dreaded rust
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Hey, newbie here. First post.
Just picked up a 72 Dodge D100. Got it for a steal. Not too familiar with these old trucks but so far I'm loving it; it was a bit of an impulse buy based on the price. Has the 318 and a 4 speed manual. 8 3/4 rear end. Seems to run pretty well. Leaky valve covers and a vacuum hiss when I'm pushing the brake down (stops fine btw.)
Future plans aside from the obvious brake issue and fixing a couple gauges and little stuff like that:
Ditch those mirrors in favor of something a bit more low key (first priority according to SWMBO)
Little rust repair and a flat black paint job.
A friend of mine has a holley carburetor...says it's about 400-500 cfm. He's not too sure. But it's free
Another friend of mine has a set of heads off a 360 that he's hooking me up with. He said it'd be a good swap. Seems though by much of what I'm reading that's going to drop my compression a bit more than desired.
get rid of the old school points. I was thinking this - http://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS-Performance-Products/555/40500K/10002/-1
Simple dual exhaust set up
Thoughts?