Preparing to sell my original owner 72 Demon
Very nice car! I am a Demon lover myself. What do you have for specs on the engine/drivetrain? 10's is a stout number for the look of the car.
I prepared the following for an article in the local car club I belong to.
To begin, it is a one owner car bought by an Air Force veteran while serving in Viet Nam. All the original sales paperwork is included. It had a short life of just a couple years for street use. Then it became a bracket racing car called Little Hustler for about 10 years. Life got a little complicated so it then went into storage for about 25 years. In the mid 2000’s it saw daylight again and began to live again. A totally rust free body got stripped of all the racing lettering, decals, and old 72 paint and was repainted original color in a base clear. All striping was painted on instead of decals. The headliner and carpet was replaced due to age rot but all the rest of the interior is still in its original like new condition. Bucket seats, woodgrain console, and Tuff steering wheel are all original. No glass, chrome, front grille, or sheet metal has been replaced. The revival of the car started with removing anything that was not welded to the unibody. All surfaces were given a light sand blast, cold galvanized spray painted, and then coated with truck bed liner so there are no metal to metal surfaces to trap moisture and rust in the future.
To prepare for a well-built performance powertrain, the front “K” member was replaced with a Magnum Force tubular steel assembly that includes rack and pinion steering, coil over shocks, and Wilwood disc brakes. The rear end is set up with a Calvert Racing CalTrac traction bar system, sub-frame connectors, engine bay support bars, 3:91 SureGrip, and Wilwood disc brakes. Line locks are added for both front and rear brakes. A new stainless steel gas tank with an in the tank fuel pump and stainless steel fuel lines deliver the fuel. Three inch dual exhaust with an “X” cross over and throaty mufflers make this car sound like a big block.
The tranny has been built by the well-respected Circle D Transmission experts with high performance parts, reverse shift kit, trans cooler, and a billet 3200 stall speed converter.
A three row cross flow aluminum radiator and an oil cooler with two 1450cfm Spal fans keep this car around 190 degrees on the hottest days in Houston Texas traffic.
The best for last. Starting with a Mopar 340-R block, it begins with boring it a 100 over with a 379 stroke to produce approximately 404 cubic inches. A Bullet billet steel roller cam (305 duration / .552 Lift), Edelbrock aluminum heads with port work, stainless steel valves, beehive performance springs, and a nitrate double roller timing chain act as the heart for the motor. Forged steel “I” beam connecting rods with low profile Diamond hypereutectic pistons for 11.3:1 compression so you can run on premium pump gas. MSD 7A digital ignition and distributor with super coil provides the spark to handle the fuel coming from a Holley 850 double pumper spread bore. All bearings and piston walls have been Line to Line coated. Piston tops and cylinder head combustion chambers are ceramic coated. TTI two inch headers with PolyDyn coating help let the engine breathe easy and a vacuum pump keeps the crank case pressure under control.
So what’s missing that you might desire. Power steering, power brakes, A/C, and a heater/defroster.
