70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Yes still on hinges and springs, hard to find a 69cuda/73-4 dart one piece fiberglas, thought about converting to a 67-68 flat nose grill shell but never happened.
My long road to the track...keep me moving.
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70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
This has been a good leap forward, I can actually see a light at the end of the tunnel on this damn bodywork then off to paint which my my brother in law's brother is going to paint it, frees me up to put the engine back together.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
I don't think it got out of single digits today so a little inside work. Got the instrument panel apart to clean, repair, put some new paint and inserts. Plan is to put a panel in where radio was, hide butchering, eliminate the heater controls embossing, trim the whole thing in black with a silver carbon fiber where the black and flat silver is. This is the before shot.
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Glad to see you have time to work on this instead of the truck... sorry the weather didn't cooperate. BTW did you ever find your donor truck?
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
No but there are plenty of them out there. Best combo would be N14, 13 spd single over with 402 Eaton rears.
I live vicariously thru' you on this one Dave. I came real close to buying a '68 formula S 383 4spd. car back in the '80s. After driving it around Mesa and Phoenix for ah while I'm glad I found enough flawz in it to not buy it. The blind spotz in the B pillerz on those 2nd Generation fast back Backarudaz iz big enough to hide your Pete AND the 48' wagon. BUT YOU WON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM 'CUZ I KNOW IT'LL NEVER SEE THE STREET ...WILL IT? LOL
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70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Alright, I got some life crap out of my way and have changed course on this a bit. I decided to put a cage in it now before paint, for obvious reasons. I bought a roll cage kit (mild steel) I have been lining it up location in the car per driver seat. Will get some pictures.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Finally some progress!
Back half of cage is in.
Maybe I'll get there this year.
Back half of cage is in.
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Since I bought a lot of resto stuff at Carlisle, been busy installing as time allows
Not completely, just enough to make it run this year.
Once I get the dash back in then reveal clips and all the glass will be back in.
I have some holes in the firewall to weld up and repaint it engine compartment with the new bars in there and then engine and trans.
Not completely, just enough to make it run this year.
Once I get the dash back in then reveal clips and all the glass will be back in.
I have some holes in the firewall to weld up and repaint it engine compartment with the new bars in there and then engine and trans.
So Dave... after all this time... will the cage still be legal?
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
It has only been bought in the last year.
Not that I will need it certified (9.99 or less), the certification is done after it is installed in the vehicle. It needs renewed every few years, mainly looking for fatigue and alterations. The initial is more intensive, Sonic test and measuring. The cage/chasis does not have a timed out life like a harness, helmet, or fire clothes.
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