Mopar's NEW 340 Engine

theFightingFew · Jul 4, 2020

March 1968 Drag Strip Magazine. Found this in the bottom of a box at an indoor flea market today. Haven't opened it yet.

Happy 4th FABO

MoparMike1974 · Jul 4, 2020

Wanna sell it? I am a 340 nut.

theFightingFew · Jul 4, 2020

MoparMike1974 said:
Wanna sell it? I am a 340 nut

Yeah man, I'd be happy to pass it on. Figured someone on FABO would be in to it so I had to pick it up! I wouldn't mind giving it a gander... And I thought I'd post some images of the article for the community... So after that, if ya want it I'll PM ya for info.

RustyRatRod · Jul 4, 2020

I don't think I would open it at all. That's a really cool piece of history right there. Thanks for sharing it.

67Dart273 · Jul 4, 2020

I would. I'd read that thing till it was ragged LOL

tinman2 · Jul 5, 2020

Orange County International Raceway. I got to go there once in 1980... on a Saturday I believe it was. Just a weekly event but there was everything from funny cars on down. And I remember that unique tower. I read that it shut down in the early 1980s. Sad. Just looked it up and found this really good article from NHRA.
The rise and fall of Orange County Int'l Raceway
One thing I noticed about the front cover... rear tires smoking with front wheels in the air. Does this happen? I can understand a little residual smoke or was this an airbrushed photo?

theFightingFew · Jul 5, 2020

As promised here is the 340 write up. UNFORTUNATELY it looks like the previous owner sliced out page 23 which had some content. Seen referenced on page 54 - you can see the sliver of page 23 in the second photo on the right near the center binding. There must have been a sexy lady on page 24 that got posted up in someone's garage

When I get home from the shore I'll convert everything to a PDF for download and post it if anyone is interested.