1964 Valiant "Get Runnin & Drivin"
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That's great. I'm dyin over here. lol
kesteb
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"Damn" works better, unless you change the "no" to a "hi".
Here's my little hot curve electronic skribbidy. It turned out real good. I need to find a good ignition module and I may go ahead and convert Vixen now instead of waiting on the new engine. It will have 12* mechanical at the crank and I put one light and one medium sprAng in it.
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Vixen will not know what to do, Rob!
Got the original axle out and going in with the "new" one. Should have it runnin and drivin again by tomorrow. It's so dang hot here, I'm just goin like 15 minutes at the time.
Yeah, I'm in the same situation. Can only work in the mornings before the garage gets too hot.
JDMopar
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It's been so hot here in the NC hills, that I saw 2 Beagles pouring water on a Rabbit to cool him off so they could run him! 
I do have one of those portable A/C units. It has the exhaust hose on it and I cut a hole through the side of the shop for it. It works good after the sun goes down, but won't touch it during the day with no insulation in this metal building.
She'll figure it out, I'm sure. lol
Looks like you have it on the run , you be careful old man, don't let this heat hurt you, is easy to do at our age.
It dang sure is! I got it down to the parking brake cables now. Drums and wheels and torque it all down and done. Fixin to go do that now.
Now all I got left is bleedin brakes and puttin the wheels back on.
JDMopar
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So, what's up with the new rear end? Different gears or Sure Grip maybe? Or maybe the old one was singing the death knell...lol . I'm sure it's hotter there than it is here, and it's been hotter'n the hinges of hell here the last few days! I have started keeping a gallon milk jug full of water in my little garage fridge just to stay hydrated with.
. I'm sure it's hotter there than it is here, and it's been hotter'n the hinges of hell here the last few days! I have started keeping a gallon milk jug full of water in my little garage fridge just to stay hydrated with.
Its been a scorcher here, but I get the most done in the heat. I keep busy because I keep thinking that in just a few short months its going to be freezing again and getting dark at 4 p.m. and I will be hating every minute of it, waiting for my beloved blast furnace weather to return. So don't waste any car working days. 
So, what's up with the new rear end? Different gears or Sure Grip maybe? Or maybe the old one was singing the death knell...lol
Naw the original one is fine. It'a an open 2.93 and the new one has the Dana Powerlock sure grip with 3.90 gears.
Its been a scorcher here, but I get the most done in the heat. I keep busy because I keep thinking that in just a few short months its going to be freezing again and getting dark at 4 p.m. and I will be hating every minute of it, waiting for my beloved blast furnace weather to return. So don't waste any car working days.
Well you have at it. lol
Rear end is done. I gotta get 5 RH lug nuts tomorrow then I can go drive it.
chinze57
Push Button tranny and a Slant 6 that'll never die
Is that an HEI conversion? Been trying to figure out what electronic ignition to do in my dart, the points work, just not as well as I'd like.
Nope. It's a stock Mopar electronic distributor I rebuilt and modified.
67Dart273
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You need to figure a way to put huge oversize gutters on the shop, then set a sprinkler system up on the peak and let the water run down and recover what's left in the gutters. A big frickin swamp cooler
That has possibilities. lol
I have a pair of sprinklers on my shop roof, spinners that adjust down to a mist, it drops my temp down an easy 20 degrees Rusty, that metal roof is a giant iron man, I need a rain bird timmer so it turns on for 3 minutes and off for 10.
Looking forward to the reply on the get up and go your gears give you
On long trips just throw on those taller tires
Looking forward to the reply on the get up and go your gears give you
On long trips just throw on those taller tires
When the Macon weatherman says heat index of 115, YOU might as well be in Phoenix at 3 o clock!!! 
Test driven. Boy is it ever a LOT quicker. It actually wants to hook up more, of course. I could make it roast um, but I'm afraid now I'll break somethin. lol It has a very, very, VERY light whine on decel, but I'm callin it good. It could simply be because it's turnin the drive shaft so much faster. More likely, the pinion depth is out just a skosh, but I'm leavin well enough alone. I'll have to get Kitty to shoot another video next time we take Vixen to town. Kitty's not feelin good today, so it probably won't happen today. I'm callin it a huge success!
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