Re: '65 426 wedge

[Donald Gallimore <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>]

While I have mixed feelings, bet it was a big let down after all this time. Hope 
you held onto enough stuff to finish it out.
 
Akron Don Gallimore



----- Original Message ----
> From: Donnie Schanz Jr <dcs426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, October 22, 2010 8:30:13 PM
> Subject: Re: '65 426 wedge
> 
> 
> Thanks Don. Trust me on the throttle cable bracket. Junkman Jerry out of 
>Florida sold me a mint condition one for my 65 that was for a 4 
>speed...$175.00!!!!!!!! The automatic brackets were $85 bucks. I do not think 
>there is another to be had. I looked for years to find one and came up empty. I 
>too would assume the 361 and 383 would work.
> 
> On another note.The guy backed out of buying my 65, so I guess it is still a 
>future project. I really would have been sad to see it go.
> 
> Donnie
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Gallimore" <dongallimore@xxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: '65 426 wedge
> 
> 
> The other Don is correct. All that stuff is chrome. Note that the air cleaner
> is the unsilenced unit which means no snorkel and the carb plate is small so 
as
> to allow the air to come in from the bottom of the air cleaner unit (under the
> cover).
> 
> Good catch on the throttle cable bracket. That would seem to be true for a 361
> and 383, also. Others?
> 
> Akron Don Gallimore
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Donnie Schanz Jr <dcs426@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Fri, October 22, 2010 1:53:05 PM
> > Subject: Re: '65 426 wedge
> > 
> > 
> > The air cleaner, valve covers, breather and PCV cover were all chrome on a 
>426
> > wedge. Battery cables were black. Max Wedges covers were orange no matter 
>what
> > year. I will send a very clear photo of a highly detailed 426 in a 64 Savoy 
>for
> > you to look at. The only difference in on the street wedge engines was the
> > throttle cable bracket. It was different for a 4 speed then an auto. 
>Everything
> > else was the same and I never found any difference between 64 and 65 
neither.
> > Akron Don would know better , but I am pretty sure.
> > 
> > Donnie
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: <roofer90203@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 7:00 AM
> > Subject: '65 426 wedge
> > 
> > 
> > >
> > > Please tell me if the rocker covers (valve covers) on a '65 426 wedge > 
>were
> > chrome or the same turquoise paint as the engine. I think the air cleaner 
top
> > was chrome. What about the earlier max wedges? Were the rocker covers chromed 
>or
> > painted?
> > > I am redoing my '65 Coronet stroker from a race only look to something a > 
>lot
> > more subtle and streetable. Plans are to change the A990 single headlight 
>grill
> > and hood with scoop to stockers, keeping the mini-tubs and big tires, as well 
>as
> > the deep oil pan, but, I've already changed the headers to '68-'69 
manifolds,
> > repainted the engine the proper turquoise, and I am putting the battery back 
>to
> > the stock position under the hood and removing the remote battery switch 
from
> > the rear of the car. By the way, what color were the stock battery cables?
> > >
> > >
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