All three companies did. I don’t know how many miles I have on Mopar 318s. Only let me down once due to a bad fuel pump. I duct taped a 5 gal can to the roof, ran a siphon to the carb, and drove it home.
>>All three companies did. I don’t know how many miles I have on Mopar 318s<<
I had a Satellite with the 318.
The only downside was those damn hydraulic lifters — you couldn’t adjust the tappets like the Chevy and Ford V-8s.
Damn, I loved that car!
Wow, that sparked a memory!
I had a '55 Belvedere.
The carb went wonky and would sometimes lose prime...once it burned out what was in the bowl, it would quit.
I carried a coke bottle full of gas under the seat, corked with an old champagne cork.
The car would quit, I'd jump out with the coke bottle in hand, pop the hood, dribble a little gas in, drop the hood, jump back in and go.
Drove it for 2 years like that.
The 318 was a niiiice engine. I had an old ‘65 Fury with a 318. Loved that car.
I still drove it for six months on seven cylinders
“I duct taped a 5 gal can to the roof, ran a siphon to the carb, and drove it home.”
Red Green would be so proud of you...
I did that in an Opel Rally with a 2 liter soda bottle taped to the radio antenna. Had to stop about every 15 miles and fill the bottle back up, but it got me home.
A friend of mine in Korea, had the carburetor of their jeep shot off during a skirmish. He had a blow torch and fed gas into the intake while sitting under the hood while his buddy drove to safety.