Engine Tear Down Continues

Put the 318 on an engine stand today.  Pulled water pump, timing cover, motor mounts and balancer.  Found quite a bit of rust behind the freeze plugs when I removed them.

I also found the partial VIN stamped on the block.  All the numbers match the dash, door, title and block!

Pulled engine: damage report.........so far.

I pulled the engine this morning and so far have found 4 bad things:

1. Freeze plug on passenger side rusted and leaking
2. Freeze plug on rear of engine (hidden by transmission) rusted and leaking really bad
3. Broken exhaust manifold stud (common and to be expected)
4. Broken motor mount ear (I think I can deal with this as is)

I haven't torn down the front of the engine yet.  I'm planning on removing the water pump, timing cover, oil pan and timing chain.

Pulling the engine for a "rattle can rebuild".

I'm pulling the engine today.  The 318 has some issues.  It is leaking coolant into the oil.  This may be from a poorly sealed front timing cover allowing water to enter into the oil pan near the front of the engine.  Also, I am replacing the timing chain.  I have heard the stock one's were plastic coated or vinyl so they would run quieter.  I have heard horror stories about plastic pieces in the oil pain clogging the oil pump pick up screen starving the engine of oil.   Also, one of the freeze plugs is rusted and leaking.  I'm replacing all of those.  I did a compression check on the engine and all cylinders had compression between 135 and 155 psi.  I'm not replacing rings, bearings the cam or anything else unless I have too.  I will clean up the motor and do a "spray can rebuild".   LOL!

Color Scheme with painted bumpers, mirrors, door handles, etc

I'm going to paint the Charger a lime green or sub lime green.  I think it's a color from the early '70's and I like it with the flat black.  I may add the rear spoiler and hood scoop.  My car is missing the hood mounted turn signals so I found some on ebay last night for $30!  I like a lot of things this guy did when he painted this car.  This car was for sale on ebay but has rust issues under the car and in the trunk.

Installing the Edelbrock Intake Manifold and Carburetor

I found a Edelbrock 1406 carburetor on CraigsList and I bought the intake on eBay. Still, changing the intake and carb took a lot of steps. I got it all hooked up and it fired right up. I still don't have the throttle linkage for the accelerator, but the car idled much better.
The car was missing the starter, the radiator and the battery. In addition, all of the engine wiring was unhooked. The alternator and power steering pump were laying unbolted. I installed the missing parts, hooked up the wiring the best I could and drained the fuel tank. I got 3.5 gal of the worst looking/smelling gas. After this, I turned the engine over and then added some starting fluid. It started right up without smoke. The temp gauge doesn't work. The fuel gauge kinda works and the alt gauge works good. I don't like that rusty 2 bbl carb.

The interior needs a lot of work. Someone tried to dye/paint the lower half of the door panels. I think the were trying to change the car to black inside and out because they jammed the trunk and doors black and started changing color on the interior too.