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DonSSDD
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Loc: Nova Scotia, Canada
Reg: 08-21-01

05-03-12 05:31 PM - Post#2222122
In response to bigears

bigears Said:

rrausch Said:

What was the first year for the slant six--anybody know? My mom bought a brand new '65 Dodge with a slant six... it took me and my brother less than a year to total it out--I tore the trans out first and a few months after we got it back he rolled it. Mom came to her senses at that point and bought a used '64 Biscayne 2-door sedan with a 283 and PG. Now THAT was a nice car.

This is the car that the slant 6 was made for 1960 Dodge Dart its the first year for them marketed as the ECONOMY 6 they were also installed in the new small car range Plymouth Valiant - The slant six engine was introduced in two versions - 101 hp, 170 cu. in. and a 145 hp,
225 cu. in - Production for cars stopped in 1991 but I'm sure they were made in Mexico as late as 2004 for use in agricultual and marine applications - The longest ever production run ever for an engine

I had a 61 Valiant slant 6 with the big motor, a guy in a Mustang hit me head on and wrote off both cars back in 1971 or so, he was drunk. It had 60,000 miles. I also had a 2 door hardtop 52 Plymouth, it was a flathead.

I think the small block Chevy ran from 1955 until now? Certainly the Chevy straight 6's ran from the early 30's until the mid 80"s.

Don

59 El Camino, 62 Bel Air SC, 62 Bel Air SC(sold in Finland is 2011), 63 SWC Vette (sold)
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Edited by DonSSDD on 05-03-12 05:32 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

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