Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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07/28/09 12:11 AM
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Scott,
My intake is the "Spring 71" version, with the hump on the runner.
I have been made aware of a local gentleman here in NJ who supposedly has a fairly unabused 71 hardtop, which I am told has an orange engine. I will advise on that in the near future. Also, I believe that there is a gentleman who is a Moparts member, whose name I believe is Morris, who resides in FL. I believe he is an actual original owner of a 71 340 Cuda. Perhaps he will see this and respond.
Other than Bill Sefton's car, of which I had received many photos directly from him a few years ago, there don't seem to be many 71's in any body style that are legitimately untouched, or close to it.
BR
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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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07/28/09 01:30 AM
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Most interesting!
The car I referenced in the last photos is 342575 (SPD same day, 3/30/71). One correction: It is EV2, not FE5. Sorry for the oversight. But it obviously has a blue engine. Does Mike's car have Windsor or Mound Road engine? Does the right side valve cover have a wire trough? (342575 was sold several years ago. I know who bought it, but he resold it immediately, and I do not know where it is now.)
Another tidbit: In my archive photos, the door sticker on 342575 shows 4-71. My car, built a day later, shows 3-71.
My engine in 344342 (3/31/71) is a Mound Road engine (Code GM on the block).
Chet Greenwood informed me that his convertible, 332846 (3/19/71) originally had a blue engine. I believe he repainted it orange during restoration.
Please excuse the silver paint.
BR
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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: ademon]
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07/28/09 07:13 AM
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"right angle oil filter adapter MAY be an A-Body thing (I had that setup in my 71 340 Duster" My 71 Duster is a July 9th build date, blue engine and has the right angle oil adapter.
1971 Sassy Grass Green Duster 340 2006 Charger Daytona GoMango
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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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07/28/09 08:58 AM
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The only touch ups here were: Redone air cleaner new battery cables. other than that nothing else was changed. The valve covers were the original removed a week after purchase of the car when new they still have the original paint on them. This car is great for the fine details Scott.
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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: moparo]
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07/28/09 09:48 AM
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The only touch ups here were: Redone air cleaner new battery cables. other than that nothing else was changed. The valve covers were the original removed a week after purchase of the car when new they still have the original paint on them. This car is great for the fine details Scott.
moparo,
Don't get me wrong, not picking on your car/engine, it looks fantastic. However that looks like blue paint overspray on the upper rad hose, back of the alternator, assosiated wiring harness, and throttle return spring? If so that isn't original.
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Re: Detailed stock 71 340 engine pics needed
[Re: ScottSmith_Harms]
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07/28/09 11:03 AM
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Another angle, this is a column shift automatic car SPD first week of October 1970 at the Hamtramck plant
This engine in this picture also appears to have been manipulated a bit. Notice the by pass hose. The paint density is not consistent with the intake port that it is directly connected to. It shows an impossible paint pattern for two pieces that were supposedly painted together. The hose has a thin over spray look to it while the intake is heavily covered. Paint on rubber does not wear off or thin out over time. It would have either flaked or chipped off. The picture of the blue survivor engine that is posted earlier in this thread conveys the correct look that the hose would have exhibited if it was painted on the engine. -Clamps have been changed however.-
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