https://www.allpar.com/threads/get-engauged-so-you-think-your-oil-pressure-doesnt-fluctuate.237019/#post-1085245432

I believe it’s this part

EFI isn’t hard, get the 4bbl intake and put a Holley Sniper on it.

I wonder how good such an engine could get if you upgrade it with hydraulic roller lifters, a modern camshaft with wossname double derivata lift curves, a Megasquirt SFI injection system and coilless ignition?

“the owner has to go in and use a pair of wrenches to elongate the lifter to remove slop.”

Ah, so I wasn’t the only person who ID’d that and went oh god milsurp type B-limp bag.

When the most reliable cars throughout your whole writing/editorial staff at an automotive publication are a Changli, a Pao, and a Beetle.....you have Jalopnik.

Donto drive that nice car on salty roads! Those things are getting hard to find! Use a Ford Fiesta or something, for Pete’s sake!

Do we think DT’s local code enforcement office tracks his column, just let out a sigh, and penciled in a drive by his place next week?

Yes, I highly recommend that a new owner (or a nostalgic older one) explore that page and links therein.

That should have been the headline.

...as parts of the valvetrain wear down, the owner has to go in and use a pair of wrenches to elongate the lifter to remove slop.

I’m more worried about driving it all the way back to Michigan right now. Just because he drove several Jeeps to Moab and back, a Caravan across Europe, a Land Cruiser from the Pacific Northwest and a Jeep J-series pickup to North Carolina and back doesn’t mean his luck will hold out forever. At some point David’s…

“Andrew keeps telling me that there is a cheaper, easier way to travel long distances — something having to do with “1/2 ρ V² × S × CL””

This is why I bought my 1965 Plymouth Valiant. I want a winter car to replace my Lexus LX470, which is a swell car, but worth too much for me to let rust out on Michigan’s salty roads, and a bit boring and thirsty, with its four-speed slushbox and ridiculous curb weight. I want something fun to drive in the winter,…

Learned to drive on Mom’s 74 Dart, before that we had a 68 Dart, and I think we had a 62 as well, but I don’t remember that far back. Great cars, but Dad would unload them (all cars) when they hit 60-70 Kmiles.

Oh dang, David, you’re only one model year away from an excellent Circle Jerks song!

Is it a 170 or a 225? And is it... aluminum?!?

Dual Master Cylinder for when one of the brake lines rust thru. 

I’m happy that you like this car, but I am a little worried about your safety driving this thing on snowy Michigan roads in the winter. 

I had a ‘66 Dodge D-100 with a slant six and three speed column shifter. If cockroaches will be the only life form surviving a nuclear apocalypse, they will be driving slant six-powered Chrysler products to get around.