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67 belvedere 1

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so it's time to get this funny looking belvedere running. After thinking about what I want from the car and what I want the car to do for me, I made a very unconventional engine choice.

So let me back up a little. This car came into my life on 8/9/2018. At first i thought I was going with a 440/727 out of a friend's GTX, who swapped the GTX to a 472 HEMI.

The 440 ended up going to another GTX through a series of events that would be going way off topic.

So back to the ranch, the belvedere is just sitting and getting covered in weeds every summer until now that I'm felling really guilty about it just sitting.

So on fabo I saw a thread where a guy has a slant six duster that he is swapping to the latest generation HEMI. So i pm him and asked what he is going to do with the slant and he says "come get it before it gets scrapped".

So i get it thinking I'm going to put it in my 72 swinger.

So back in the garage I'm staring at this free slant and thinking about how much I like slants and suddenly the idea comes to me:
The belvedere still has the original slant k frame in it because it was a slant six car originally. So why not a slant powered B body.

So i start searching the shed and I found the b body slant six motor mounts.

So coming together is a 67 belvedere 1 with a 225 slant six and an 833 OD transmission.

I'm not sure if the A body oil pan will fit in the b body but I'm guessing it will but I'm going to do some measuring this weekend to verify. I went through this before with a 63 valiant when I learned the hard way that A bodies have several different slant six oil pans and not all interchange.

So here's to the start of an odd ball B body.
I'm going to try the slant six because after thinking about what I want the car to do for me, I really think it can accomplish this goal with a slant six because i want a reliable car that can be a mileage collector and be very different from the crowd.

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I have a 67 /6 Belvedere II parts car, still mostly complete under the hood and engine still there, but more than likely stuck. If you need something, let me know.
 
I'm not a huge fan of slant sixes but they are growing on me. I respect this FAR more than when people swap Chevy engines into Mopars.
The way I see it, Chevrolet only builds stuff that is cheaper, not better.
 
you can have fun with a slant that you can't have with any other engine.

They are not powerful and not even the best option for fuel economy but they are fun and I am addicted to the sounds they make.

I have a lot of experience with slants, but this will be the first time i have one that's not in an A body. These engines and A bodies go together like Chrome on hubcaps so changing it up and trying a b body and a slant is going to be fun, at least for me.
 
The Slant six is a legendary engine for the durability. Most Mopar guys that I have met have had some car that had one. We all have stories about them.
In 1995, I bought a 73 Dart from a buddy for $78. It was a 2 door with a slanty that had a rod knock. I could remove the plug wire to the offending cylinder and you could barely hear the knock. With the plug wire back on, the idle increased a little but then the "rock on a steel can" knocking was L O U D.
I went to the Pick-N-Pull yards and found a few cars with slanty mills. I did my usual inspection....Check the plugs, pull the valve cover and look for sludge then pull the oil pan and check a few rod and main bearings. One engine looked like a jewel....really clean and cared for.
My brother and I swapped the engine in, filled it with oil and fired it up. It knocked too. I was pissed....THEN I remembered that I forgot to torque the rod and main caps after checking the condition of the bearings.
Once all was tightened up, it was as quiet as can be. Chad drove it for about a year then sold it to buy a 78 Monte Carlo....Ugh.

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I like your "different is cool" approach. Not all classic cars need to be high horsepower, fire breathing brutes. The main goal is to have fun, and you can have lots of fun driving this around and to local shows. I would stop and check out the engine compartment longer than I would one with a 440!

Good luck with the build!

Hawk
 
Got a lot of work done today, I got the engine in but the passenger side is sitting on a wood block because I don't have the rubber portion of the mount yet (on order) .

I wanted to verify the A body oil pan would fit. I had a lot of reason to believe it would but I learned the hard way that several slant six oil pans were made over the years for different vehicle lines.

The A body pan fits and everything fits so far.
The engine will come out again for overhaul and repaint to the correct 67 color and get a correct for 67 valve cover and air cleaner. I am going to deviate a little and put a 2 bbl. On it.

I absolutely love the 60s simplicity and room to work.

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I like using original parts so I dressed it up a bit with some extra cost (when new) deluxe wheel covers.

I think these are going permanent because I dig the grandma car look and that's exactly what I wanted

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I'm going to upgrade the one barrel with this hot rod maker.

Probably use a 318 carb because I don't need kick down linkage.

Probably end up with a 67 318 air cleaner as well

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I thought I had an 833 od but now I'm being told it came out of a 70 challenger so it will be interesting to see what's inside when I take it apart for rebuild.

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I had a 67 Belvedere 1. Original slant car. I personally liked it a ton better when I put a 440 in it. I was a kid then, 19. My buddy still has it. Original paint!

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Nice progress on the car!

Yeah, I'm digging the starter access. I don't have that with my headers and big block in my Road Runner! :rolleyes:
 
I like the route you're taking. I've been slowly working on my '63 4dr Dodge 330 225 slant powered car for around 10+ years. The engine has all sorts of cool goodies inside and out!

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