Thread: Dodge Red Ram 241 cube Hemi

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Hello .. I have a complete (More or less) Dodge Red Ram Hemi
Motor for sale, the heads are off ..short block still assembled
.. other than being greasy as the dickens looks to be in good shape -- missing small items --everything else is there plus
It is in Fort Worth , Texas $800.00 / offer
if you need pictures,

This engine has been discussed on the Forum in the past and is of considerable interest for a comparison between a Ford flathead 239 with Ardun heads as shown on oogabooga:

http://www.oogabooga.ca/oogaboogapag40.htm

and the early Chrysler hemi. It turns out that maybe Chrysler Corp. just developed the hemi engine based on the Ardun design, but it also looks like the Dodge 241 is a five-main-bearing knockoff of the Ford-Ardun 239. Historical research points to just a concept copy rather than a direct machined copy, but in the interests of having a "hemi" and reasonable gas mileage your engine might just be worth the $800 you ask even if parts are a little hard to find. Therefore it is to your advantage to enhance the sale with some photos of the heads and the five-main bottom. What I am really saying is that I would like to see the pictures and maybe you will sell it quicker?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

One of these ?

Timing is everything (give or take 25 years)! I know unfulfilled dreams are nothing, but I spent the summer of 1954 fantasizing about a Model-A coupe with a Red Ram V8. I even bought a Model-A coupe for $50 and had some funds to swap the coupe body onto my "31 A Fordor chassis and the Dodge engine looked like the poor man's Ardun to me. Alas my Dad (who had owned three Model-As) judged the body swap too difficult (he who overhauled engines in the driveway over weekends!). Anyway I respected my old man tremendoulsly so I abandoned the A-project and bought a '47 Ford convert, but I still can see the plan of a metallic green (why green??) Coupe with a Dodge V8 and for contrast a gold Cadillac "V" on the trunk. Obviously just a kid's dream, but now you tell me there are still Red Ram V8s out there! Too Late! I just hope I get this SBC-roadster running while I still have health to enjoy it. Two years ago I would have paid a lot for a Red Ram V8, up to $1000 for a rebuildable block with heads, but now I am a SBC guy.

Don Shillady
Retred Scientist/teen rodder

Viking,

Just wondering whether that is just a (very nice) picture of the Dodge hemi or do you have that engine? It is too late for me since I have invested in the SBC 350, but I just wonder if they are still out there. At least the one for sale on this thread could benefit from a picture. Then we would know there are TWO out there!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally posted by Don Shillady
Viking,

Just wondering whether that is just a (very nice) picture of the Dodge hemi or do you have that engine? It is too late for me since I have invested in the SBC 350, but I just wonder if they are still out there. At least the one for sale on this thread could benefit from a picture. Then we would know there are TWO out there!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Just a pic I had, my last (and only) hemi was a 392 I found in a junk yard in in 78, I thought it was a 426 when I found it and paid the guy $150.00 , after I found out it was'nt a 426 and how hard parts were to get for it then I sold it to my vo-tech teacher for $300.00, thought I did good (who knew what would come to pass), running big block B bodied cars could be had for around $500 - $700 back then