Recent content by Mike P 52

".....looks like you’re a Patterson too...." Yup. Picture was taken before I bought the car. I'm currently doing a motor/trans swap on it.

https://flic.kr/p/2oSnvCo]valiant 1[/url] by https://www.flickr.com/photos/153889607@N08/]M Patterson[/url], on Flickr

Over the weekend we got finally got the transmission located in the transmission tunnel. We had run into an issue with a boss located on the OD housing that wouldn’t allow the transmission to be centered where it needed to be. After talking to my friend at the transmission shop that I had...

I tried not to completely waste the winter so I spent some time figuring out some things that I would normally do much later in the project. As I mentioned the car is being built to be a dependable long distance cruiser. That being said parts do fail. I’m going to be running an MSD 6A box on...

It’s finally warmed up a bit in the last couple of weeks and my backs doing a bit better now so my grandson’s been coming over to give me a hand on the car. We spent yesterday clearance the transmission tunnel for the overdrive unit on the red car (we’ll have to duplicate this on the green car...

Nope, haven’t given up yet. I got a little further last fall before it started cooling off . When it started getting cold the issues with my back pretty much kept me out of the shop most of the winter. Now that’s it’s warming up again we’re back at it. Last fall I did find a couple of 392 pans...

“…….There is alot of 3 3/8 options out there but i think that will be to small…….” https://flic.kr/p/2oUq5WM]New gauges[/url] by https://www.flickr.com/photos/153889607@N08/]M Patterson[/url], on Flickr I realize this is not an A body dash (it’s actually my 87 Ram 50) but I am using...

Thanks for your reply Mark. That's kind of what I figured on the column, and good news on the Pitman arm. I kind of suspected the PS box would be bigger and thanks for the tip on the Borgeson. I'm doing a Gen1 Hemi so it's a completely different animal than the G3. I really don't know...

I’m collecting parts/information for an engine swap (Gen 1 Hemi) on my 68 Valiant. Part of the swap will involve conversion to Power Steering. How much larger is the stock PS Gear than the manual gear? I understand the steering column may need to be swapped for a PS column. Are there any other...

Some nice looking gauge clusters. I'm looking at doing the same on my 68 Valiant. I want to go with 1 1/2" gauges. I've got all the gauges I need except a 1 1/2" fuel gauge ( sunpro CP8109). I've been hunting for the fuel gauge for a couple of years now with no luck. As I understand it...

"......I may have a 392 center sump oil pan, I'll check the dwindling stash....." Thanks, I appreciate it. You might want to hold up though, I may have located one, I'll know this evening or tomorrow.

"....... I'm just tryin' to be helpful...." Denny your insights have been extremely helpful and I really do appreciate your honest input. Guys I'm no under allusions about the first generation HEMIs. I currently have 2 in driving vehicles. To me and a lot of people they are an impressive...

Darter6 I do like the looks of the under dash vents, and the info is good to know, and will probably look into it if I decide to go with a combined heat/ac unit. Normally I just buy the evaporator/vents/controls separately and then source all the rest of the parts locally, it comes out a bit...

"......Flat tops = truck motor! 7.5:1....." Yep, that's what the casting numbers say. Like I said it's a builder. When people find out that 392 are harder to find and a lot more expensive when you do come across them they become more open to the smaller engines. "..... probably do not want...

LOL Yeah Neil the thought fleetingly crossed my mind but it would definitely destroy any illusion be being inconspicuous.