You sacrificed a C body didn't you??? 
Lots of the big girls lost their driveline to make little cars fun. How was that 727 with a 4.10? I'm guessing in town was great, but the highway, probably not. 
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You sacrificed a C body didn't you??? Lots of the big girls lost their driveline to make little cars fun. How was that 727 with a 4.10? I'm guessing in town was great, but the highway, probably not. 
Probably depends on how loose a convertor is being run .
I'm thinking more of that highway RPM. 727 is a 1:1 final, small cars usually ran 26" tall tires and with 4.10, I'm guessing that engine had to be turning in the 4,000+ range at 70.
60's cars were very under tired. good point.
It's interesting, and I know it had a lot to do with the "long and low" styling that took over in the '60s, but the tires really did drop kind of drastically late 50s and didn't get back to "big" until fairly recently when everyone started running 18"+ wheels.
The big cars of the '60s ran 28-29" tall tires, which was pretty much a standard size/height up until that point, but the smaller cars started running 24-26" tall tires.
Apparently it didn't sell, bid up to $1.2 schmill...
https://www.classic.com/veh/1965-shelby-cobra-289-dragonsnake-csx2427-vnmENDn/
So very glad that I do not have the spare funds. This is on the island, literally, within 2-3 miles of me at this very moment...
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It was an ex-quarter mile car. No window mechanisms, just thin plexiglass windows held up with a single strap (per window). No heater, carpet, or seats other than the driver's seat. And it was a factory A-body 8.75 in there, by the way. As for the 4.11s, it would wind that 273 up tight. And did you know that the 273 Commando had solid lifter cams and adjustable rockers? 'Tis true. I've owned two of the 273 Commandos (the other was a '65 Dart with a 4-speed). The '68 Dart had a '67 Commando in it, as I recall. Fun car. I paid $250 for it, as the guy was getting out of drag racing. Man, them were the days...
I had a '67 Dart with a slant-six in it that ran 13" rims, and whatever diameter tires they came with. It still blows my mind to think of some of the '60s cars that ran 13" rims. MoPar had 'em, obviously, but I believe the Chevy II did as well, and the Ford Falcon, too. I believe the first couple of years of Gremlins and Hornets had 'em too, but that was in the '70s.
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I'm not very knowledgeable about the A-bodies. That's surprising you could get a 8.75 in there from the factory. Was it part of some special performance or "heavy duty" package?
In all seriousness, does anyone know how big golf cart rims and tires are? Are they the same thing?
First I've seen of that. That's an expensive rock and a hard spot to be in. I did read about a guy trying to replace a broken headlight a few years ago. They wanted $45-50,000 for a single headlight assembly. So....
10" tires on my harbor freight dolly
Standard fare was an 8.25, but starting in '67, the 8.75 was available as an option, and was standard in performance packages that had either the 340 or a big-block in it. I think in '73, however, the 8.75 was gone for the A-bodies, and they returned to only having the 8.25 available. I want to say that the '73 340 cars were detuned, and only running 360 heads and a different crank than earlier years, and thus were not as harsh on the rear axles, hence the return to the 8.25. However, it's been a lot of years since I was involved with them, so some of my info may be slightly off.
Yeah, I watched that a couple of days ago. That thing is just friggin' suh-weet! Hell, I'd ride in the kids' car-seat just to say I rode in that car!
Two words, "Mini Miglia"...
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