Hi Guys,

I picked up, what I hope is a good bargain, last night. It is a 1969 383 and 727 tranny. Both were low mileage and never had a wrench on them. The story... The car they came from was a 69 Newport that belonged to the guy's dad since new. He pulled the engine and tranny about four years ago after the car body and interior was shot from mice(wheat farmers in Shelby Montana which is mouse central). He drove it into the quanset to pull the motor and tranny. Everything is very clean and the engine paint looks great almost everywhere, there even still a small stock looking sticker on the black valve cover vent tube tank that I have never seen before.

Any way, it was $300. What do you think? Good find? Build up, 10.5:1 pistons, decent cam, intake and 4 bbl, headers? I have a line on a 72 Charger se, clean body but bad sb engine. $600

Gary

 

sounds like you scored big time...!

 

in 1969, 1968 a 383 2bdl will be 9.0:1 cr a 383 4bdl will be a 10.0:1 you can swap intakes, like put a 4 bdl on a 2 bdl engine. HOWEVER the 2 intakes have to match where the air conditioner bracket touches the the intake manifold. on a air con manifold has a machine flat section. and a 2 bdl engines has a different trans than a 4 bdl, witch has beefer inside parts. and the 440 engine even more beefy trans parts.

 

Good deal. I picked up my 383/727 in my '70 pickup (stock setup) for under $1k but no AC. but I can haul a$$ with the best of them!