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Offline Twisted73

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mopar or no car!
« on: July 22, 2012 - 08:32:02 AM »
Proud owner of a 1973 340 Cuda, grew up with mopars as our family cars from hemis all the way down the line.




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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2012 - 08:45:17 AM »
Welcome to the board  :wave:
Wade  73 Rallye 340..'77 Millennium Falcon...13 R/T Classic   Huntsville, AL
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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2012 - 01:26:05 PM »
Welcome to CC, you should attach some pictures of your ride :)!
1970 Challenger SE - in the shop for metal work.
1970 'Cuda AAR - driving till the Chally gets back.


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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2012 - 11:26:09 AM »
The car in my avatar is mine. Its a 73 that is supposed to be triple black, went with Lemon Twist for now so I can have some fun with it. Engine specs are:  The block is a 73, It has a 69 340 forged crank and rods, KB pistons, 9.5:1 compression, mopar purple shaft cam, .484 lift, 284 duration, heads have the 2.02 intake/1.60 exhaust valves. It also has the good vintage LD340 intake. It will certainly lay you back in the seat.... :) I have owned the car for 16 years and it has been like this for about 4-5 years. I drive it on the weekends, never in the rain and have won several car shows with it including a couple of best of class trophies. It isn't perfect and it is a car that I drive a lot. It has embarrassed its share of mustangs, camaros, chevelles, and corvettes of various years as it is putting 435HP on the ground at the rear tires. Dyno results dont lie... :)  Anyway, love this site and hope to make a lot of new Mopar friends! Now hopefully I can find a definitive answer to how many true Cudas had the buckets with column shift automatic trans.....
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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2012 - 11:31:48 AM »
Welcome! :wave:
Brad
1970 Challenger 451stroker/4L60 auto OD
Barrie,Ontario,Canada
Proud to own one of the best cars ever made!!!!!

My restoration thread 
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=59072.0
 My handling upgrade post
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=73985.0

Offline moparmaniac59

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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2012 - 11:42:57 AM »
Welcome to CC.com. Sounds like on stout 340! Some pics of that beauty would be great!  :picture:




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Offline Twisted73

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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2012 - 01:10:04 PM »
Tried to put up a pic of the engine but it is only allowing my 300kb for pic size. It would be too small to see if I posted one that small.... :(

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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2012 - 07:25:45 PM »
Tried to put up a pic of the engine but it is only allowing my 300kb for pic size. It would be too small to see if I posted one that small.... :(

Try uploading them to photobucket then post them here.
Brad
1970 Challenger 451stroker/4L60 auto OD
Barrie,Ontario,Canada
Proud to own one of the best cars ever made!!!!!

My restoration thread 
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=59072.0
 My handling upgrade post
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=73985.0

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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2012 - 10:58:07 PM »
Welcome to the site!  :wave:

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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2012 - 09:40:27 AM »
I will check the photobucket thing out, thanks! Thats a free service?

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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2012 - 07:48:59 AM »
I will check the photobucket thing out, thanks! Thats a free service?


Yep it's free!  :2thumbs: Check out this post.
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=70049.0
Brad
1970 Challenger 451stroker/4L60 auto OD
Barrie,Ontario,Canada
Proud to own one of the best cars ever made!!!!!

My restoration thread 
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=59072.0
 My handling upgrade post
http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=73985.0

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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2012 - 12:19:01 PM »
Welcome!  Love the color.  I had a 70' Road Runner in Lemon Twist way back when.  I hope you can post some pics soon.

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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2012 - 09:40:32 AM »
My wifes & my car










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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2012 - 09:48:19 AM »
Welcome aboard....    :wave:
Ken  --  In Georgia

MOPAR-------"Built To Run------Here To Stay"

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Re: mopar or no car!
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2012 - 11:39:30 AM »
Nice looking cars!  340 cubes and 435 at the pavement?  Welcome!
Jason