Thanks, Yes we will use the same headers.
1969 Race Dart w/ 426 Hemi- garaged for 45+ years
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Try slip plate on them stuff works great and makes metal look new including exhaust manifolds. Stuff is incredible google it.
JDMopar
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Awesome! Fits perfect with the build. I have had 2 sets of headers coated at Calico and couldn't have been happier with either set. They do polished ceramic on the outside, and a black thermal barrier on the insides of all tubes and collectors. The price is very reasonable too. Thanks for sharing the journey of this great car with all of us.
Lasts on them around 5 years, basically graphite. Used it on my bare headers a long time ago they still look great.
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Thank you!Awesome! Fits perfect with the build. I have had 2 sets of headers coated at Calico and couldn't have been happier with either set. They do polished ceramic on the outside, and a black thermal barrier on the insides of all tubes and collectors. The price is very reasonable too. Thanks for sharing the journey of this great car with all of us.
Moparpuller
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I’m in the same boat as the OP. My dad passed away a few weeks ago and has had a 68 dart for 36 years and I had never seen it on the road. He had swapped in a 383 and 727 but never had it finished. I was able to get it running and drive it to his service. I will start a build thread when I get going on it
Uncle Bob
Shiny paint causes stress.
The rear wheel openings.
Gotcha, yes Sir................ not doing any body or sheet metal work
MidnightSwinger
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Good, those rear wheel wells are one of my favorite parts of the car personally. I may even try to replicate them on my Swinger.Gotcha, yes Sir................ not doing any body or sheet metal work
This thread wins the internet !! Thanks Max for sharing this awesome time capsule
I got into cars because my neighborhood was into anything and everything that could be hot rodded, neighbors next door had a 55 chevy called the ugly stick, small block 4 speed car, t-bucket roadster, nice el camino and a 4 speed cuda
Guy around the corner had a boat with a big block tunnel ram 2 4-barrels, not far was a early sprint car-followed by a later one and the baddest of all was a Hemi Dart owned by a guy in a wheelchair and driven by Jim L, car guy guru for the neighborhood, I think I have a pic of this car at the Autorama I'll try to dig up.
So when any one of these would fire off, I'd hop on my bike and be right there watching, great times to be a kid in the 70's !! Thank you for taking us along on this incredible journey.
I got into cars because my neighborhood was into anything and everything that could be hot rodded, neighbors next door had a 55 chevy called the ugly stick, small block 4 speed car, t-bucket roadster, nice el camino and a 4 speed cuda
Guy around the corner had a boat with a big block tunnel ram 2 4-barrels, not far was a early sprint car-followed by a later one and the baddest of all was a Hemi Dart owned by a guy in a wheelchair and driven by Jim L, car guy guru for the neighborhood, I think I have a pic of this car at the Autorama I'll try to dig up.
So when any one of these would fire off, I'd hop on my bike and be right there watching, great times to be a kid in the 70's !! Thank you for taking us along on this incredible journey.
66340SEDAN
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Drums it is...............
I wound get ceramic brake shoes if they make them…my buddy put a set in his 1970 Coronet with 11” drums and he said it stops so much better, almost like discs he said, he’s really happy with them.
didn't catch either of those issues, but I'm a Evelyn Wood speed reader. (I look mainly at the pictures)
Now I better understand why it was parked.
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abdywgn
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are the grooves cut in the crank square or half round? wasn't half round the style of the day before full grooved main bearings?
COOL WHIPPS LLC
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Hey man this is VERY COOL!! One word of caution is that do not advertise too much to the "HEMI" experts that you don't know what you're looking at or doing. That's a sure fire way to get taken advantage of by the devilish "Hemi aficionados" of the universe. I would pull in a long time trusty friend to help you disassemble the engine yourself so that you at least know what is inside the engine before you drop it off. You can' hurt the engine by taking it apart your self as long as you retain that same cadence of "baggin' and taggin'". Take plenty of pics and then drop it off.
COOL WHIPPS LLC
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The best way to pull the motor is to drop it out the bottom by unbolting the K-member.
junkyardhero
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i wouldn't sweat it. he's got member @replicaracer43 on the case with him so he's in great hands.
No body or paintwork going on with this build.
Thank you!
COOL WHIPPS LLC
Doing the impossible first, the difficult, second!
PERFECT!! Man you're fast...or I'm late...lol!!
Thanks....................A little of both I think, LOL
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You might try actually reading the whole thread before commenting.
COOL WHIPPS LLC
Doing the impossible first, the difficult, second!
INDEED!! Wish we were neighbors because I would've tried to convince you to fire it up! I've gotten many cars fired up that have sat several years, but never a real, true Hemi. The process is the same for all gas engines. If it rotated by hand, its just a matter of air, fuel, and spark delivery. Those carbs would've been the showstoppers if they had fuel in them when parked.
Do you plan to return and hunt down the 340 in the "organized confusion" garage?
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