Ma's `cuda. A long time coming.

[Ghoulardi]

That "big hole" looks pretty tidy and sanitary once you got the nice rubber trim grommet in place. No worries.

 

[mmissile]

Today I spent a couple hours reshaping and setting up the dipstick for the engine. It's ready for a couple small tigs, then a powder-coating. The SRT engines all have the dipstick on the right side, going into the cast aluminum pan. NFG for me.

 

[mmissile]

Doing some tedious stuff. Got the dipstick shaped correctly, tab welded on, and powder coated. YEA. I wanted the mounting plate for my hydraulic brakes coated[can't have raw aluminum], for I decided to take it apart. HA!.... It wasn't meant to be disassembled, and it looks like they may have had issues with one at some point[so much effort to make it not come apart]. It's assembled with a toothed nut, nuclear lock-tite, and a snap-ring just in case[plus no access with regular tools]. I had to make a socket to fit in the recess of the plate, and over the back of the hydraulic unit. Once I had a socket that would fit....it took a 3 foot adjustable wrench and some grunt to get it off. We did, and milled the free advertising off as I prepped the piece for powder. It'll probably go back together this coming weekend. Fun times! Oh, anybody selling a 68-69 hemi road runner?..... I'm looking for one. I sold the racecar this past week.

 

[rbbruno3]

Nice work , that's why these dang cars aren't built overnight.

 

[74chlngrTT5.9]

Agreed in removing their logo. No need to distract from your perfection...

Mike

 

[mmissile]

Thanks guys. I don't run logo's on stuff that I don't get any discount or given parts/help. All this stuff costs too much to advertise for free. We started with a used, 3/4 drive, PROTO upper ball-joint socket, then spent about an hour on the lathe and mill... to make it work for the removal of that toothed nut. The plate had to come off to make it black, anyways.

I had to move the car to back of my shop, as I have to prepare the racecar for it's final trip with me.... So ma's car saw some daylight again.

Unloading into the shop..........

 

[Ghoulardi]

Where is she going?

 

[mmissile]

In a personal collection. It's at it's new home, and the couple love it. It was a great adoption.

 

[mmissile]

Finally got the project back in the shop, after detailing the old racecar for delivery. I got the hydraulic unit back together and re-installed, got the dipstick coated/mounted, and with some friendly help....got the trans cover bolted up. I've got 90% of the electrical components ready to finish installing, so we can fire the beast. This is taking longer than even I expected.

 

[Ghoulardi]

This is taking longer than even I expected.

Yes but the results are amazing. This is going to be one unique and beautiful ride!

 

[Drew1968]

I haven't talked to you in a while but I'm very glad to see you getting this together. (GB from SF)

 

[74chlngrTT5.9]

The patience (showing restraint from just hacking it together) is what takes this to the next level.

During my build (which is vastly less than yours) there is probably 10+ things going at all times.
Work on something while planning the "how to" for the next. When figured out, jump in with both feet on that and think/plan on how to get past the next obstacle.

Carry on...

Mike.

 

[mmissile]

Thanks. I'm working on 3 other cars, and all my usual upkeep on the other crap around here. Right now, I'm waiting on a friend to help me with some wiring. He's very retentive, and works to my satisfaction.....however, he ain't speedy at getting to things.

 

[mmissile]

I figured it was time to do some more stuff on the project. My buddy Mick and I, mounted the battery, built and ran the power leads to the front of the car, and I made a mock-up of the panel for mounting the electronics. I'll get the panel made soon, and probably have everything mounted in the next week or two. Mick is more anal than me, and he makes everything "perfect". His wire ends are a project by themselves. It's nice to know I have some great friends and help. At this rate, it'll make noise in a month. If we don't have to power-up a bunch more stuff from the back, I have smaller cable ends for the battery posts. We'll see.

 

[mmissile]

Ernie[MOTOFAB] made the panel in about 1/2 hour[scrap cut-offs and the welder]. Gotta locate all the electrical stuff, drill holes, then powder-coat the piece.

 

[Drew1968]

You need to take a video of when you fire it up for the first time

 

[mmissile]

Not much to report. Finished the foam install, dug out the carpet I had stored since 2000...and found a huge nest had been being built at one time. We found almost 5 lbs of dog food in the rolled up carpet. Unfortunately, there's also 2 holes chewed in it. We cut it anyways for a test fit. Gravity made it start to lay out in no time. Gotta thank J.R. again, for his help installing and pressing the foam into the indentations of the floor pan.

My new car has been absorbing some time, and I'm waiting on the new carpets.

 

[mmissile]

I've got the control panel setup for installation. A fuse box attaches to the bottom/left, and there's still 4 relays to attach from the harness. I hope to have this done next week, and most of the initial mechanical wiring completed. Then, it's just the body/factory harnesses. It's apparent I haven't cleaned that bench for awhile. LOL

 

[mmissile]

Well, after 3 hours, we got this unit mounted into the car. 10lbs in a 5lb bag.

Now to start powering up all the components.......

all in all, a very neat installation of lots of pieces. Mick has been invaluable to this process.

 

[03HDFB]

Looks great Mike.....JUst love what you guys are doing!