Dart_Doctor
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Cool thanks man i will look in from time to time .
Charger
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Page two on this great build and you can see the hood and see how nice this is moving forward .
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
We're thinning the herd. My son found a buyer for his '68 Chevelle. - Sounds like it's new home will be in Oklahoma.
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67 prostreet gt
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1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
Although we haven't welded the new subframe connectors in yet, we did test fit them.
We had to do some minor grinding to get them to fit tightly against the underside of the floor.
Spencer snapped these photos while lying under the car.
One of the things that we were scoping out was the paths for our fuel and brake lines. We wanted to make sure these connectors would work with the new lines we had yet to install.
We had to do some minor grinding to get them to fit tightly against the underside of the floor.
Spencer snapped these photos while lying under the car.
One of the things that we were scoping out was the paths for our fuel and brake lines. We wanted to make sure these connectors would work with the new lines we had yet to install.
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1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
While Spencer was going to school at Milford Technical College (studying electrical/mechanical) he thought he'd take the 4-speed with him and rebuild it there. The instructors were willing to walk him through the process and assist him.
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1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
With all of the other projects that we've had going, progress really slowed down on the Charger. It seems like I'm always 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' around here. When we needed another water pump housing for the Roadrunner, the Charger had to cough it up. The Edelbrock heads are on now.
The engine remains mocked up on a stand. Although we've got almost everything we need for it, We won't be sending it off for machine work until we're done figuring out the pulleys.
The supercharger has been completely re-machined now. At least we don't have to worry about it anymore.
The engine remains mocked up on a stand. Although we've got almost everything we need for it, We won't be sending it off for machine work until we're done figuring out the pulleys.
The supercharger has been completely re-machined now. At least we don't have to worry about it anymore.
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That looks so bad ***.....^^^^^
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
A lot has happened in the 10 years since I added to this thread. The project's not done but it's not dead either. I'd stopped posting after FABO updated it's software and a lot of my photos and posts disappeared. I had been using FABO to document progress and decided to use my FB account to store pictures online instead. After taking such a long hiatus I've decided to do a bit of updating here for anybody who might have been following the mayhem. (I did my best to re-do most of this original thread so that it should now be close to it's original form now)
Despite a couple more heart attacks and a gruesome hand accident I did gain ground on stuff. The local Democrat city council forced me to move most of my cars out of town by passing an ordinance declaring any vehicle un-driven for a period of one week or longer was to be considered an abandoned nuisance subject to fines and eligible for seizure without notice. Needless to say it had a major impact on my ability to work on the cars.
The 512 stroker that was going to be built for the Charger has been shelved and an all aluminum Keith Black Hemi built by Ray Barton is taking it's place. The A833 4-speed is also shelved and a custom built Tremec 6-speed is going to be used. The 6/71 supercharger that we'd rebuilt has been replaced with a new 8/71. According to dyno results we should be able to pull as much as 1600 HP if we overdrive the blower and run race fuel.
I do have quite a few previously un-posted photos that I'll try to upload.
The Tremec:
528 CUBIC INCHES OF SPEEDING TICKETS
Despite a couple more heart attacks and a gruesome hand accident I did gain ground on stuff. The local Democrat city council forced me to move most of my cars out of town by passing an ordinance declaring any vehicle un-driven for a period of one week or longer was to be considered an abandoned nuisance subject to fines and eligible for seizure without notice. Needless to say it had a major impact on my ability to work on the cars.
The 512 stroker that was going to be built for the Charger has been shelved and an all aluminum Keith Black Hemi built by Ray Barton is taking it's place. The A833 4-speed is also shelved and a custom built Tremec 6-speed is going to be used. The 6/71 supercharger that we'd rebuilt has been replaced with a new 8/71. According to dyno results we should be able to pull as much as 1600 HP if we overdrive the blower and run race fuel.
I do have quite a few previously un-posted photos that I'll try to upload.
The Tremec:
528 CUBIC INCHES OF SPEEDING TICKETS
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
Another significant change was removing the factory K-member and replacing it with a HemiDenny front suspension.
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
Hi Car Nut. In case you're wondering why I ever started a Charger build on FORABODIESONLY, it was after I'd already created a build thread for my '67 Barracuda (Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback). That thread had expanded into covering several other car builds like a '79 Lil Red Express, a '72 Duster, a '70 Roadrunner, this '68 Charger and other projects. I'm also a member of other car sites but had made more friendships here. - So I wanted to share all my various project progressions with the guys I was chatting with.
Dartsun
Mopar Dude
Cool update glad to see you back posting. That’s going to be an awesome Charger.
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
Spencer (my son that owns the Charger) moved to California, bought a house, and got married. I'm holding out hope that he'll eventually miss Nebraska and come back here. If I can finish building my shop I should be able to get more accomplished than I did in my driveway.
