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Date:         Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:33:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Chrysler slant 6
Comments: To: Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2005100515045120@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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RE: Slant Six
Roger wrote "During its first year of existance , it was made of
aluminum.These are a
prize today."
Sorry Roger, they were no prize then or now. Incredible corrosion/blocked
cooling system problems with the early aluminum block Slant Six, had one in
my '61 Valiant, got rid of it for a '62 Valiant Signet, 225 Slant Six,
traded it in for a new '67 Valiant Signet and drove that (with other cars)
until about '79. The last two were great engines, lousy carburetors, great
transmissions. The first, with the aluminium block, was a pig. These wee the
first few years of Detroit learning to use aluminum in blocks, engine cases,
and heads and a lot of mistakes were made.
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