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  1. Trevor B

    [FOR SALE] 1973 Dart Sport with 360/380

    You can pretty much make anything fit. Just if it was a bench seat car, you will have to drill new holes and it's a good idea to reinforce the sheet metal!
  2. Trevor B

    [FOR SALE] 1973 Dart Sport with 360/380

    They are Recaro. Very comfortable. I welded some 1/8" metal squares to the floor pan on both sides to reinforce the mounting points.
  3. Trevor B

    [FOR SALE] 1973 Dart Sport with 360/380

    I have decided to sell my 1973 Dodge Dart Sport (the 1973-74 version of the Demon). It is ugly but beautiful. Could be the perfect rat rod or restoration. Car is located in Novato, California, 94949 It is an original 340 car with AC and I even have the original 340 short block (which would...
  4. Trevor B

    Time to let her go

    Thank you, Steven and Acme SS. It's kind of a heart breaker as this is the first car I actually built from the ground up but it sits on the trailer 360 days/year. Hopefully whoever buys it will put some time and effort into truly making it their own.
  5. Trevor B

    Time to let her go

    Hi All, Although I have bought five A-Bodies since I started my (short) car-guy life in 2014, I've never sold one. I ask you for your help/advice in valuing and selling this one... The Brown Barchetta! I built this car after a moron wrecked my beloved 1973 Duster at the end of the dragstrip at...
  6. Trevor B

    Post your 12 second small block combos

    Man that feels good, huh? Unless you've already done it, you can lose a little easy weight for free by removing those heavy steel supports behind each bumper.
  7. Trevor B

    Is my 904 toast?

    Update: I took the car out to put her through her paces on a long and straight road. Problem is worse. I warmed up the engine on the trailer. Went out in first and stayed in first through about 5000 rpm, then coasted back down again. Then repeated in second, stayed in second. Then third...
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    Is my 904 toast?

    That is a very interesting thought - thanks! The track was definitely much colder at that point in the evening and I'm sure they didn't do a very good job conditioning it this year. In fact, last week was the first night they opened up the entire 1/4 mile (three previous weeks were 1/8 only)...
  9. Trevor B

    Is my 904 toast?

    It was a hell of a vibration + shaking and made a fairly loud noise I'd never heard before. In second gear only.
  10. Trevor B

    Is my 904 toast?

    Thanks, guys. Will get to car later today and go a little deeper. Initial inspection didn't turn up any obvious loose stuff. So it doesn't sound like transmission-related?
  11. Trevor B

    Is my 904 toast?

    Last night at the drag strip, I experienced a sound/feeling that spelled bad news. It was my 5th run of the night and somewhere in 2nd gear I felt and heard a big vibration and shaking, can't really call it a grind but it was hard to really hear over the engine and the guy next to me. I felt...
  12. Trevor B

    How do slants fit in righthand drive cars?

    I'd love to see what the transverse linkage for an opposite-side mounted master cylinder looks like. However, check these out... Here's a blown slant with the MC clearly in front of the brake pedal (from Aussie Speedshop): And here's the "Hemi 245," a different kind of slant used in the...
  13. Trevor B

    How do slants fit in righthand drive cars?

    Let me clarify: I understand that the engine goes in there, right side up and bolted in. But things like the steering column and, to a lesser degree the master cylinder (especially if there is a booster) would seem to be a tight fit. Mounting the steering box in a different place, as YY1...
  14. Trevor B

    How do slants fit in righthand drive cars?

    As I was looking at the right side of the slant in my 1971 Duster today, I wondered how they got these into Australian cars. Obviously, it was a very popular engine down there but did they shift the entire engine leftward? How did this work?
  15. Trevor B

    [SOLD] Custom Slant 6 Torque Converter: 1967+68

    This is a hybrid torque converter custom built to fit a 1967 and earlier crank and a 1968 and later 904 transmission. The pilot hole on the '67 and down crank is smaller than the '68 and up so, instead of enlarging it, you just use this TC. I had it built in 2017 by Transtar so I could drive...
  16. Trevor B

    Post your 12 second small block combos

    '73 Dart Sport '90s Mopar crate magnum 380/360 - M1 intake - .288/.292 cam with .501/.513 lift GM HEI ignition Holley 750 double pumper 3000 stall off-the-shelf converter Torqueflite 904 with reverse manual valve body 8.25" rear with 3.92 gears TTI headers 26" MT slicks Best run so far = 12.442...
  17. Trevor B

    Did you know you can power wash your jeans?