Right now the Charger is on hold until the shop is done but I'm going to try to post pics from the lapsed 10 years.
A kid came over last week who was putting together a '69 Charger. It's rough but he's got it back on the road. He got me juiced up to get back to the one in our garage.
Thanks for the continued interest in the build.
I own a 69 Charger, I’m getting ready to do a 5 speed Tremec install. I was going to go with the Tremec 6 speed, changed my mind, too much cutting of my transmission tunnel. I’m not a welder, haven’t welded since the 70s.
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
Spencer drove me crazy with this car. It was originally a torqueflite car and when I replaced the rotted out floor I thought I was done with it. Then he decided to convert to a 4-speed and I had to cut the floor and weld in the hump. My head almost exploded when he decided to go with the Tremec and I had to re fabricate the floor again.
So is your Charger a completed driving car now or is it a torn apart major project?
It would’ve drove, but I have the top of the engine torn down right now. I replaced the 8-3/4 with a Dana S60 a couple years back with new springs/shocks.
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
I wish I'd gone with a 3.56 ratio in the Dana 60 I put under my Barracuda. The 4.10s make driving too expensive with today's gas prices.
I asked about the condition of your Charger because I was assessing whether or not a major floor modification was practical. I don't know how much cutting you had to do for the 5-speed but it was quite a bit for the 6-speed in our car.
I'll post pics.
Glad to see you are back.
As far as the city council, vote them out.
As far as the city council, vote them out.
Dartsun
Mopar Dude
The TKX 5spd still needs floor mods but not as extensive as the TKO.
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
I love my son dearly but he changed direction on this build so often that it felt like building 3 cars instead of one. The decision to switch to the Tremec 6-speed meant more than having to re-cut the floor. I had to cut the torsion bar crossmember and re-design it for strength. A new (beefy) transmission mount also had to be designed and constructed.
That floor has been shifting more than the tectonic plates beneath San Andreas.
Remember - this is what we started with:
The new AMD floor installation was almost as much fun as a root canal.
We adhered insulation on top of the floor.
I lost track of the photos showing the cutting & installation of the 4-speed hump. Just use your imagination to picture me cussing as I'm butchering a hole in the side of the transmission tunnel and burning myself with weld spatter.
Seen here are pics of the floor with the 4-speed hump already in place and now getting cut up again. Remnants of removed glue and insulation (along with some dirt) are visible still.
We weren't able to fit the Tremec in the car until sections of the floor pan were removed. That included part of that torsion crossmember that was located right where the new shifter needed to be.
That floor has been shifting more than the tectonic plates beneath San Andreas.
Remember - this is what we started with:
The new AMD floor installation was almost as much fun as a root canal.
We adhered insulation on top of the floor.
I lost track of the photos showing the cutting & installation of the 4-speed hump. Just use your imagination to picture me cussing as I'm butchering a hole in the side of the transmission tunnel and burning myself with weld spatter.
Seen here are pics of the floor with the 4-speed hump already in place and now getting cut up again. Remnants of removed glue and insulation (along with some dirt) are visible still.
We weren't able to fit the Tremec in the car until sections of the floor pan were removed. That included part of that torsion crossmember that was located right where the new shifter needed to be.
You might be amazed at how few changes take place when he is doing the cutting and welding. Beautiful build!
340sFastback
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I did full floor replace and T56 Magnum swap in my A Body. A lot of work, time, money, but I took on a few test drives recently. Definitely worth it.
The one unexpected result was the trans makes the car drive so smooth refined no shakes no vibrations it changes whole character of the old car. You don't get the old car experience though more like your driving a modern car. So if looking to relive decades past put a 4 spd in.
The one unexpected result was the trans makes the car drive so smooth refined no shakes no vibrations it changes whole character of the old car. You don't get the old car experience though more like your driving a modern car. So if looking to relive decades past put a 4 spd in.
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
Unfortunately switching to the Tremec meant that our new Lakewood bellhousing was now obsolete and a scatter shield from Quick Time was bought to take it's place.
Because Spence had decided to go with a Hemi we purchased a plastic mock up engine to establish locations of motor mounts, transmission, radiator, etc... It took a few attempts to get the transmission to swing under the floor. We cut away whatever was in our way until we finally had it in place.
Because Spence had decided to go with a Hemi we purchased a plastic mock up engine to establish locations of motor mounts, transmission, radiator, etc... It took a few attempts to get the transmission to swing under the floor. We cut away whatever was in our way until we finally had it in place.
1967 'cuda
Dropped on Head as a Baby
- Next thing you know you'll be wanting air conditioning and someone to rub your feet! lol! I used to feel that a 'road trip' was never complete without at least one 'near death' experience.
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