and then they repeaded, "long live the king...." like a hallowed chant.... The 'Crooked 6' lives no more, and has been transformed onto a higher platform, but the legacy lives... For the king has 'planted his seeds', and there will be a new contender for the title, there will be battle's-a-plenty, and a few issues to deal with, but, bewarned, the junior is coming...the legacy lives... Mopar - us against them.... Cheers, Drewfus (Note - figuired that since the HA/GR world has gone quite, we need a kick in the pants...plus we've got our Aussie nostalgia drags in two weeks, so lots to be done and sorted ... )
When you go to the nostalgia race look for a fellow who runs a 62 righthand drive 409 Chev. He is from Sydney I believe, his last name is Taylor. Since I also have a 348 Chev I am on the 348-409 Forum and he gave me your site for the HA/GR in Australia. I have the dead kings carcass and am making a Frankenstien out of it by grafting a 321 cu.in GMC brain in it. Oh, if you see Chevy Taylor tell him Roy said Hey! Oh and don't race him because he goes in the 11.00's at about 119 mph. Roy
G'day Roy, I know the guy you're talking about, met him a few months back up in qld (he was staying at the same motel), nice guy, awesome car, small world. glad to know that the king will be weilding a cranky and dangerous sword, allas from a different empire. Look forward to seeing more of your build. Cheers, Drewfus
wow, the Crooked 6 junior is looking GREAT!!! Way to go. I don't know what you have done on the inside, but the Crooked 6 was coming on strong when I retired it. We ran a 13.39 and that was with me letting up at about 1000ft when I saw the win light on. You should be able to turn some really good numbers. I am excited to hear about your first passes.
Thanks, appreciate the support/guidance you've given. I'm looking forward to it as well, although I think I'll end up sitting this drags out (Dec 2) as I've still got alot of detail stuffing around and politics to deal with, but certainly hope to be racing early next year. we'll see... Cheers, Drewfus
WOW! What smooth words....I'm moved ........and the car looks GREAT.....you'll soon be known world wide as Big-Daddy-Jr ! Kick some ass Andrew !
Question for you Ron, at the moment the engine is fairly stock, I do have another head which will be shaved 80 thou, ported, and bigger valves/cam, but for the time being, this arrangement will get me rolling. Question is, carbs, do you have a reccommended suggestion for the current twin carb arrangment? the ones I was aiming to use have a 1&5/32" venturi, but a friend has suggested I go for the later units that are 1&7/32", your thoughts? Cheers, Drewfus
Drewfus........One word sums the car up pretty well.........WOW!!! Beautiful does not do justice to your creation, that is one great looking car. You guys have really set the bar high for us who follow, hope our car comes near your standards. Good job Mate!
Drewfus, If your going to run the car soon, connect a vacuum gauge to the intake plenum and let me know what it reads when your at full throttle crossing the finish line. That will tell me what I need to know. Ron
Ron, will do, but might take a while for me to get back to you at the moment.....maybe early next year at the current rate of progress...sadly. Cheers, Drewfus
Nice pipe organ to, it looks really nice, the Moble Horse adds to it. It is not finnished? The crooked six had a intake that looked like yours. The roadrunner, with a tired stock motor with a hooker 6 into 1 header and 4barrel intake running on the front barrels only, ran 94 MPH. compression highs 140 to lows 115, when all should be 150psi.
Not quite finished, need to tidy some details (wiring, finish steering arms & tie rod, sort out carb linkage/accelerator, mount my 28 radiator surround, bolt down water tank, and fit seat belt, gear shifter & battery). Getting closer, just need to tidy the details. This particular motor is a good mild runner, and I have another one spare which will be given some a 'bad dose of attitude', just gotta walk before I run...bit by bit..... Cheers, Drewfus
Aluminium, clamped to cage, then proceeded to bash it with soft hammer till I got the shape I wanted, and trimmed to suit. I had to press a dimple to clear my steering box, which took me a couple of attempts (I'm new at this), just made a plywood female die with a router, and a chunk of plate for the male shape, and stuck it in the press until I got the shape I needed. Cheers, Drewfus
Very nice ride! More pics! I just picked up a 170 /6 from a HAMB'er in Ohio as few weeks ago, and this is exactly what I had in mind. I do need to find a std tranny for it though.
Just a very brief update, After a bit of a pause on the car, it’s finally ready to see some action, with only a tech inspection, and a few petty issues like bleeding the brakes and a wheel alignment left to be done. Car starts, revs, idles, steers, and does basically everything it should. Its first big outing is this weekend, so, as a heads up, here we come….. dAnGeR, DaNgEr, here we come, Drewfus Note: a big Public thank you to moparsled for helping me with the intake, your efforts and assistance are greatly appreciated and haven't been forgotten, and will be repayed accordingly for your car...
Hi Drewfur, your car looks great, I bet that it will run like it looks. Welcome to the Slant 6 world, and have you done a burnout yet? Joe
Was a great feeling to fire up the engine and even better to hear it both idle well, and rev without hesitation or fart, my friend Jim rebuilt the carbs, and so far, so good. Not really, it's been raining here, so I'd probably call it more of a skid/slide up the street.... But I certainly hope to have some photo's of tyre smoke come Sunday night.... Cheers, Drewfus
VERY nice, mate! Well done and good luck on the weekend. And remember... if you snooze you lose! Stage shallow and leave early.
No, I'm taking it to Sydney tonight after work (yes, another sleepless night....running on empty) where the car will be looked over by a ANDRA tech inspector who we regularly deal with, and he'll deal with the log book/paperwork for me (as a favour, assuming it's up to standard) so I can race on Sunday. Cheers, Drewfus
Congratulations on a great looking car! Let us know how it runs and describe in detail your thoughts/feelings on your first run down the strip. Ron
that sucker's looking GREAT!!! looking forward to the report of the shakedown runs. I just hope that intake gets you where you want to go! Glad to see you using it.
Ahhh....good to see another MoPar convert. Make sure you give that Leaning Tower of Power a thorough caning for me man !! Well done !! Rat
Oooh gotta love ol' tilty!!! What manifold is that Andrew? My Father in law picked up one similar with carbs and linkages for his S series last year.
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