Hello, new member here (not new to Mopars though.)
Thoughts, opinions, what to watch for with slant 6 C bodies? I've had slant 6 trucks. Is a slant 6 C body similar in performance? Going to go and look at one tomorrow. It is a 1966 Plymouth Fury 4 door sedan. Best part is, IT IS CHEAP! !thumb
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A friend had two 65 Polaras with /6. The trans end of the driveshaft had a ball and trunion joint instead of a U-joint. I remember him saying that repair parts are not available if it needed replacement. I think I saw a conversion kit to change it to a U-joint advertised recently, but I don't know much about it.
!welcome Learned to drive in Dad's 67 /6 Polara so I've got a soft spot for them. As expected acceleration was weak but in every other respect the car was great. If you care for the the motors they are durable. Good luck and let us know how you make out. <span class='smallblacktext'>[ Edited Fri Sep 25 2009, 11:01PM ]</span>
Mike66Chryslers wrote ... A friend had two 65 Polaras with /6. The trans end of the driveshaft had a ball and trunion joint instead of a U-joint. I remember him saying that repair parts are not available if it needed replacement. I think I saw a conversion kit to change it to a U-joint advertised recently, but I don't know much about it.
That is interesting and something I was unaware of. Thanks for the tip.
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I just remembered another peculiarity of the /6. The exhaust manifold tends to crack because the runners are so long. I think they fixed this in later ones by changing the casting. My friend's car was really loud when started cold, but the cracks sealed themselves as the engine heated up and the cast iron expanded. He had another manifold off a newer engine but never got around to changing it.
If you go to see the car and the seller has already had it running so the engine is warm, that might be the reason.
Mike66Chryslers wrote ... I just remembered another peculiarity of the /6. The exhaust manifold tends to crack because the runners are so long. I think they fixed this in later ones by changing the casting. My friend's car was really loud when started cold, but the cracks sealed themselves as the engine heated up and the cast iron expanded. He had another manifold off a newer engine but never got around to changing it.
If you go to see the car and the seller has already had it running so the engine is warm, that might be the reason.
My 71 Fargo 1/2 ton was like this. I fixed it with a 360 V8 !drive
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/6 C's were more common in Canada versus US. Especially in the Dodge line up where they shared the same dash and interior pieces(65/66) and were built on the same line. The slanty was the base engine in the Fury for years. The slant 6 was dropped and the 318 became the standard engine in Dodge full size in Canada in 1969. The slanty was still the base engine in the Fury I,II,and III lines. Plymouth dropped the base slanty from the C's in 1972-based on my information.
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