Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Despite the slow down in posts I have been staying busy. Progress has continued on the Charger and funnycar.
The work on the Charger is limited while we're waiting for more parts to arrive but I managed to sand the core support and put it in primer. I went ahead and test-mounted the new battery box bracket. Now and then I notice small things that still need to be tweaked.
In between working on cake disasters with Teresa I also began work on the interior of the funnycar. Who'd have thought that making cakes would have been so difficult? We're still learning and each one looks smoother than the previous.
I'll be sitting between the slicks when the car sees track time so I opted to make the wheel tubs out of steel. (the thought of a popped tire tearing through thin aluminum sort of freaked me out) I used 16 ga. steel. For the floor I used 14 ga. aluminum and then made the side panels out of 18 ga. aluminum. The thinner aluminum for the side panels is easier to work with and saves weight. The heavier gauge on the floor should support a person's weight without wanting to bow.
The big Omaha Mopar car show was yesterday. I went with one of my buddies but we didn't take anything with us this year. I don't think there were as many cars there this year but that didn't mean that the quality of the cars had dropped. I was surprised at how many Hellcats were there. - 5 Hellcat Challengers and 2 Hellcat Chargers.
I didn't buy anything at the swap meet but I did run into a friend that owns a Bridgeport mill that said he'd machine us that brake cylinder mounting plate for the Charger. I need to diagram it out and get it to him soon.
One of my favorites at the show was this '69 Roadrunner. It had a fuel injected all aluminum Keith Black Hemi!
Despite the slow down in posts I have been staying busy. Progress has continued on the Charger and funnycar.
The work on the Charger is limited while we're waiting for more parts to arrive but I managed to sand the core support and put it in primer. I went ahead and test-mounted the new battery box bracket. Now and then I notice small things that still need to be tweaked.
In between working on cake disasters with Teresa I also began work on the interior of the funnycar. Who'd have thought that making cakes would have been so difficult? We're still learning and each one looks smoother than the previous.
I'll be sitting between the slicks when the car sees track time so I opted to make the wheel tubs out of steel. (the thought of a popped tire tearing through thin aluminum sort of freaked me out) I used 16 ga. steel. For the floor I used 14 ga. aluminum and then made the side panels out of 18 ga. aluminum. The thinner aluminum for the side panels is easier to work with and saves weight. The heavier gauge on the floor should support a person's weight without wanting to bow.
The big Omaha Mopar car show was yesterday. I went with one of my buddies but we didn't take anything with us this year. I don't think there were as many cars there this year but that didn't mean that the quality of the cars had dropped. I was surprised at how many Hellcats were there. - 5 Hellcat Challengers and 2 Hellcat Chargers.
I didn't buy anything at the swap meet but I did run into a friend that owns a Bridgeport mill that said he'd machine us that brake cylinder mounting plate for the Charger. I need to diagram it out and get it to him soon.
One of my favorites at the show was this '69 Roadrunner. It had a fuel injected all aluminum Keith Black Hemi!
