Dodgeboy426
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Just found this site. I'm relatively new to Saskatchewan. I moved out here from BC and love it out here
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Dodgeboy426
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Well I'm a A ticket Red Seal weldor and fabricator by trade. I'm retired due to a accident so I hobby weld/fab now. The local farmers keep me busy repairing all their stuff.
I used to specialize in aluminum and stainless steel welding. Both mig and tig. Pipeline wasn't my thing. I found it boring
Big into hotrods and hand forging axes and knives as well
Doggggboy
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Hot rod photos…..like with hemis?Pictures are nice.
We like pictures.
Words hard are
EDIT: Oh, I should add, welcome from the right coast, near Dartmouth
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Dodgeboy426
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Yes, Hemis, Big blocks, small blocks.... BIG small blocks.Hot rod photos…..like with hemis?
EDIT: Oh, I should add, welcome from the right coast, near Dartmouth
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I'm currently building a 420 c.i. small block for a 1972 Dart
Dodgeboy426
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Yup I sure did! I was a Kami boy. I lived out of town but boy was I glad to get out of that Commie province. Good luckWelcome from Lillooet BC...... You know, the province that you left behind....
Dodgeboy426
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Punching out a 340 .045 over and stroking it. It will.be a 11.5:1 motor with trick flow heads. Should be good for at least 525 RWHP and rev to 7000. It's going to be a fun cruise night carInteresting!
Is that a 420 SB Mopar? What does that involve?
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Saskatchewan Farm Boy here. I got evicted from the home farm, moved east and ended up in automotive engineering. Spent 10 years designing engines, fuel systems, and engine controls. Lots of time in other areas - too many to mention.
Retired almost 20 years ago. Lots changes in that time.
Bought a farm 12 years ago south of Chatham Ontario and couldn't afford new equipment. So I bought and repaired used equipment to get going. Parlayed my gun smithing hobbies and machinery into repairing my neighbours stuff as well as my own.
Life is great at 77.
Never could weld worth crap but being virtually blind in one eye and the shakes hasn't helped.
I have a feeling you will really like it here... .
Retired almost 20 years ago. Lots changes in that time.
Bought a farm 12 years ago south of Chatham Ontario and couldn't afford new equipment. So I bought and repaired used equipment to get going. Parlayed my gun smithing hobbies and machinery into repairing my neighbours stuff as well as my own.
Life is great at 77.
Never could weld worth crap but being virtually blind in one eye and the shakes hasn't helped.
I have a feeling you will really like it here... .
Didn’t know you could get that size out of a 340. That’ll save all the work of doing a non-original swap which is good.
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Dodgeboy426
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My family is originally from thus area. They came over on a boat and homesteaded up in Mistadim. Lots of family in Saskatchewan that I need to get to know.
My family homesteaded SW of Humboldt. I was born there.
Dodgeboy426
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The car originally had a slant 6 in it. It now has a V8 K frame that I re welded properly and will have 4 wheel disc brakes with a d60 rear end. I was going to go 5 speed... then 4 speed standard but all the parts seem unobtainium now. So I'm building a full manual 4 speed auto.Didn’t know you could get that size out of a 340. That’ll save all the work of doing a non-original swap which is good.
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420 C.I. is basically as big as you can go. If it ever needs a rebuild it will need to be sleeved.