what engine is in the dodge A-100?

[diymirage]

hey guys, i have the dodge A-100 cocacola truck

(the repackaged little red wagon)

and it comes with the racing hemi aswell as the stock mill

just out of curiousity, what is that stock engine?

[a/gass]

273 ci. LA motor.

[diymirage]

so a small block V8 ?

that will work for my aplication just fine

much obliged

[slantasaurus]

Yes, the 273 is just a smaller version of the 318/340/360 engine family.

[Longbox55]

The Deora does have a Slant 6 in it, but there's no other engine option in the kit.

[Chuck Most]

Aaahhh! Thank you. That was one of those things that was going to drive me batty.

Batty...

The Deora did actually start out as an A-100, though, and the A-Bros made it look pretty with a ton of Ford parts. Other than the fact the engine is missing an air cleaner, it is a very complete and nicely detailed piece for its era.

[a/gass]

273, 68 and newer 318,340,360 are LA motors (small blocks) 67 and older 318`s are poly motors (wide blocks) .just a little info 4 yonger crowed.mike

[diymirage]

Didn't this kit also used to come with a straight 6? If not, what kit am I thinking of? I know there was a truck kit out there that used to have a V engine and a straight 6. Deora maybe?

this kit has 2 V8s, that i learned today is a 273 LA and what i believe is a 426 hemi (though it may very well be a 385 hemi, the hilborn system seems more era correct for that vintage..a desoto firepower maybe?)

[Chuck Most]

I did not know that! I thought the Deora was a complete hand fab as far as the body. Dang it! You made me learn something today!

Indeed, though there was quite a bit of hand-fabbed stuff on it, no doubt!

The roof was actually made from Ford station wagon pieces (the front 'hatch is a '63/4 Ford wagon liftgate), and the exhaust outlets on the sides are '65/6 Mustang taillamp bezels.

There's actually a guy doing a recreation of the Deora (he might even have it done now, I heard of this a few years back), and he's doing it exactly the way the A-Bros did it-

[scale trucker]

the coca cola a-100 is the little red wagon kit just no decals..426 hemi..and a 225 slant 6..

[diymirage]

the coca cola a-100 is the little red wagon kit just no decals..426 hemi..and a 225 slant 6..

no slant 6 in my coca cola truck, just the aforementioned LA and hemi

[Longbox55]

In addition, I believe the Hemi in the Coke/LRW is actually a 392 early Hemi, rather than a 426.

[Longbox55]

Disregard my last post. Just doublechecked the kit, it is a 426.

[diymirage]

so if one were to build the 273 from that kit...what would be the era correct colour to paint it?

[Funkster]

Just to let you know, the stanard motor in the A100 was a slant 6 with a 3 speed manual trans not a V8. The 273 cid V8 engine was and option along with auto trans.

PS: 198 cid slant 6 was stanard, while 225 slant 6 was a option.

[diymirage]

ooooone more question about this kit (using it for a project and i'd like to pretend i know what im talking about)

the tranny provided with the 273...what is it ?

[kenb]

I looked in my kit and the Hemi has a 727 torqueflite trans behind it. I has what appears to be a manual transmission on the back of the small block V8. It looks like some generic thing. Not anything I've seen on any Chrysler and I've seen them all. I worked for Chrysler for 41 years. Ken

[diymirage]

thanks

that a 4 speed auto right ?

seems a bit heavy duty for a 273 or not ?

[diymirage]

the transmission mount in the A-100's is unique in that it hangs from above rather than sit on a crossmember.

that mount is long gone...it interfered with the build this was going into (no details revealed yet...not untill i come up with a name...but im thinking 3-4-8 or something)

[Junkman]

Lindberg provides only a Moon style gas pedal for the drag version, no other pedals strangely.

Errr....

Which other pedals could one possibly need in a car?

[kenb]

the trans mount was a round bushing that hung off the top of the tailshaft. What lindberg has for a trans and mount is a joke, but unfortunately sometimes that's what you get with lindberg. For the most part I stay away from their stuff, but sometimes they're the only game in town and you have to bite the bullet. Ken

[diymirage]

the only reason i bought it was that it just might be the best bang for the buck model out there

i used my 40% off coupon at hobby lobby so i got it for around 10 dollars

if i were to build this as a stock A-100 that gives me a nice set of rims for the parts box AND the beginnings of a one-off race car that runs a hilborn injected hemi (cant go wrong there) allready connected to who knows what posidrive rear end that comes in its own subframe to boot

all i gotta do is add a front axle and something to hold onto and im set