Mini Starters on a Slant Six

@Craigcharlesjohnson
"Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"

"Oh, no, Bullwinkle, c'mon, now; do I really have to say it?

Yahbut, this time for sure, fer sher. I just remembered that many years ago, I sourced the needed 9-tooth, 25mm drive pinion to put a regular ol' normal ol' boring ol' mini starter on a pre-'67 Canadian Slant-6 car (or a U.S. '60-'61, etc). I've just dug through my archives and found the source, called them and confirmed they still have it. Ring IMI Performance in California on 562-907-9400 and tell them you need an
IMI-GT9/25. It's $15 and includes the retainer, spring, etc. Then just get a shelf-stock mini starter, replace its 10-tooth pinion with your new 9-tooth item, bolt it on, make the necessary changes to the starter circuit (add a starter relay) and go. Don't forget, you'll still need the correct stamped-steel starter "seal" (don't call it a "shim" or you'll get in dutch with god and Walter P. Chrysler) that goes between the starter and the bellhousing. The one for the direct-drive starter has a much bigger hole in it and won't work properly with the smaller nose on the new starter. The correct "seal" is the one used on a zillion Mopars with the Chrysler-built gear-reduction starter. If you don't find one locally, it's this piece.