Recent content by Trevor B

You can pretty much make anything fit. Just if it was a bench seat car, you will have to drill new holes and it's a good idea to reinforce the sheet metal!

They are Recaro. Very comfortable. I welded some 1/8" metal squares to the floor pan on both sides to reinforce the mounting points.

I have decided to sell my 1973 Dodge Dart Sport (the 1973-74 version of the Demon). It is ugly but beautiful. Could be the perfect rat rod or restoration. Car is located in Novato, California, 94949 It is an original 340 car with AC and I even have the original 340 short block (which would...

Thank you, Steven and Acme SS. It's kind of a heart breaker as this is the first car I actually built from the ground up but it sits on the trailer 360 days/year. Hopefully whoever buys it will put some time and effort into truly making it their own.

Hi All, Although I have bought five A-Bodies since I started my (short) car-guy life in 2014, I've never sold one. I ask you for your help/advice in valuing and selling this one... The Brown Barchetta! I built this car after a moron wrecked my beloved 1973 Duster at the end of the dragstrip at...

Man that feels good, huh? Unless you've already done it, you can lose a little easy weight for free by removing those heavy steel supports behind each bumper.

Update: I took the car out to put her through her paces on a long and straight road. Problem is worse. I warmed up the engine on the trailer. Went out in first and stayed in first through about 5000 rpm, then coasted back down again. Then repeated in second, stayed in second. Then third...

That is a very interesting thought - thanks! The track was definitely much colder at that point in the evening and I'm sure they didn't do a very good job conditioning it this year. In fact, last week was the first night they opened up the entire 1/4 mile (three previous weeks were 1/8 only)...

It was a hell of a vibration + shaking and made a fairly loud noise I'd never heard before. In second gear only.

Thanks, guys. Will get to car later today and go a little deeper. Initial inspection didn't turn up any obvious loose stuff. So it doesn't sound like transmission-related?

Last night at the drag strip, I experienced a sound/feeling that spelled bad news. It was my 5th run of the night and somewhere in 2nd gear I felt and heard a big vibration and shaking, can't really call it a grind but it was hard to really hear over the engine and the guy next to me. I felt...

I'd love to see what the transverse linkage for an opposite-side mounted master cylinder looks like. However, check these out... Here's a blown slant with the MC clearly in front of the brake pedal (from Aussie Speedshop): And here's the "Hemi 245," a different kind of slant used in the...

Let me clarify: I understand that the engine goes in there, right side up and bolted in. But things like the steering column and, to a lesser degree the master cylinder (especially if there is a booster) would seem to be a tight fit. Mounting the steering box in a different place, as YY1...

As I was looking at the right side of the slant in my 1971 Duster today, I wondered how they got these into Australian cars. Obviously, it was a very popular engine down there but did they shift the entire engine leftward? How did this work?

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