Welcome! I`m originally from north shore Mass area but living southern in NH for a long time now. If you ae on FB join my group - Northeast Mighty Mopar Club | Facebook
Need a new welding helmet as mine is pretty old and beat so need to put it on my Christmas list. Maybe even under $150 but I don`t want some cheap crap. I`m just a hobbyist so don`t need anything fancy - what`s out there for deals?
I had a claim with Hagerty about 6 years ago, the worst most stressfull, aggravating three month long process I have ever had to go thru. I dumped Hagerty and went with Grundy, a bit cheaper but no claims yet.
I painted mine is `95 in the barn board garage in this pic - gaps between the boards, open rafters etc. I used an old DeVilbiss JGA siphon feed gun, a Sears 5hp 30 gallon compressor that couldn`t keep up and a box house fan in the side door. Yes, there was a LOT of wet sanding and buffing to do...
The Barracuda had every outer body panel replaced including the roof after the sandblaster warped the crap out of it even though I told him not to do the roof! Also had the usual trunk floor and extensions, parts of the rear frame rails and plenty of small patches, and that was before most sheet...
I do 98% of the work myself, mostly self taught with help from friends and a stint as a bodyman/painter for 10 years starting out as a green apprentice and ending up doing major crash work. I don`t have the tools to set up rear end gears and don`t mess with transmissions, obviously engine...
I have the factory 273 adjustable arms on my 340 with J heads but not sure if those work with T/A heads. I did find these - Small Block Chrysler 340 T/A Iron Oem Iron single shaft
My competition - the hot rod and red Camaro were part of a separate burnout competition and not shown is a C6 Corvette fully prepped for autocross and road racing that won 1st and a brand new Corvette that got 2nd. I beat the three Mustangs, the late `80`s Camaro and the Chevelle with much...
A show I went to on Sunday was held at a local circle track and held both a burnout and a slalom event. I have hundreds of passes at the dragway and won King of the street twice but have always wanted to try an autocross type event so I signed up for it. We had one trial run and one competition...