found a 65 polara locally for cheap, he bought it and is putting the 383 in his superbee, it was an auto but reverse is out in it, could we put the engine/tranny(slant/auto) from our 73 parts dart in there? would it bolt up to the rearend? what else would we need? thanks

383's are cheap. Not worth the effort to switch IMO

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The Polara is a very large car; not well suited to a slant in my opinion.

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lots of Polara's came with a slant, they are around 300lbs
more than a 73 A body. So put 2 people in your A body slant
and drive it will give you something to compare too.
K-frames are not the same, so engine bolt up will be a challange.
Swap the yoke with your trans........65 is frist year
of the slip yoke on the 727 so driveline should work.....

Tend to agree with other posts, but what-ever turns your
wrench

If the 727 trans is stock 65, it's worth more than a few bucks to
the right person looking for a big block 65 727 dead or alive.
One year only valve body and case.....

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65 Belveder A318 727 4d
65 Dart GT LA273 2bbl 904
73 Scamp 225 2bbl 4spOD
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thanks, its almost too good a deal to pass up, especially with an extra slant sitting around...especially if the tranny could bring some $ for the project, any idea how much i could get for it? thanks

I asked $350 for my 65 BB727 a few years ago. That tranny has 2 pumps. One in the rear and front. You can tow it indefinately without disconnecting the drive shaft. The can also be push started!

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did you get that? where did you sell it at? thanks!

In 1965 the Polara was a C-body car, almost 18" longer and 9" wider than a Dart of the same year. I, so far, have been unsuccessful finding a curb weight spec but the 1964 B-body version was just shy of 3800 lbs. I would be very surprised if the 65 was less that 4200 lbs. It was a large car, even larger than the 65 Plymouth Fury. I'm not saying a slant won't go in and pull it, but I think you will be very disappointed in the performance after all the work. A 318 poly or a big block would be a much better match.

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The 225 was available in the C-body. Expect 0-60 times in the vicinity of 45 minutes...

...with a tailwind.

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I was thinking B body, but that C is right, add 600+ (6 skinny grils) to that wieght of a 73 A body

I would give the Forward Look guys a try first, they like to use
them in place of there early 727s to get rid of their ball and
trunion systems, but it has to be a cable shift 65 727.....
lot of folks doing small block to big block swaps in 65 B
and C body might want it too......

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64 D100 A318 727pb custom lwb
66 D100 A318 4sp lwb
68 D100 B383 727 swb
65 Belveder A318 727 4d
65 Dart GT LA273 2bbl 904
73 Scamp 225 2bbl 4spOD
Old iron or no iron

If I had the "engineless" car and the SL6 engine / trans assembly just sitting there, I would do the install.
In my book, a running car is way better then any "roller", no matter what engine is in there.

I would not "cut or weld" anything that would prevent the V8 from going back into the car at some later date.

Basically, drop the SL6 into the C-Body's engine bay with whatever engine mounts you have, hook-up the rear tranny mount and then center the assembly. Now take any scrap steel or old bracket material and "cut & weld" as needed to get the engine connected to the V8 K-frame's mounting locations.
The exhaust hook-up would be the biggest modification, everything else will be a "bolt-in".

These days it is really cool to have a big ol' car that you can drive around and still get decent gas milage.
DD