74 HEMI Dart Sport

[Demon B Leavin]

What are you doing with your steering, going with k frame , manual steering, mine is manual with power steering column, looking for a manual column, shaft is longer and I get shaft coupler removed then. Flaming river has some nice couplers for this .Mike

 

[Demon B Leavin]

Your probably going to have to move master cylinder , I had a slick adapter plate made up moving it a little more than the one it had on it, had to modify brake pedal framing under dash also. Mike

 

[mzak88]

What are you doing with your steering, going with k frame , manual steering, mine is manual with power steering column, looking for a manual column, shaft is longer and I get shaft coupler removed then. Flaming river has some nice couplers for this .Mike

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I have a V8 K from 69 Barracuda I'm gonna use. I am using mopar manual box, stock steering suspension etc. I have an aluminum Strange master cylinder as well as relocating block I bought from Mopar years ago- moves it out 1.5"

 

[Demon B Leavin]

I have a V8 K from 69 Barracuda I'm gonna use. I am using mopar manual box, stock steering suspension etc. I have an aluminum Strange master cylinder as well as relocating block I bought from Mopar years ago- moves it out 1.5"

Here is pics of master cylinder block I had modified to move master cylinder over more to the left. The last pic is with old block, using to modify it. Mike

 

[HemiDenny]

Mopar Hot ROD rule #1
when it don't fit.....modify.

 

[mzak88]

Lots of cleanup in progress...

 

[mzak88]

Here is pics of master cylinder block I had modified to move master cylinder over more to the left. The last pic is with old block, using to modify it. Mike

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Here is pics of master cylinder block I had modified to move master cylinder over more to the left. The last pic is with old block, using to modify it. Mike

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yikes that’s close!

 

[mzak88]

Havent quit, just paused. New job, new town 150 miles away and Dart in storage for now. got to get a new shop set up

 

[famous bob]

All dyno-ed

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-------------JEALOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[d55dave]

Are you not in kelowna anymore?

 

[mzak88]

Are you not in kelowna anymore?

No, Grand Forks now, ugh. I was a millwright at the Tolko mill in K town but my spidey senses told me to jump ship. Took a job at Interfor in the Forks. Been here a year and a half but not too convinced I want to stay. I may try to go to Enderby and commute to Armstrong. My poor car got moved in pieces, body is in storage in Lake Country tho.

 

[mzak88]

Project still on hold but not for long. Stay tuned for link to new thread.

 

[str12-340]

Good things come to those who wait!

 

[mzak88]

Gentlemen, Ladies - I’m coming back, but I need help. My car is going to be a painfully slow project. I have too much on my reality plate. Working far away up north for 3 weeks then one at home. My 1911 house is a labour magnet. So a quick question… what is the accepted method of refinishing driveline/suspension components? I have stuff sandblasted down and I thought of epoxy priming then urethane paint. Am I too OCD? Or just send it with spray bombs. Thoughts anyone?

 

[mzak88]

Also a good friend of mine passed away 2 weeks ago. He’s had cancer for the last 10 years, the man was an anomaly. Kept going with life thru it all. He still had his first car, 1970 Dart 340 4 gear. I had been giving him one day a turnaround to help him reanimate it. He managed to get it down the road for a burnout but didn’t make it to properly insure and drive. This is my thread so I post this reality check of mine. I mourn Vern Toderuk. This is a pic from back in the day daily-ing his car in northern bc.

 

[junkyardhero]

spray bomb roll bar and chassis paint: vht, jegs, eastwood whoever. also have had good luck with enamel engine paint by duplicolor.

 

[HemiDenny]

Also a good friend of mine passed away 2 weeks ago. He had cancer for the 10 years, the man was an anomaly. Kept going with life thru it all. He still had his first car, 1970 Dart 340 4 gear. I had been giving him one day a turnaround to help him reanimate it. He managed to get it down the road for a burnout but didn’t make it to properly insure and drive. This is my thread so I post this reality check of mine. I mourn Vern Toderuk. This is a pic from back in the day daily-ing his car in northern bc.

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God speed Vern.

 

[mzak88]

Still here, still hope. Yes it’s in the house… and actually working on it.

 

[mzak88]

Reality is it’s just the aftermath of a third move, with the car in pieces. Got married for the third time too. I was just removing valve covers so I could squeak it into my office.

 

[4spdragtop]

Glad to see progress ! Cool pics.

 

[mzak88]

So I’ve move to an “off grid paradise”. 160 acres in the mountains. This is the shop on property with the gong show of a quick move with ZERO preparation.

 

[mzak88]

Trying to make sense of it all. House and western view

 

[mzak88]

Here is my current, pun intended, issue. This place is off grid so no power, gas, telephone or cable service. My cell phone works and I have Starlink for intergoogle. Solar system is a joke, done way cheap a long time ago. Power goes out nightly by 7pm. Then I gotta fire up the Benchmark 9000 watt generator. I tried running my Lincoln 255 powermig off it but, it would turn on then Peter out as soon as trigger pulled- even at minimal voltage setting. I’m actively working on an upgraded solar system with:
10 Thernova 580 watt panels
1 x 15000 watt SolArc all in one inverter
3 x 48 volt lithium batteries
Makes a 15 KW solar system, my math sez about 62.5 amps at 240 volts. My welder is rated to pull 42 amps 240 v maxed out. Here’s hoping it will all work.