    Well... you can. Several pairs were so completely greased through and filthy there was no way they were going to be allowed in the washing machine. I sprayed them down with simple green in the backyard, let them set a little bit, then took the power washer to them. It works great! Edit, per...
  18. Trevor B

    Odd brake/tail light problem

    Problem solved! At least, temporarily. I did as you suggested and tested the brake switch with power - it works. I unscrewed the fuse box mount to get a better look as I followed the pink wires back and found... the palm of my right hand slapping my forehead. Nikolai Tesla over here seems to...
  19. Trevor B

    Odd brake/tail light problem

    Okay - got back to the car today with a clear head. Changed out both tail/stop bulbs with new ones that are confirmed working. I tested the old ones and, for some reason, both bulbs' tail light filaments did not work. They were new. What's going on there? I ran jumper wires from both...
  20. Trevor B

    Odd brake/tail light problem

    Yes - it is the factory harness. 67Dart273: I'm not sure how to do the above I tested several spots with the multi-meter: 1) Coming out of the rear light wiring harness with headlights ON: a. Black tail light wire = 11.4v b. Brown (right side) brake light/turn indicator = 0 c. Green...
  21. Trevor B

    Odd brake/tail light problem

    Hi All, First off, let me just say that when I finished putting this ugly 1973 Dart Sport 340 together a month ago, all of the lights worked the way they should (and when they should). I have done nothing but race the car at the brackets for about a month, once a week. That is to say, the car...
  22. Trevor B

    What's the weirdest thing you've found in a car?

    I'm working on restoring my buddy's 1965 Galaxie 500 XL. It hasn't been run (or opened except to store stuff inside) in 30 years. So far I've found a green army man (crawling with rifle out front), what appears to be a special rock he found somewhere, what must be a copper fondue pot (?!?), a...
  23. Trevor B

    Serpentine belt tensioner is jumping and acting weird

    Problem found! The AC delete pulley has three mounting holes, through which 5/16" bolts go through and into the front cover, as shown in jos51700's post #3 above. The holes are significantly bigger than 5/16" and there is thus a lot of "adjustment" possible. What was happening is the pulley...
  24. Trevor B

    Serpentine belt tensioner is jumping and acting weird

    Okay: - Tensioner is good - Original (too big) belt was 81 5/8" (Gates K070810) - Tried next two sizes (down) of belt: 80 3/4" (K070801) and 80" (K070795) - 80 3/4" went on 'a little too easy' so went with 80" - 80" definitely snug fit when brand new and no rattle... for a while. There was very...
  25. Trevor B

    Serpentine belt tensioner is jumping and acting weird

    This right here is gold. I'm still new to the whole serpentine thing. I will find a shorter belt and try it out! Thank you!
  26. Trevor B

    Serpentine belt tensioner is jumping and acting weird

    The belt tensioner is acting strangely – can anyone help diagnose this problem? Engine: Crate Magnum 380/360 with a serpentine set-up from a mid-90s Jeep. Everything was fine before I changed the belt set-up: I deleted the power steering pump and added a dummy AC idler on top to get the belt...
  27. Trevor B

    Unsafe K-member!

    I was looking at the k-member I pulled from a 1973 Dart Sport . I got this car to replace my poor crashed Duster and am using as much as possible from the old car, including my k-member, already full of engine/headers/steering box/whatever. So out came the entire front suspension, steering...
  28. Trevor B

    Super simple/brilliant rattle can tool: Rustoleum Comfort Grip

    And yet I just discovered it this week! How many more brilliant labor saving devices are there floating around? Hopefully, some day, someone will invent a special tool that can help me loosen specific 6-sided nuts. I must have gone through about a million adjustable crescent wrenches...
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