RE: Anti-poly vibes

[Dave64 <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think just about everybody on this list enjoys being different, and knowing something the general population is clueless about.

AMEN Steve!

--- On Tue, 12/15/09, Steven Charette <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Steven Charette <stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Anti-poly vibes
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 8:49 AM
> 
> I guess from an "ease-of-build" standpoint, Dulcich may be
> right - you can
> order just about anything you want from Jeg's or Mancini
> for an LA motor,
> where Poly stuff takes a few phone calls and membership to
> a certain web
> group to know what to order.  And the fact of life is
> that most of the
> advertisers in the magazines sell LA stuff but not a lot of
> Poly stuff...
> 
> To take it a step further, it is much easier and cheaper to
> build a 350
> chevy, and I've seen a few Mopars with that engine
> installed.
> 
> The Poly may not get all the good press and easy part
> availability, but
> nothing worth having is easy.  I think just about
> everybody on this list
> enjoys being different, and knowing something the general
> population is
> clueless about.
> 
> Or we'd all be driving '67 Camaros :P
> 
> SC 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary H. [mailto:spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 9:27 AM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Anti-poly vibes
> 
> 
> Indeed. I'm pretty sure it was Steve Dulcich from Mopar
> Muscle Magazine that
> wrote a similar statement earlier this year about Poly
> (lack of parts, not
> "worth" putting $ in compared to a LA, etc.) I wrote Mopar
> Muscle Magazine
> an e-mail with some updates but have not heard back yet.
> 
> To Mopar Muscle Magazine's credit, they have online the
> full text and
> pictures of two articles by our own Top Polyhead Gary
> Pavlovich: How To Give
> A 318 Poly Engine More Power - Mopar's Rodney Dangerfield
> The Mighty 318
> Poly Gets The Last Laugh!
> * 318 Poly Engine More Power, Part 1!
> * 318 Poly Engine More Power, Part 2!
> Links are at the bottom of
> http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/poly318.html
> 
> Good luck with your cool project Rick! 
> 
> Thanks,
> Gary H. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Rick Gilmore
> >She's no different than the vast majority of Mopar
> enthusiast, I rarely see
> Polys at the major shows. I don't remember seeing a Poly in
> anything other
> than a stock appearing car. Which is why I'm building a a
> bad ass '63 Fury
> convertible with an equally bad ass 396 stroked Poly. 
>    
> 
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