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8 days away!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Didn't mean they sound like 6 cylinders....I meant they don't sound as good as old V8's if you compare both with loud exhaust. They just have a weird sound when they have loud exhaust.

If you haven't already asked the seller about the driveshaft, look in the car to see if it is laying inside. If it isn't, the best thing to do is just measure. One thing to check, is to see if the 8 3/4 has a big or small yoke on the pinion. If it has the big one, and yours is the small one on...

Link to Moparts.com Small block for sale section. Scroll down to the bottom and there was a 340/727 combo listed today for $1500....and it's in CA. Says ran when pulled, but tired...

The Gen 3 Hemis don't sound much better than the V6 cars when they have loud exhaust. I hear them on the interstate about a half mile from my house making noise at night. They have a distinct sound and it ain't pleasant! That was the main reason I ditched the 5.7 Hemi swap for my 70 Duster and...

$75.00 ain't bad, even with the little rust place and the Harley floor mats! :rofl:

Wow, what nice ladies. One was kind enough to give directions and her friend was directing traffic to keep someone from hitting the poor lost gentleman's truck. Hard to find gals like that anymore! :lol:

I'd love to have an Orange Cougar Eliminator. A guy I went to high school with had one. It had a 428 Cobra Jet engine....not sure if it came in it or not.

He said in post #4 that the engine has hollow push rods. I'd say his shafts and rockers are just fine because they were oiling thru the push rods. It will obviously have the AMC style lifters. It's been decades since Mopar and AMC lifters were different. They all have the hole in the plunger now.

Changing it in the car is no big deal if needed. Just jack the front end up as high as you can get it so the gear lube runs away from the pinion seal. I always mark the nut and the pinion at the same spot, and then line those marks back up when I put it back together. Never had one leak or whine...

Yeah, just do them one at a time and it will be fine. :thumbsup:

That will look great. If you want to show out a little, tape off the backside of the tailgate letters and do them in white! :poke: :eek:

Looking good! I remember seeing that car on Craigslist several years ago. If you haven't already done so, put a new pinion seal in it before you fill the rearend with gear lube. The last one I swapped in while doing basically the same thing you are went to dripping after it had been retired for...

Are you going with full white panel with white letters, or orange letters in the white? I can't decide which would be a bigger pain in the *** to tape.....the insides of the letters, or the outsides!?!? I think I'll go with inside...lol. Fine line tape and then tape the rest to that.

While you have the shafts out swapping them, check the bottoms to see if they are worn. They really shouldn't be since they were getting oil. Unless the bottoms of the shafts and rockers are worn, I'd just put them back in right and send em! If your intake is still off, be sure to put thread...