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Originally Posted by dodge trucker
I'm having a similar time with a truck engine I am rebuilding/building up a bit. Im having to get everything online for this slant 6 that I am working on. Some places in town show a listing but parts are in some warehouse 5 states away, can get them quicker online, also don't like waiting cuz that also hold's up the machine shop. Besides that not really in a hurry.
Getting parts for cast iron kohler's is definitely getting harder, it's like Kohler seems embarrassed to admit they made such a durable heavy duty engine at one time....
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Now those "lazy" 6 poppers, were a screamer.
They said that slant 6 would never replace the old Chrysler industrial 6 flat head that preceded it.
Well it not only did, but was a better engine.
I remember them well when they debuted in '59,
they put them in hi-lows, ice cream trucks, and combines, as well as anything else that needed a good work engine.
As a young pup I remember a willeys gasser that ran Detroit dragway with a slant 6 and it ran dam good, he shifted it @ 10,000 rpm's and OH the Sound of that little screamin' six.
They used to advertise that car on the radio commercials, hyping that he shifted it at 10,000
it would bring goose bumps up on yer neck and arms,, at full song!
I wished I remembered his Et's but it was good enough to put a lot of Detroits best on the trailer!
The thing about Detroit dragway was there was a hell of a lot of "back-door" sponsorship from the big 3 and a lot of the young engineers put their new ideas from paper to pre production prototypes on the track.
Ramchargers was just one of them, but
Ford & Gm had their "dealer" sponsored cars running proto/one-of-a-kind stuff.
Good times, and better memories
Last Sunday again,
I went by the entrance way where Detroit Dragway once stood,
the little house is still there,
but the Dragway is just a memory as a warehouse now stands where the track was.
Sad,
there should be a little plaque or marker where it stood.
It is history that should be noted being part of Detroits heyday of automotive
Superiority.
Sorry,
rambling again.