Dan Kramarsky <dkramarsky68@yahoo.com> wrote:
: Point 1: If the production years for the Magnum 318 are now over, and they were only
: made from 1992 to 1999, then wouldn't THAT make them a potential classic in a few
: decades? I mean most likely DC will never make Magnum 318's anymore. It will be the
: 4.7L taking its place. Correct?
Technically, DC is still building them, but as 360 crate motors -
but yeah, you're right, they aren't building them in a production
sense (that I know of - who knows what they might be doing in other
countries).
: Point 2: Would having a motor from the first year of it's production be any more or
: less a potential classic in a few decades than the rest of the motors produced? For
: example, is having a first year production LA 273 engine (1964), any more a classic than
: an LA 273 from any other year of it's production life?
I think there is more to it than just the age; for example as far
as the big block motors go, the desireable years are in the 1968-1971
range or so, because that is when they were making the most power, they
often used forged components instead of cast, etc. I don't know if that
answers your question at all, just figured I'd throw it out there. :-)
I guess what I am trying to say is that having the first model year of
a particular engine is certainly an interesting statistic, but there might
be other factors which would make a later year more desireable. (For example,
for the few years that the Buick Grand National was around, the motor
seemed to change from year to year, increasing in power each time. The
last model year of that particular car (somewhere around 86 or 87 I think?)
had the most powerful engine, so that is probably the most desireable car.
Bringing it back to the Dakota realm, an '87 Dak is interesting from the
"first model year" standpoint, but many folks would likely rather have
a '92 or '93 since that was the best year for power. (Or they might
prefer an R/T.)
Ok, I guess I've rambled enough for now! :-) You can all
slap yourselves out of the stupor that reading my message just
caused and move on to the next post. ;-)
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