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HalWA 08-05-2009 22:52:25 208.81.157.90 32474 Report to Moderator	If the distributor is at the front, it is a big block. Chrysler "wedge" big blocks were made in several different sizes, including 350 (1958 only), 361, 383 (in both low and high block versions), 400, 413, 426, and 440. If the engine in your truck is the one it came with, it is probably a 361, 383 or a 413. I am not sure I have ever seen a cabover Dodge of that era, only conventional cab models. If it is in good shape, I bet someone would give you more than you could get just selling it to the junkyard. Maybe it could be used again as a working truck, or maybe someone might want to restore it, considering its rarity. It wouldn't take that much effort to advertise the truck a little. I hate to see stuff just wasted. I am aghast that one of the parts of the government "clunker" program is that the engines and transmissions of the vehicles traded in must be destroyed rather than parted out or reused. It makes me sick! What a waste of cores for rebuilding, if nothing else. [Reply]  [No Email]
noncompos 08-06-2009 09:59:23 71.32.242.231 32476 Report to Moderator	Re: 1969 Dodge cabover in reply to HalWA, 08-05-2009 22:52:25   Last I heard it was just the engines that had to be destroyed, that the trans (and apparently anything else) were being, or could be, stripped before crushing... If correct, I assume the theory is the old engine is gone, reducing fuel usage, but if your own engine is still good, and you can"t afford a newer car, trans etc pieces may still be in wrecking yards.   [Reply]  [Send Email]
Kentb ofSWMO 08-16-2009 16:25:55 71.30.128.205 32545 Report to Moderator	Re: 1969 Dodge cabover in reply to noncompos, 08-06-2009 09:59:23   The clunker law/money ONLY applies the 1985 and newer. Kent   [Reply]  [Send Email]