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« Reply #30 on: June 07, 2009, 03:09:23 PM »
To get back to Pinball Wizard, Taz & I hired a van & took a trip up to Derbyshire yesterday. Went to see the current owner, Pete Le Grice. The Wizard's had a succession of engines over the last 35 years & currently runs a 440 Dodge Charger unit. When Pete bought the car 7 years ago it had a 383 Charger motor. A chance conversation with him at the Billing rod show last weekend, saw it being offered to us -for free. Pete's convinced it should just drop in & run. Check Taz's Charger thread in the Hotrod Tech bit for more snaps, but here it is, sat in our barn awaiting a service & check over.
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« Reply #31 on: June 07, 2009, 03:21:14 PM »
Woohoo!  What a bit of luck!

A lot less work to get that one in and running, then the builup pf the 440 can be done as and when, hope the 383 works out for you!
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« Reply #32 on: June 07, 2009, 03:35:13 PM »
Thanks Bobbi yes what a stroke of luck. The pile of bits that I have is a 383 too not a 440 so the new engine and the pile of bits are the same size etc so will use the bits as spares.
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« Reply #33 on: June 07, 2009, 08:07:19 PM »
   any idea what size carb it has ?   Roll Eyes
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« Reply #34 on: June 08, 2009, 07:54:42 AM »
 Grin I wondered if you would ask.  Grin Will have a look when we go to the garage.
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« Reply #35 on: June 08, 2009, 06:36:20 PM »
i took these snaps in May 1983 at Blackbushe Drag Strip.  It's the Wizard  Grin

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h59/53catalina/car%20shows/blackbushe%2015%20May%201983/blackbushe0017.jpg
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Pinball Wizard


this is the best I could scan, as the camera used all those moon's ago wasn't very clever!
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« Reply #36 on: June 08, 2009, 07:48:44 PM »
History in action  Cool
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« Reply #37 on: June 08, 2009, 10:53:05 PM »
The Wizard losing?! Must be a fault with your camera!
I heard a rumour recently that drag racing might start again at Blackbushe, (just outside Camberley, Surrey). Handy for us if it did as we're only just up the road.
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« Reply #38 on: June 11, 2009, 08:24:44 PM »
must have been the warm up road, as there is a car going the other way if you look closely.
dont think that happens on a drag strip  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #39 on: June 11, 2009, 08:30:06 PM »
   it was Blackbushe, all manner of strange things happened there, it also looks like they were racing in the rain, again, not unusual back then
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