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Hemi Moose 05-01-2012 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Liteweight (Post 324083)
http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...yKMember-1.jpg

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...ndyKMember.jpg

I didn't realize it at the time when I took the photos, but this K member was stamped from thin tin. Application was 1968 Hemi Dart. Original owner Dick Landy.
This, was NOT acid dipped, it was stamped this way. Never seen one before or after.
If I remember correctly, it weighed 13 pounds less than an uncut original.

liteweight
Landy probably had that special ordered from Chrysler engineering...I wonder if any of the other factory teams got one of those lightweight K-Members. (I know a few years earlier the A/FX teams were using lightweight K-members as well, but they were prone to cracking.)

Liteweight 05-02-2012 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 324292)
Landy probably had that special ordered from Chrysler engineering...I wonder if any of the other factory teams got one of those lightweight K-Members. (I know a few years earlier the A/FX teams were using lightweight K-members as well, but they were prone to cracking.)
It's a very cool piece, & it's never been cut for a full length pan. There were no cracks on it, but the steering box mount flexes ALOT when turning the wheel.
At first I thought it was acid dipped, but the edges are too crisp & sharp. A definate telltale sign of anything acid dipped is to check the edging. If it's tapered it's dipped.
And I got corrected in the actual weight difference of this one . I quessed 13 lbs, it's actually 8 lbs.

liteweight

Charlie A 05-02-2012 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Liteweight (Post 324486)
It's a very cool piece, & it's never been cut for a full length pan. There were no cracks on it, but the steering box mount flexes ALOT when turning the wheel.
liteweight
Bet they NEVER figured it would still be around 44 years from the date they engineered it.

Hemi Moose 05-04-2012 07:54 PM
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Liteweight, I'm assuming that K member was from your old Landy project or did you keep it and install it in your current '68 Hemi Dart, (it's origins). Also did you find any other lightweight pieces not offered by the factory or perhaps made by someone else.

Wayne Kerr 05-04-2012 09:42 PM
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Iv'e been fortunate to see a few sets of pretty cool sets of cylinder heads.
1) Weslake Big Block Chrysler
2) Weslake Indy Ford
3) D5 Hemi
4) Four valve Canted valve bucket activated inline six cylinder Chevy off road truck engine
Sorry, no pictures just memories.


See you at the races,
Wayne Kerr

James L Miller 05-05-2012 05:44 PM
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I would like to see the BB Mopar Weslake heads. I've never heard of them. I remember the Weslake SB Mopar and Ford heads where the intakes point straight up. I seem to remember they could have a Weber downdraft carb bolt on directly. Any description you can give us?

Alex Denysenko 05-05-2012 08:45 PM
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Best factory FoMoCo 2-4V FE intake ever made.
The infamouns C8AX "Tunnel Wedge" still very popular today.

rawhide 05-05-2012 11:04 PM
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Alex,
I was at the annual Mustang car show in Roanoke Va. today and saw two different cars with the tunnel wedge intake manifolds on them.
regards, Roland

Liteweight 05-06-2012 09:18 PM
Re: Old Race Parts and Pieces
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hemi Moose (Post 324909)
Liteweight, I'm assuming that K member was from your old Landy project or did you keep it and install it in your current '68 Hemi Dart, (it's origins). Also did you find any other lightweight pieces not offered by the factory or perhaps made by someone else.
Your correct. That K member was on the Landy stick car when I purchased it. I offered it to the current owner, but he was not interested in it. I installed it on my current car for awhile, but decided to sell it. It currently resides under Marfens ( Gene's Speed Shop) Dart
When I purchased the Landy car there just wasn't alot of a Hemi Dart left from Dicks racing days.

liteweight

http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/...artKMember.jpg

marfen 05-06-2012 11:49 PM
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Yeah I know I got a weird user name...I'm a guitar player Marshall and Fender amps.


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