Hey guys, I have some news for you....
I received some documentation from the Oklahoma Tax Commission last week and contacted the original owner. We talked quite awhile and I asked him if he knew where the engine was. He said he had it swapped in 72 or 73 for a 440. He said let me try to find the guy that did the swap, he kept the block. He
called back later and gave me the guys name and number. I called him he said he put in a custom 78 ramcharger truck and told me who he sold it to. I called that gentleman but never heard back.
Anyway, I was at a Mopar event yesterday and came across a 6pak intake, 340 variety. My friend that was with me stopped and talked to the guy. We asked him where he got it and he said his friend, that has an AAR, also said his friend had a t/a block and intake that was complete. I asked him where he lived and he said Tulsa. I said do you know where your friend got his block? He said out of truck, I said a green ramcharger, he said I think so. He called the guy and got the number off of it, sure enough 308803, 4/6/1970..... So now what do I do? The engine is not in the AAR yet, but on a stand and wrapped up, was machined and painted 2 years ago. What would you do? I'm contemplating swapping him. His doesn't have a cam with it, so what would you guys do here? Purple cam? Roller cam? What have others done?
Kind of funny that the car made it all the way to Japan and the block has only gone 45 minutes from original owner's location. Also that my
dad searched for a block and found it in California, when the numbers matching block was right under his nose.....
Koby
