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Sure thing! It was a 64 426 wedge motor in place of the original 440-6, which was pulled for unknown reasons sometime after its rebuild in 1975. The original was stored in the basement in damp storage and the wrist pins rusted up. The motor had less than 3000 miles on it. I had it rebuilt again...

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and introduced themselves at carlisle. 75 mile round trip without one hiccup- it even keeps cool in 45 minute traffic at 95 degrees out! A lot of little things left to do, but I’m glad to have this V code 4 speed back on the road.

It runs! Here’s a quick clip of the break-in. I drove it 4-5 miles after. A lot of bugs to be worked out, but it runs strong.

Nothing like coming down to the wire! Heads are done and reassembled. Break-In Saturday!

Got the 6 pack set up assembled tonight. I bought this off a board member. Everything looks to be in good shape! I’ll throw it on after breaking in the engine. I posted another photo of the car getting transported to my friend/engine savior. More to come!

Added pressure to get done in time! This is the engine current state:

Absolutely am! I bought a set of carbs from this board. Reassembled the setup last week. I’ll be breaking the engine in with a 4 Barrell and torker intake to make sure everything goes smoothly.

Update: We had to go back into the motor and resize the valves. A cracked retainer saved us from hanging a valve and blowing this thing up. I registered the car in Mopar Carlisle under the barn finds class. Stop by and say hi!

It’s been a cold winter. Should be ready to fire up and break in Saturday.

Getting closer

Dropping it back in the car Sunday. The last time this 440 was in the charger was sometime in the 80s.

Spent 5 hours prepping and painting last night. Stood up a makeshift spray booth to keep the overspray centralized.

Hard to believe, right!? Original owner car, he daily drove it for years.

Thanks for the kind words and sharing of stories! It keeps me motivated to keep going. I am not sure why the H-pipe is separated. I just assumed that’s how TTI did them

It’s back!

More new parts arrived. Engine will be done Monday-Tuesday. Hopefully, it will fire up next weekend. I think I finished most of the small part restoration and have everything needed to put this thing completely back together. Also ran across another cool mopar this week. It’s real.

Finishing up trunk pan then full reassembly. The motor will be done next week. Some small part restoration done while waiting.