Please forgive me...

[Grit dog]

Awesome car! Old Mopars and GMs defined that era. Ford .....pffffft.

 

[legopnuematic]

Since everyone is enjoying the mopars, here is where I got some influence from:

Kevin's 70 340 swinger, it's a Mr. Norm's car

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Greg (my boss's) 69 roadrunner drag car

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And his second 69 driver project (with AMD installation center installing the new metal)

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[DoubleDingo]

Good inspiration for sure!

 

[Rob Goblin]

I love these cars! I miss my 65 Fury more than any car I’ve ever owned. It was stolen in 2014.

 

[CoggedBelt75]

I closed my eyes and had a vision....

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[Midnightmoon]

Very nice find. Congratulations.

You've probably already watched his channel, but Uncle Tony's Garage on YouTube does quite a lot with the slant. I really enjoy those builds.

 

[legopnuematic]

Very nice find. Congratulations.

You've probably already watched his channel, but Uncle Tony's Garage on YouTube does quite a lot with the slant. I really enjoy those builds.

Sure have been, I actually even have a Tee Shirt and some stickers from him.

I'm thinking about at some point if I come across another manifold for a good price in the future to build a 2 barrel manifold by modifying a stock single barrel intake.

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Which is quite similar to the 77+ Super Six 2bbl except for on this the barrels of the carb run parallel and not perpendicular, which I think would help with better fuel distribution.

I'd also like to experiment with using some constant velocity carbs on a slant, I've seen it done on a 77 292 Chevy six with good results, using a pair of 1979 Honda CX 500 Custom CV carbs, and some jet drilling for the 292. So stock it would likely be close to a 225's air demands.

 

[Buff71]

Nice ride! I have a 71 that has been in the family since it was new. V8, power nothing accept steering and no air. It's all bone stock with the exception of dual exhaust. 67k original miles.

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[HOTFOOT]

I closed my eyes and had a vision....

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That fat tire never gets old

 

[45tt]

Sure have been, I actually even have a Tee Shirt and some stickers from him.

I'm thinking about at some point if I come across another manifold for a good price in the future to build a 2 barrel manifold by modifying a stock single barrel intake.

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Which is quite similar to the 77+ Super Six 2bbl except for on this the barrels of the carb run parallel and not perpendicular, which I think would help with better fuel distribution.

I'd also like to experiment with using some constant velocity carbs on a slant, I've seen it done on a 77 292 Chevy six with good results, using a pair of 1979 Honda CX 500 Custom CV carbs, and some jet drilling for the 292. So stock it would likely be close to a 225's air demands.

I upgraded to the super six on one of my darts. You can still find the factory setups. I believe mine came off of an Aspen or Volare. Or you could go for the Offenhauser 4 barrel setup and really have some fun.

 

[CoggedBelt75]

That fat tire never gets old

It was said pro street would die years ago in many hot rod mags. Doing my part to keep it going. Only 3 in town but sadly they don’t come out to play except on special occasions.

 

[oldretiredafguy]

So overall the car is not too rusty, floors are pretty good, front subframe is really nice, exterior as seen above is pretty good too, but its not all great, as with most any unibody mopar there is rear frame rail rot, this being no exception. I was cleaning the area above the gas tank to prepare it for when the new tank arrives and started jabbing and more holes kept showing up, along with what must be 1/4 of the state of Illinois' dirt, and mouse nests in the rails. The drivers side seems to be the worse of the two. Tonight I began with making some wood hammer forms and worked on getting the first frame rail replacement piece made up.

Although it does not look bad from the outside, the series of holes along the bottom suggests the inside is another story.

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Started with this piece, I could pony up the $600 to buy replacement rails, but I think that I can use what I have and fix the originals, as the arch and fronts are in better shape. Scraped the undercoating off but need to wire wheel really good to confirm that where I plan on cutting is solid. With the front joint I plan on adding some fish plating to aide a little bit more with spreading out the stress in that area.

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Nice find. Looks like there is enough meat left to install your patch rails and have excellent structural integrity. We all applaud you for taking the time+expense to save another classic vehicle!! Not to mention it will be a total babe magnet.

 

[legopnuematic]

Nice ride! I have a 71 that has been in the family since it was new. V8, power nothing accept steering and no air. It's all bone stock with the exception of dual exhaust. 67k original miles.

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Very nice, it looks like yours is the same color as mine, and I have those hubcaps too.

 

[legopnuematic]

Making some progress

Got the new rotors and drums painted

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Got the frame rail repair finished up (this is not it complete though), should be fine for the time being, I'll likely put new rear rails on the car whenever I do a real restoration down the road.

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Got the rears rebuilt

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Running a set of aluminum wheel adapters to convert to 5x4.5 from 5x4, not really the best solution, but that little slant wont be making enough power to shear them off so I think It will be fine.

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[legopnuematic]

New master installed along with all new brake lines from Inline Tube.

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Wire wheeled and painted the tiny 7.25 axle in preparation for the new lines.

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Same with the front, got the old upper control arms and spindles off to make way for a set of 73-76 disc brake control arms and spindles, courtesy of my boss greg (same one who went with me when getting the car)

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Almost there, had to order the spindle nut sets and brake line clips as no local parts places have them ready to go..

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