Little help ID-ing this 340 wedge
Is that in Missoula?
Not a 340 car. Slant six.
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Yes it is, on Reserve St. I'm guessing you either looked at it or seen the AD in a paper.
I asked him a lot of questions, the biggest red flag of all is he refused to start it up so I could hear it and some wires under the dash seem to have came loose... perhaps it doesn't even start. It took some talking to even get him to let me look under the hood and inside the car, he wanted me to look at other cars first I don't know why...
When I popped the hood you can clearly tell that the PO put some dough into it. New brakes, A arms replaced (I could tell) K member welded which I thought it was a swap. Skinnies on front psuedo-slicks on rear tells me it was a hobbist weekend racer. Air cleaner badges it a 340. I really do think it is a legit 340 swap as for the heads being wedge I didnt look too much... was mostly dazzled by the houndstooth interior which I'm a sucker for....
So it's not a real 340 wedge. Gotta love car dealers who buy classics at auctions and can't tell you a single thing about it. Too much Barret Jackson amirite? There's a lot of 'fakes' around here like a 1970 dart swinger out by the airport. I ask the guy how fresh the engine is, is it matching etc..... when it looks like a mix-match hobbist rebadge.
Either way I love the car, but this information may give me some 'wedge' on his price along with NADA since they seem to like it so much. I'd say the car's worth 7 grand if it was slant 6 alone, since it has nice upgrade parts and a swapped engine..... ballpark figures cause he can't tell me how fresh it is :( But thanks guys, mopar folks gotta stick together!