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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #100 on: August 24, 2009, 07:55:55 AM »
It would be worth a lot of money, especially if it had the 440 Six-Pack option.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #101 on: August 24, 2009, 08:31:49 PM »
A friend of mine from the neighborhood had a '70 Challenger with the 340. Kind of a metallic copper or brown with the same color interior and a brown vinyl roof. beautiful looking ride, and sounded wicked. He had it for about three months and rolled it in a corn field..........TOTALLED................Buck ::) :o :-\
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #102 on: August 25, 2009, 08:27:30 AM »
I had a friend in college that bought a new 68 Baracuda with the 383 and a 4 speed. It was a screamer.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #103 on: August 25, 2009, 12:55:27 PM »
The 383 was a darn fine engine. I had one in a Coronet 440, long ago.  In fact, it's one'a my favorites, just below the chevy small block V8's (307/ 327/350) that I've always loved.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #104 on: August 25, 2009, 07:06:33 PM »
It was a tough engine. The only Mopar I ever owned was a 74 New Yorker coupe with a 440. It ran pretty good for a big car.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #105 on: August 25, 2009, 09:16:33 PM »
I had a 71 Newport with a 383. Plenty of power.
I had a 77 Charger with a 400 after that. It was a dog compared ta the 383.

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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #106 on: August 26, 2009, 02:25:35 AM »
In 79, Mopar came out with a Police package Newport. I got issued my 79 in 80. It had a 360 4 barrel. In 80, they went back to the Gran Fury, which also had the 360. The 81 model had a 318 in it, it was a dog. They down-sized the Gran Fury in 82, but kept the 318. It was a dog. We drove them until 84, then I moved to the county. We had either Fords or Chevys.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #107 on: September 19, 2009, 10:47:38 AM »
And now an interesting video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CU-k0XmLUk&feature=player_embedded

Look it over, watch it a time or two, first saw it the thing surprised me how bad the 59 was tore up, figured the 09 passengers had a better chance than the un-belted ones in the 59, but expected it to fare better.  Thought about it and remembered something, not a true honest test, but they would need several more 59's to do it fully, see if you can figger out what they did to make it so bad.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #108 on: September 19, 2009, 11:19:04 AM »
The crash was offset and not straight headon.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #109 on: September 19, 2009, 11:46:45 AM »
The crash was offset and not straight headon.

Yep with that x frame (top frame in picture)



the way it was hit, the frame rail works like a big lever.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #110 on: September 19, 2009, 01:51:52 PM »
They should try that with an old twin I beam Ford an see what happens.  I think you would see some differnt results.  It'd be like a jackhammer goin through that new car.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #111 on: September 19, 2009, 01:58:31 PM »
They should try that with an old twin I beam Ford an see what happens.  I think you would see some differnt results.  It'd be like a jackhammer goin through that new car.

Would not go through it like happened to the 59, modern cars with they're crush zones and the less crushable passenger compartment are very safe and absorb the shock instead of transfering it to thepassengers.  Would far rather be in a wreck in one of them than any car built 30 years ago and more.

Today the car is more disposable as it should be, saves lives and keeps badly rebuilt wrecks off the road.
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« Reply #112 on: September 19, 2009, 02:10:59 PM »
I don't know about them new cars.  I was in heavy trafic in 35 zone an saw what happens when a PT cruiser hits a regular old stationary blue mail box.  Mail box did just fine, PT flung parts all over the road.  If they puts wheels and an engine in US Postal mail boxes I'd buy one.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #113 on: September 19, 2009, 02:33:35 PM »
I had a friend of mine build a meat smoker out of one of those old mail collection boxes. It was a good one. I don't know what ever happened to it after he passed away.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #114 on: September 19, 2009, 02:37:37 PM »
PT flung parts all over the road. 

The idea is not to have human parts all over the road, bet the folks in it walked away.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #115 on: September 19, 2009, 02:54:03 PM »
I'd rather be in my modern ford f-150. I'm relatively certain it'd take out anything smaller than a small tank.   ;D

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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #116 on: September 19, 2009, 03:24:37 PM »
I'd rather be in my modern ford f-150. I'm relatively certain it'd take out anything smaller than a small tank.   ;D



Well yes bigger is always better, but would take that 09 Chevy in a wreck that a much older large vehicle.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #117 on: September 19, 2009, 04:20:39 PM »
Hows about a DeSoto?  I'm sure you'll say no.  Deusenberg?  Alot of folks survived wrecks in both of them.
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Re: Horseless Carriages and Iron Ponies.
« Reply #118 on: September 19, 2009, 04:32:27 PM »
Leo, It makes me sick to think about wrecking a Doozie if I had one, not quite as sad if I have a DeSoto.  They made last one in 61.
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« Reply #119 on: September 19, 2009, 05:03:41 PM »
My great grandmother had a Doozie an that thing was a tank.  She used ta take us ta Bob's Big Boy in it fer burgers an real strawberry milkshakes.
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