Push buttons are a must for any self respecting altered wheelbase Mopar so this cable operated 727 was scavenged from a ’64 Dodge 361 Polara. The Dart’s 904-based push button shift and parking brake cables are a direct fit to the 727. Though some say the 727 will fit the early A-body’s small 904-sized transmission tunnel with minimal hammering, it was much too close so the tunnel was removed so extra height can be added with welded steel scraps. Steve Benoit reworked the 727 with a 1967-up input shaft and front pump (for compatibility with available torque converters), a full manual, reverse pattern valve body and fresh bands and clutches. An A&A bolt-in overrunning clutch was added to ensure safety in the burnout box while a Continental 2700-rpm 9-1/2 inch converter was scavenged from another project car and works great. Benoit works for Bob Mosher at Mosher’s Muscle Car Motors – a leading authority and builder of early B-body Max Wedge and Race Hemi restoration and clone cars. Go to www.moparsbymosher.com for a look at Mosher’s amazing garage and their many customer cars.
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| Ever since I saw them in the JoHan ’64 Dodge model kit, I’ve always loved the crazy Mk III tube steel headers you see on old pictures of the Ramchargers 1963 and ’64 Max Wedge cars. Manufactured and marketed briefly by the Rams before they “went Hemi”, they were a popular add-on and appeared on many of the top running Max Wedge stockers of the day. I wanted the look and scored a bunch of 2-inch J-bends from Summit Racing. | Because I’m just a glorified model builder (I can’t weld - yet) I enlisted the ace fabricating and welding skills of Dale “Can Do” Kutsch to whip up a set of Mk III clones. Using vintage photos, Dale temporarily attached the collectors to the body with welded tabs to get them positioned loud and proud beneath the rockers. Then he worked from the cylinder heads out. |