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dave-r wrote:Where is your sense of adventure Drew?

Out in the Desert...........

It was sold to me by a Mopar Service shop in Japan, we went for a test drive while I was in Japan and it runs great, but still don't really want to put 1500 more miles on it. It will be trailered, it is in a warehouse (more pictures below) waiting for a ride....

All those are being imported? Grab that bus (or whatever it is in the bottom left of the middle photo too!!

Probably imported, exported, or being sold or moved domestically, not quite sure.

It's finally home! It arrived safely this morning....

One heck of a journey!!!

Pleased for you!

Nice very happy for you

Thank you to Ron of Sea and Air Experts, Inc. He did a great job helping me get this car back to the United States from Japan. I would highly recommend them to anyone wanting to ship anything in a container or RORO to or from anywhere!

A couple of videos about my T/A:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3dsZ7s ... r_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBhSu1jC ... r_embedded

Incredibly cool story. Congratulations, it looks great.

Congrats on having your dad's car back home! Nice story and made me smile

That's an excellent find and what a great journey to find and purchaser that car! Great job!
You must be very happy to be able to cruise around in that!

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

Get the swap if you can!!

I wouldn't use a MP cam.

I would use a modern cam with about the same or only very slightly more duration but more valve lift.

To be honest I would use a solid lifter cam if it were mine. But I guess for a restoration like this it would be better to keep it hydraulic.