AlV 69 Dodge GTS project

340sFastback said

Nice pics and I love the detail. And thats a cool looking car.

That bezel around the ignition switch looks like a '67. In '69 they used a plastic bezel that was square around the key switch.

Some info, the 741 rear has a shimmed pinion (that is how the factory did it). What that means is you can swap the yoke with upsetting the pinion pre-load. Also looks like you have a cone sure grip unit.

The shifter handle is a pre '69. The '69s had a wood grain shift handle.

Year One sells outstanding reproduction wire harnesses. Not cheap but they are perfect reproductions of the original harnesses.

Looks like you are doing some excellent work love the write up.

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Thanks for following! This has all been great fun and an awesome learning experience so far.

I checked out your link ... Very cool and I like the way you set up the hoist to lift the car over the k member/engine and trans to install it. I'll remember that for the future!

Regarding some of your feed back (Big thanks for point them out):

I need to get a better picture of the 69 ignition bezel and shifter look like.
I'm wondering if I just need to replace the knob or if I have to look at the whole assembly.

You also mentioned that I have a cone style sure grip... which makes me wonder if that is a good type to have. I'll have to look into the different posi traction setups to get a better understanding of the cone type versus the others.

Also you pointed out that the 741 haad a shimmed pinion which I'm guessing is better than having a crush sleeve. I take that to mean that I should be able to replace the yoke with little worry of impacting the preload so it should be easier to set up. Do I have that right?

I'll add this to my list of takeaways for the future.
thanks
AlV