Next Phase of my Mopar Life
Progress was made this week. I ran the 8 3/4 housing out to my friend Monte's shop. He is a retired mechanic who still works on cars and does metal work. He is going to move the perches in for me. It should be ready by next week some time. Here is a shot of him and his hot rod BBQ that he built.
With the holidays winding down I was able to get out in the garage today and get some work done. I pulled the 8 1/4 and stripped the springs and the brakes from it. I'll be reusing them on the 8 3/4. I found out that the car has 6 leaf springs and the part number 3400081 means they originally on a 340 car. My car started out as a 318 but it's cool to know that someone added the HD springs somewhere along it's journey.
The next few weeks will be spent cleaning and painting the parts that I'm gonna reuse. I'll take them to work and throw them in our Barracuda parts washer. That thing strips the grease and oil off and leaves the whole part bare metal. The brakes look good. You can tell they were redone recently and the drums look like new. I'm thinking of taking the leaf springs to our local spring shop and having them re-arched. I can save on shipping and help keep a local business open. KC Springworks has been in business since 1912. They did a pair back in 80's for me and came out great!
Progress was made this week. I ran the 8 3/4 housing out to my friend Monte's shop. He is a retired mechanic who still works on cars and does metal work. He is going to move the perches in for me. It should be ready by next week some time. Here is a shot of him and his hot rod BBQ that he built.
With the holidays winding down I was able to get out in the garage today and get some work done. I pulled the 8 1/4 and stripped the springs and the brakes from it. I'll be reusing them on the 8 3/4. I found out that the car has 6 leaf springs and the part number 3400081 means they originally on a 340 car. My car started out as a 318 but it's cool to know that someone added the HD springs somewhere along it's journey.
The next few weeks will be spent cleaning and painting the parts that I'm gonna reuse. I'll take them to work and throw them in our Barracuda parts washer. That thing strips the grease and oil off and leaves the whole part bare metal. The brakes look good. You can tell they were redone recently and the drums look like new. I'm thinking of taking the leaf springs to our local spring shop and having them re-arched. I can save on shipping and help keep a local business open. KC Springworks has been in business since 1912. They did a pair back in 80's for me and came out great!
