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3b Dauntless Swap Factory Look

Discussion in 'Flat Fender Tech' started by Madeline3b, Aug 26, 2022.

  1. Madeline3b

    Madeline3b Optimized for analog

    Hey guys, Madeline needs a motor. I have always wanted to give her a dauntless and make it look like it was factory. Keep in mind she is far from original already. Any one done this to a 3b? I have the engine already, and posted an ad in the classifieds here. We took a rollover a few months a few months ago, thats another tale.
     
    Madeline3b, Aug 26, 2022
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  2. Oldpappy

    Oldpappy A.C. Fults - Curmudgeon at large 2022 Sponsor

    Not sure what you mean by "make it look like it was factory" since the 3B never came from the factory with anything but a F-134.
     
    Oldpappy, Aug 26, 2022
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  3. Buildflycrash

    Buildflycrash More or Less in Line. 2024 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

    I have the same plan for mine. V6 3B wheeling rig. Doesn’t get any cooler!!
     
    Buildflycrash, Aug 26, 2022
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  4. Warloch

    Warloch Did you say Flattie??? Staff Member

    Don't have one now, but did it with a family friend years ago. Just used factory motor mounts on a cleaned up frame. The adaptor and rest lined up just like on a CJ5 for the tranny and tcase. Modified the drive lines a touch from the 4 to a 6 length, used stock exhaust parts (Y pipe to single in the rear). I don't remember what year the 5 was we scrounged parts from, but it was a body/frame mess we catabolized.

    Couple years later we put the manual saginaw in and up graded the brakes to 11". I've not seen it in @ 20 years now.
     
    Warloch, Aug 26, 2022
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  5. Madeline3b

    Madeline3b Optimized for analog

    You know, a what if kinda deal.
     
    Madeline3b, Aug 26, 2022
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  6. Twin2

    Twin2 not him 2024 Sponsor 2023 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

    oddfire46
    has a nice FF with a V6
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    Twin2, Aug 26, 2022
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  7. Madeline3b

    Madeline3b Optimized for analog

    Killer, almost the same blue!
     
    Madeline3b, Aug 27, 2022
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  8. Fireball

    Fireball Well-Known Member 2024 Sponsor 2023 Sponsor 2022 Sponsor

    Here's a v6 using factory motor mounts in my Dad's GPW. Looks like it belongs there. The battery is even in the stock location:
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    Fireball, Aug 27, 2022
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  9. nickmil

    nickmil In mothballs.

    A conversion can be made to look like the factory may have done even though they didn't. This has been going on for probably 70 years.
     
    nickmil, Aug 27, 2022
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  10. Oldpappy

    Oldpappy A.C. Fults - Curmudgeon at large 2022 Sponsor

    Installing engines in all sorts of vehicles they didn't belong in has been going on with me for about 50 years. A neat installation is a neat installation, which I suppose is what he meant.
     
    Oldpappy, Aug 27, 2022
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  11. Madeline3b

    Madeline3b Optimized for analog

    As I said, a what if kinda deal, Clean is the name of the game of course. I've done a number of engine swaps also over the years, as well as repowers in the industrial end of things. I have a bone stock 2A. Madeline is a wheeler, she was for from original when I bought her. We actually rolled 3x last winter, damage was only cosmetic for us both thank God. Thanks for the interest guys!
     
    Madeline3b, Aug 28, 2022
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  12. Madeline3b

    Madeline3b Optimized for analog

    I'm not real good with this sort of thing (computers). However, I may try a build thread. There's not a lot of 3b stuff out there. Thanks again!
     
    Madeline3b, Aug 28, 2022
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