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1st off, let me say I like your idea, but something seems wrong. Your wife feels unsafe in a vert with the baby, but safe in an old car with baby? I guess I just don't undersand that. I mean, crumple zones are some of the biggest saftey features ever. Yes, that old 60's Mopar will have less damage in a wreck, but not the people inside. Then you add in air bags and anti lock brakes.....

Be sure to add anchors in the back seat for the baby seat any way you go.

Dustin
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65 Barracuda "Commando V8"
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"If it jams force it, if it breaks it needed fixing anyway."








From: Doug Ahern <D170A833@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Thinking out loud...
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:32:10 -0500

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On 41 01/25/05, Tony Brummett wrote:
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> Obviously, I'll need to upgrade it with a bunch of modern stuff: seat
> belts, front disk brakes, air conditioning.  Strip all the crummy
> undercoating off and POR-15 the underside.  I'd like to put fuel
> injection on it to make it more reliable.  Anything else?  For the
> drivetrain, I've come up with a few options: take a slant-6 or small
> block and adapt fuel injection to it, or get the motor/trans out of a
> Magnum V6 or V8 truck.

I suppose standards have changed a lot,  carbs are less reliable than
fuel injection,  but they aren't *unreliable*.  millions of motorists
drove carburatored vehicles for many years before the 1980s.
I drive a 170cid slant six with a BBD 1bbl everyday and have done so
for the six years I've owned the car.  I've never opened it and I
don't know if its ever been rebuilt at all.    I've had a lot of
comments that upgrading to electronic ignition will make the car
more reliable,  but the points ignition have not once proven
unreliable.

If you make it a complicated project, it'll get expensive and never
get off the ground,  you'll end up at Carmax or something...  stick
to basics, and buy something you can start driving immediately.
If you gotta have A/C & discs,  look for something from the 1970s.
A Volare Wagon with a 225 or a 318 and cop wheels might be what
you are looking for....

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