Maranda's 1967 Travel All

monte lauer said:
I got a good look at my donor motor and transmission today. It turns out that it is actually a ht (heavy duty) 413. I also got muddy and crawled under the motorhome, the transmission has the brake drum e-brake. All in all I think I made a nice score and the price couldn't have been better. :thumbsup:
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That motor is a prize dude!!! That sumbitch is the most rugged of all of the b's!!!!!

Did ya score the shift cable set or did the mh donor not have a cable shifter set into the dash??

We can deal with parking brake deal, maybe we keep it , maybe not.

Once buttercup's momma gits Rich post-tax season, she can snake a repop "long ram" set and that will make that motor complete!!!! Go here:

::: moparmax ::: cross ram chronicles - 02/01/08

And:

what is a max wedge? 1962, 1963 and 1964 dodge ram charger and plymouth super stock mopars

And:

the sonoramic commando plymouth engine of 1960-61

Does this motor have the "upswept" exhaust manifolds (rear dump) also?

Where's the pics???
 
monte lauer said:
chopped would be really cool, but it isn't going to happen. I do plan on lowering it a little. I imagine the engine swap will actually raise the front. :yikes:
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Yea, chopping a long body is a pile of metal work for sure. Still maybe we'll see on some day. Maybe the ihcs will do one in the near future. Saw an old school subdaddy that got a 3 inch chop. It was nice.:icon_heartbeat:
 
If 'randa leaves that ride out on the street very long, it might git the chop treatment in the middle of the night. I jist gotta find sumbody what can cut down the curved glass overnite so it can go back in before she wakes up!

It don't need the side winders, just board 'em up with masonite paneling and turn the rig into a luv-tunnel.

I know monte's got a pepboyz gold chain steering wheel hanging on the wall in the gayrage right now.
 
I took terry and ron to my top secret junk yard today, of course I had to blindfold them so they could not divulge the location to anyone. I made them swear on pain of death not to give out any details.

I wanted to test run the 413 to make sure it was a solid runner,
so with the help of terry and ron we hooked up the remote fuel system, got creative with the wiring and the engine fired just like expected. Now the motor and transmission will be pulled and put into storage to await the eventual transplant into the t-all.
 
Buttercup is alive!

After hooking up a stand alone fuel system and installing a fresh carb and a new set of points, buttercup roared to life. Nobody knows for sure how long it has been since it ran, but after a few minutes of it running with a stuck valve and blowing a pretty large amount of smoke, it settled down and smoothed out into a pretty steady idle. I also ran the transmission through the gears and it moved forward and back under it's own power.

So I need to install a new fuel sysytem, make sure everything is mechanically sound and drive it around to work out the bugs. Probably next fall I will swap out the drivetrain, until then maranda will be in charge of cleanup and beautification.
 
I have re-assembled my "oiler" kit after robbing some pieces for use on other projects.

It contains everything ya need to verify the valve train lubrication including a cut-down valve cover and a print copy of the instructions. Also a complete set of short pushrods for a 152/266/304 welded rocker assembly, and set of same for a 196/345/392. And...a completely re-conditioned nine stand welded rocker assembly.

A valve spring compressor that can be used with an "air hold" (not included) is in the box, along with a home-brew tool for compressing a single rocker arm/valve spring assembly so that an individual pushrod can be r&r'd without touching the rocker stand assembly or removing anything except the valve cover for access.

The other main tool in the box is a "lifter extractor" to be used if a single (or all) lifters need to be pulled out of their bores for replacement/inspection.

The oil pressure gauge includes the small adapter I fabbed to use to stick in the oil orifice in the cylinder head to verify oil delivery if the rocker shaft is plugged up with grunge.

I'm gonna leave this with ya since it looks like I'm not able to get away any time soon to come up and verify oiling myself. It will be at the club meeting Thursday nite.
 
michael mayben said:
I have re-assembled my "oiler" kit after robbing some pieces for use on other projects.

It contains everything ya need to verify the valve train lubrication including a cut-down valve cover and a print copy of the instructions. Also a complete set of short pushrods for a 152/266/304 welded rocker assembly, and set of same for a 196/345/392. And...a completely re-conditioned nine stand welded rocker assembly.

A valve spring compressor that can be used with an "air hold" (not included) is in the box, along with a home-brew tool for compressing a single rocker arm/valve spring assembly so that an individual pushrod can be r&r'd without touching the rocker stand assembly or removing anything except the valve cover for access.

The other main tool in the box is a "lifter extractor" to be used if a single (or all) lifters need to be pulled out of their bores for replacement/inspection.

The oil pressure gauge includes the small adapter I fabbed to use to stick in the oil orifice in the cylinder head to verify oil delivery if the rocker shaft is plugged up with grunge.

I'm gonna leave this with ya since it looks like I'm not able to get away any time soon to come up and verify oiling myself. It will be at the club meeting Thursday nite.
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10-4, copy that.

It might be awhile before I get to play with it myself. Ron's Scout is almost back together, then pink needs to get some love before "drag season", and then there is orange.

Thanks, and I will see you Thursday.
 
It has been a while since this thread has been updated.

Anything new here?

Pictures of it all cleaned up would be great!
 
marko said:
it has been a while since this thread has been updated.

Anything new here?

Pictures of it all cleaned up would be great!
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Mark, I have been collecting parts and that is all. When I have a few more parts, $$$, and time, it will get some love. :yesnod:
 
Been there, still there!

I have a '61 cadillac fleetwood 60-special that I purchased from the original owner's family. I drove it as a dd for several years until I met a deer one evening.

I have all of the parts to fix everything but now I have a 2-year old around the house that takes priority.

Story of my life--when I have time I don't have $$$, when I have $$$ I don't have the time. And right now, I don't have either.
 
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