dennis degeneffe
Well-Known Member
Thanx to "for b bodies only" for the warm welcome. I made one post for an "intake wanted" and a nice discussion followed, its probably not done yet.
2 years ago I was elbow deep in grease and cow crap working with my 77 year old dad on his 1948 power wagon. I took a day off to go to the Iola car show/swap meet to see what I could scrounge up for the wagon. I didn't plan on it, but I came home with a "survivor" 1965 BelvedereII. The price was right,it was all there, including original 273 2bbl engine and auto transmission, even the paint and sun scourched roof are original. Ok, it had a burned out valve in number 3 cylinder and it had to be trailered. It is again running nicely, but most of my attention has been on the Power Wagon, which is now painted but needs plenty of wiring. Most of the wiring will be done by a brother of mine. So now back to the Belvedere, its got a ratty interior, the body has 3 dents and 3 small rust holes, all should be easy tasks for me, I consider myself lucky considering its age and where I live, most cars up here did not survive the first 15-20 years back then. The documents I recieved shows the original owner lived in California,Texas and N.Carolina. It was then sold to an owner in Wisconsin in 1999 and sat in storage waiting its turn to go drag racing, the owner thought it was too nice to cut up, then I came along! So now I get a chance to enjoy, restore and drive this car. Maybe this web site will be able to help me find some parts, such as a 4bbl intake for the 1965 273 ( mopar casting number 2465726 or edlebrock d4b) This is an oddball 1964-1965 only part because of the different head to intake bolt angle and bolt diameter. (In 1966 a change was made and it lasted the duration of the small block.) I will also be looking for headers and a new cam will be in the works as well. Once again thanx for the welcome and any help in scrounging up the parts would be awesome. Oh yeah, my Dad says hi to all youz guyz!
2 years ago I was elbow deep in grease and cow crap working with my 77 year old dad on his 1948 power wagon. I took a day off to go to the Iola car show/swap meet to see what I could scrounge up for the wagon. I didn't plan on it, but I came home with a "survivor" 1965 BelvedereII. The price was right,it was all there, including original 273 2bbl engine and auto transmission, even the paint and sun scourched roof are original. Ok, it had a burned out valve in number 3 cylinder and it had to be trailered. It is again running nicely, but most of my attention has been on the Power Wagon, which is now painted but needs plenty of wiring. Most of the wiring will be done by a brother of mine. So now back to the Belvedere, its got a ratty interior, the body has 3 dents and 3 small rust holes, all should be easy tasks for me, I consider myself lucky considering its age and where I live, most cars up here did not survive the first 15-20 years back then. The documents I recieved shows the original owner lived in California,Texas and N.Carolina. It was then sold to an owner in Wisconsin in 1999 and sat in storage waiting its turn to go drag racing, the owner thought it was too nice to cut up, then I came along! So now I get a chance to enjoy, restore and drive this car. Maybe this web site will be able to help me find some parts, such as a 4bbl intake for the 1965 273 ( mopar casting number 2465726 or edlebrock d4b) This is an oddball 1964-1965 only part because of the different head to intake bolt angle and bolt diameter. (In 1966 a change was made and it lasted the duration of the small block.) I will also be looking for headers and a new cam will be in the works as well. Once again thanx for the welcome and any help in scrounging up the parts would be awesome. Oh yeah, my Dad says hi to all youz guyz!
