Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project

I am going to Hazard a guess that he may have picked up a Harbor Freight welder. I have read that they work great if you buy a quality wire from a different manufacturer. I am sure you can find a welding shop on your side of the Bridge, but if not there is one in Martinez, near Pacheco, almost across the street from the Highway Patrol on Blum Road off Pacheco Blvd. I am almost neighbors with you, I live in Antioch, used to live off Blum Rd in Martinez, and have a house in Vallejo where my parents live and watch over my mopar graveyard. I have really enjoyed reading and watching your other build projects and recently stumbled on this one. I am also working on a slant turbo project but have mostly been collecting parts. The speed at which you get projects done is amazing! Takes me five times as long to think about doing a project. Bill, Rusty, Pishta, and many of the others here on FABO have also offered me some great advice and now I am learning by watching you go to town on this. If you see a gold 2 door 71 Swinger with a ugly bald guy driving it, that's me. Mike

Good guess.



I modified it. It's now a Lincoln. :glasses7::D





But when I bought it I read that the wire supplied with it was garbage, so I went and picked up some Hobart wire .030 that was recommended. After I switched to that I was able to make an actual weld bead. It worked, not pretty, but the pipe's all good.


I visited antioch recently, well the area - to go to the KOA over there with my girlfriend and kids, that's where the picture with the firepit is.

I have probably seen your car around. I saw a gold maybe green 2 door on Lake Herman if you tend to drive that way.

Also Bill, I do not intend to mislead people into thinking all those 3 parts are the same - I'm just making a note that they all have similar function parts.

The deal with Big-O, is it took them 3 days to fix 2 brake cylinders, and when they gave it back to me, the brakes would not let go after a stop. I'd push the pedal and not go anywhere. They were dragging all the time, so I took it back, they supposedly fixed it. All the sudden after I got it back my left turn signal no longer functions and the brake lights stay on after you park the car. It has so far been a frustrating experience. I'll call them and deal with it, but right now it's sitting in my driveway with no brakes. Luckily once you mash the pedal all the way to the floor the tires screech and the car stops. I drove about 5 mph back to my driveway. I am going to take the wheel off this morning just to inspect. Maybe the bleed or brake nut came loose, maybe foul play - someone maybe cut the soft line. It's best I make sure their work is actually the problem. If it is, I put the wheel back on, then take it in and not mention taking the wheel off.