with any certainty to your questions . . . I am gonna go out on limb and say the water pump bolts were painted engine color, but the power steering pump bolts were black or black phospate??? Maybe someone else could chime in on this too . . . .
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Re: 74 360 engine detail
[Re: 340cpe]
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03/24/20 07:12 PM
03/24/20 07:12 PM
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This should help. Was a 73 340 Challenger that I had at one time. The exhaust manifolds were from a T/A, everything else is reasonably correct. The car was in a Challenger/Cuda book (Genat's) and a magazine.
'69 Hemi Charger 500, ‘70 U code Challenger R/T (These and a bunch others at www.dkowal426.com) P.J. O'Rouke: "The old car ran perfectly, right up until it didn't."
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Re: 74 360 engine detail
[Re: Kowal]
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03/24/20 07:22 PM
03/24/20 07:22 PM
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There are some pictures in the Jim Schild Challenger/Cuda book. The 74 yellow cuda in there was a stunning reference restoration when seen in person, out of Detroit at the time. I think it was written up in a magazine or two if you can find it, I saw it at the Mopar Nats...probably around 2010 or something like that. The 74 had the heat switch in the radiator, the catch bottle, etc and the pictures show that. There are 5 pretty good ones. Here is the car at Mecum... https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0115-203335/1974-plymouth-cuda/
Last edited by Kowal; 03/24/20 07:26 PM.
'69 Hemi Charger 500, ‘70 U code Challenger R/T (These and a bunch others at www.dkowal426.com) P.J. O'Rouke: "The old car ran perfectly, right up until it didn't."
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Re: 74 360 engine detail
[Re: Kowal]
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03/25/20 08:38 AM
03/25/20 08:38 AM
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That Cuda is an older OE restoration and has a few things that I don't think are correct but overall it's a nice representation. The booster looks like a Midland Ross and should be yellow/gold zinc plated. Some 74s came with a Bendix booster that is crimped together. Those were painted black. The standoff bracket that the electronic ignition box mounts to should also be yellow/gold zinc. The Challenger picture above has a couple things to look at as well. The dipstick handle color has been debated. Some years were black and not engine color. Not sure what 74 should be. Also, I don't believe that the negative cables were painted on the small blocks. It's hard to tell which booster style that Challenger has. If it has a Bendix, the black paint is correct. Also, I question the yellow/gold plating on the master cylinder cap. Everyone seems to finish them that way however, look at this picture of an original owner 73 Cuda. This picture was taken around 74. It shows a black dipstick handle and no zinc plating on the master cylinder cover.
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Re: 74 360 engine detail
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03/26/20 12:52 AM
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Here's a photo I found on the internet of what appears to be an untouched 74 Charger Rallye. This is how I remember my car being when I bought it in 1986. The brackets that are black had black headed bolts. On this engine, it looks like worm screw type clamps are used on radiator hoses instead of Corbin clamps, a typical replacement over the years. Terry
Last edited by 71vert340; 03/26/20 01:02 AM.
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