Wheelie Machine - I Bought An Abandoned 1967 Dodge A100 With A 440 In The Bed (But It's In Pieces)

Two weeks ago today (during my weekly Sunday livestream,) my friend Nick with ‪@LambvinskisGarage‬ sent me a link to a Facetubes Marketplace ad for this van-truck-thing with a slightly taken apart 440 mounted in the bed. Essentially, it's a budget-built replica of the Little Red Wagon wheelstander - but in aged yellow and black. The moment I saw it I was in love, and I immediately called the seller and made a deal. Last weekend, Allan and I drove several hours away to north of Seattle, WA to pick up this treasure and drag it back to DDG World Headquarters. With the asset secured, it was time to dig in and find out just what we had. Spoiler alert... it was slightly worse than expected. How much rain water should be in the crankcase, intake ports, and cylinders of a race built 440? Just wondering. With time running out before the seasonally typical atmospheric moisture returned to the Pacific Northwest, Byron, Allan and I set out on a mission to make this seasoned drag truck (with unknown operational history) make glorious big block noises once more. My sincerest thanks to them, my friend David (and his brother) for supplying the exhaust components, and to Ryan with ‪@Mclovingarage‬ for magically making the PERFECT induction system appear as if by magic - and delivering it to me many miles from his home.