Okay... October Update....
The Strange Rear differential and QA1 rear Coil Over Conversion suspension arrived at the restoration shop...
The Engine Bay has been primed and painted...
I tell you, I really enjoyed working with all the car restoration businesses so far!
I’m so grateful to Just Dashes, Ssnake Oyl, Guzman City Machining, American Power Train, Strange Engineering, and Creative Classics and Customs, and many others…
All have been passionate about what we’re...
The 440 Stroker Engine:
A block is selected and prepped and cleaned:
Parts are collected for the Short Block and the Block is painted:
Eagle Piston Arms and Crank
ATI Super Damper
Bearings and ARP Hardware
Paint
The Long Block was in final assembly this week (Oct 27)
Engine...
September 20-27th
The underbody was coated.
Fuel lines are being installed and you can see the QA1 rear suspension bar welded into place.
Finally, a spray out of the color scheme and stripes.... Let me know what you think!
September 17th
Installed the AMD E-Body Stiffening kit and epoxy...
Subframe Connector and Torque Box...
Front Torque Boxes
Fender Supports
Radiator Support
Epoxy
July 30th, The guys have stripped a lot of paint and exposed most of the body issues.
Signs of previous patch work on the driver's fender...
Lot's of holes in the Quarter panels...
Holes in the roof skin....
Big holes in the firewall failing to hold the break booster in place...
Ok so now things start to really pick up. The car arrives at Creative Classics & Customs on June 26 and the guys immediately get to work (stripping decals off).
July 15th we start to see where all the rust issues are hiding...
OK so let's try to catch up a little...
Back in June of 2023 I had purchased a new Chrome rear bumper from Auto Metal Direct to replace the body color painted one on the car. This was leaning against my garage back wall.
In July of '23 I bought an Auto Metal Direct Chrome Gas cap ring and...
Back in October of last year I sent the original seat belts to Ssnake-Oyl for restoration. I'm sure someone will correct me on this forum but it's my understanding that in 1973, Dodge had a one year only design for the passenger seat belt warning light wiring. Specifically the wiring for the...
It's been almost a year since I sent an update but a lot has happened with this restoration. To start with I removed the dash cover and dash and had Just Dashes restore it. The dash was hiding some scary rust in the inner firewall.
The plastic dash cover...
The dash being removed ...
With a gasket scraper and a hammer...
I'm cutting those pans out anyway so probably didn't even need to remove the fiberglass but don't really want it catching on fire when I get in there.
I had the car up on the highest level of the quick jack and the transmission wasn't clearing the rear...
Today I bought a Hobart welder from Tractor Supply, some welding gloves and jacket, some 0.03 gauge mig welding wire and some 22 gauge panels to "learn on". Need to find some weld gas and then go get a lesson from some guys in the car club. I had previously purchased a Eastwood surface...