"Gee, why sales so slow ?"

Not to mention a joke or two about the china walls...

Exactly.

Here's one way to put it in perspective. The final year I was married, I had to move my wagon ('73 for those who don't remember) out of the garage and park it in the driveway. This was also shortly after I bought my ratty '93 Dakota. In the 9 months the wagon sat outside (and overall condition looked MUCH better than the Dakota) I had several people stop and ask about the Dakota, but not one regarding the wagon. Since then, I've even found a note on my Dak asking if I wanted to sell.

When I sold it last year, I didn't have the time (or desire) to wait for the 'right' buyer. Time and time again I got the comment 'if only it wasn't a '73' or 'too bad it's not a '71 or '72'. I had a lot of extra parts, crash parts if you will as I had initially planned to build it to daily/travel in (but life kept getting in the way). It came down to first person to offer cash. On one hand, I got less than I wanted (in light of all the extra parts) but I got more than scrap value.

Annoyingly, I think the person bought it just for the engines (440 and 400) and the 8 3/4 axles as not too long after selling it, parts from my stash and my wagon started showing up on FB. If the ads are to be believed, the person sold the extra set of fenders I had for slightly more than half of what he paid me for everything (when I tried to sell them off, I got zero offers).

Sorry for the ramble, I guess what I'm trying to say is that unless the '74 is big block and extra minty, you'll have an easier time selling the '72. To use one to fix the other, too much is different. The '72 would be easier to buy chassis parts for but to the best of my knowledge no one makes any sheet metal for either one and good luck finding weather stripping.

it was at Street Outlaws at joilet a few years back

What brand "green" bearing are you buying that don't have the outer snap ring, travel limiting O rings?
I've never had to remove anything from any of the rear ends, 8 3/4 or Dana 60 that I converted to the green axles bearings

That Indy tire debacle race was worse than that. Some teams had cars that ran well for 15-20 laps. Others had a hard time going 12. They were throwing cautions right at the window, 10-12 laps, where the 48 fell of fast. The 99 was set up and could run more laps before the tire let go. The last segment of the race, less than 12 active race speed laps, coincidence. Not a fricken chance. If you know what you got and the tire letrs go in 13 laps you better be pitting before that, if you can go 15-20, then you have an advantage which is what racing should be about. More shenanigans and manipulation from the brass at Na$crap.

Nascrap is a chevy/gm show the last 40 years.

Thanks for the update OUTLAWSSAA! I was just curious about it. It's one of the cars that hasn't been seen out anywhere I guess.

I kept all my old magazines w/ pics of the KOS cars. There's a good wheelie pic of Rob's bee in the 727 rebuild book I have.

Thank you, I watched a vidio and it showed the exp valve inside the dash, ugg. Why in dash and not under hood?! I’ll do what you said and might try the flush kit too.

This would be a good point to be sure the egr valve is not leaking. A removal and cleaning the carbon off the surfaces may help a lot. Over the years, faulty egr valves have caused a lot of stumbles and hesitations. If they are leaking exhaust into the intake when its not suppose to be is a pretty regular occurrence. Worn stems in the egr valve tend to cause a vacuum leak as well.

We are all assuming you have inspected all the vacuum hoses to be sure none of them are faulty, correct?

As far as my help, its been 30+ years for both me and 50 years of wear for the car, since I've dealt with this stuff. This thread is like going down memory lane for me.

Thanks guys!
Sorry for my ugly [censored] in the pic.

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Good thru 8/23/24

The 7th photo of the unrestored car (right rear angle) illustrates the gloss level I recall.

I question that. So that would imply their trans handles less torque input in the lower gears then the upper gears? The engine puts out the same torque normally no matter what gear it is connected to. What does change is the cars grip as speed increases mainly due to DF referencing all the benefits mentioned in the video about the large efficient rear wing. This impressive car only has so much traction at low speed no matter who the driver is, that solution is normally called traction control?