Recent content by 1WildRT

Sounds like most of you guys want to work of stuff... I just want to drive mine... The more the better... Unfortunately the reality is they always need some kinda work...

Seventeen years... And somehow "It's Back!!!!!" Since someone else dug it up... Here's a single stage paint job... Pretty decent depth... Car has been done for thirty years now & still looks good...

Another was a 64 Buick Riviera G/S with the dual quad 425.... Engine had been built by a local speed shop but the car sat unfinished for a few years.... Another one that got towed into the shop to get put back together.... Another car I expected to be kinda fast that was seriously...

Bright Orange 71 Pantera.... Worked on it back in 1982, came into the shop for electrical stuff... I was drooling like a fool... When the guy picked it up he offered a ride... Of course I jumped at the offer.... Thing was an absolute PIG......... A few days later I was rolling down the freeway...

The two I used were both Lakewood.. Good piece...

The guy I got my trans from had a Q/T bell... The run out was over .070... I machined custom offset dowels to center it up... Once that was done the dowels shifted the bell housing so far the bolts wouldn't go into their holes... Could have opened the holes up... But instead the man that owned...

Medical grade oilless compressors are kinda specialized... Not a lot of air, but really clean consistent air... I had a Corkin Medical compressor forty plus years ago... Big/Heavy... Only made a maximum of 90 psi... Got if from a Dr that needed some resto work... I shoulda demanded all cash...

That IR Should do everything you need it to do... If you pick up a blast cabinet you'll have to let it catch up... Blast for 10 minutes, wait two minutes... Not a big deal, I did that for years till I got a bigger compressor..

Mine is a TKO but it's Ford format cause that's what Kiesler used way back in the day.... Silver Sport sells a bell housing that has the TKO/TKX pattern so you don't have to modify a original bell housing... And they too chose the Ford pattern, I'm guessing due to the input shaft length...

Post 68 shows cli55er's TKX install... Looks like the rearward shifter location might be best....

I wonder how close this would be? GM A body....

Forward mount shifter on a TKX E body shifter location...

When I was doing the conversion on my Red Challenger my GF was pissed off... She'd owned/driven nothing but manual transmission vehicles from the time she got her license till we bought her her first new car in 2001... She had laid claim to the Red Challenger, insisted the Green one was mine &...

Yeah, bending takes some brute force, but I have access to plenty... And sometimes the chrome gets damaged but usually it's okay... How many bent bumpers have you seen with good chrome....

Looking stock the rear position is probably the call... As far as hand position, bending the shift lever you can put it where you want....