Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Went to the Puyallup swapmeet this weekend.
Didn't really find anything we needed but still got some stuff. I picked up a first issue of Scrape for a buck, some hotwheels and 2 aftermarket 56 olds hubcaps. Nikki found some garbage pale kids cards and one hubcap that she liked. After the meet I picked up a whole 8 3/4" mopar rear end with the 3.91 gears I was looking for for my truck. The housing will go in the 48 this summer when we install the 4 link.
Nikki also got the new KYB shocks installed in her Dart today and I got the new gaskets for the 394. The bio for the 56 olds will come later this week.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
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Bellflower exhaust tips showed up today. I will have to shorten the bend a little bit so they don't stick out too far. I will also have to get creative on how I rout the exhaust pipe under the truck. Right now it is split headers into a single flowmaster that ends under the cab. Plans are for full duel pipes with 14" glasspacks that will go all the way back to the new tips. Might have tobox the frame (something I have been meaning to do for a while) then pass the pipes through the frame rails once in the rear to keep the ground clearance that I have now.
Also, Nikki got the new KYB shocks for her 66 Dart the other day so she will be installing them this weekend. Pics of the install and a bio on my 56 Oldsmobile will be up sometime this weekend.
Bellflower exhaust tips showed up today. I will have to shorten the bend a little bit so they don't stick out too far. I will also have to get creative on how I rout the exhaust pipe under the truck. Right now it is split headers into a single flowmaster that ends under the cab. Plans are for full duel pipes with 14" glasspacks that will go all the way back to the new tips. Might have tobox the frame (something I have been meaning to do for a while) then pass the pipes through the frame rails once in the rear to keep the ground clearance that I have now.
Also, Nikki got the new KYB shocks for her 66 Dart the other day so she will be installing them this weekend. Pics of the install and a bio on my 56 Oldsmobile will be up sometime this weekend.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
The 48!
Full custom 48 Chevy Aerosedan (Fleetline).
Plans are to make it a custom lowrider show and go!
The lowrider and custom crowd have been bumping heads for too long so there is no reason you can't have the best of both worlds! This car will also be a driver so my wife can jump in it and go to work, the store or where ever if she doesn't feel like driving her Dart.
- Mustang II front suspension
- 225 Dodge slant six, mildly built
- 904 auto tranny
- Narrowed 56 Caddy front bumper
- Narrowed 59 Impala dash
Future plans
- 72 spoke chrome 14" Dayton wire wheels (have)
- Install custom 4 link rear suspension (have)
- Mopar 8 3/4" rear end with 3.23 gears (this will be a driver!)
- Hydraulic suspension with fully polished hard lines, 4 batteries, double whammy pump, front/back/pancake.
- Undecided on a plan for the tail lights/rear bumper
- Molded interior, T-bird style round back seat.
- Round all the corners door tops, hood edges, ect. It is a round car and all the square edges take away from the style.
- Color will be a super dark burgundy
The day we traded a 72 Scamp for it. The previous owner was admittedly building a "Goodguys car" by just throwing catalog parts at it. He was bored with the chevy and I was bored with the Plymouth so we did a straight up trade, everyone was happy with the deal.
24 hrs after we got it the boring, same old 350/350 combo was out!
Setting the pinion angle for the trans mount.
More than enough clearance to drop the oil pan without unbolting the engine if I ever have to! This is something that a lot of guys don't think of when doing an engine swap.
Trans mount is made up of a stock GM T350 mount with the holes drilled out a little bigger to bolt up to a Dodge 904 tranny. Excuse the shitty welds on the crossmember. All I had to work with at the time was a shitty Miller 135 110v mig. I have since gone over all the welds with a 220 unit. A 110v mig should only be used on small brackets and body/fab work NEVER on suspension work!
Random fab pics....
All the pics below are how the car sits right now (except it is pretty much all in bare metal). We bought a house, moved, and worked on other projects so the 48 gets messed with every so often but it isn't a race to say "oh I built it in 6 months using stuff I had around the house" IT IS NOT A FUCKING P.O.S. RAT ROD!!!
Messing around with 56 Olds headlight rings and center bar.
Intake is a Australian Lynx set up for 3 SU carbs with Cannon adapters for Webber carbs.
Plans are to make it a custom lowrider show and go!
The lowrider and custom crowd have been bumping heads for too long so there is no reason you can't have the best of both worlds! This car will also be a driver so my wife can jump in it and go to work, the store or where ever if she doesn't feel like driving her Dart.
- Mustang II front suspension
- 225 Dodge slant six, mildly built
- 904 auto tranny
- Narrowed 56 Caddy front bumper
- Narrowed 59 Impala dash
Future plans
- 72 spoke chrome 14" Dayton wire wheels (have)
- Install custom 4 link rear suspension (have)
- Mopar 8 3/4" rear end with 3.23 gears (this will be a driver!)
- Hydraulic suspension with fully polished hard lines, 4 batteries, double whammy pump, front/back/pancake.
- Undecided on a plan for the tail lights/rear bumper
- Molded interior, T-bird style round back seat.
- Round all the corners door tops, hood edges, ect. It is a round car and all the square edges take away from the style.
- Color will be a super dark burgundy
The day we traded a 72 Scamp for it. The previous owner was admittedly building a "Goodguys car" by just throwing catalog parts at it. He was bored with the chevy and I was bored with the Plymouth so we did a straight up trade, everyone was happy with the deal.
24 hrs after we got it the boring, same old 350/350 combo was out!
Setting the pinion angle for the trans mount.
More than enough clearance to drop the oil pan without unbolting the engine if I ever have to! This is something that a lot of guys don't think of when doing an engine swap.
Trans mount is made up of a stock GM T350 mount with the holes drilled out a little bigger to bolt up to a Dodge 904 tranny. Excuse the shitty welds on the crossmember. All I had to work with at the time was a shitty Miller 135 110v mig. I have since gone over all the welds with a 220 unit. A 110v mig should only be used on small brackets and body/fab work NEVER on suspension work!
All the pics below are how the car sits right now (except it is pretty much all in bare metal). We bought a house, moved, and worked on other projects so the 48 gets messed with every so often but it isn't a race to say "oh I built it in 6 months using stuff I had around the house" IT IS NOT A FUCKING P.O.S. RAT ROD!!!
Messing around with 56 Olds headlight rings and center bar.
Intake is a Australian Lynx set up for 3 SU carbs with Cannon adapters for Webber carbs.
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