Dartnut
Don't hate me because i'm beautiful
I love the build, There's something about those 2 door post Valiants that get under your skin.......
Wiley's Revenge.
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66340SEDAN
FABO Member #3649
They sure do!
69383valiant
It is what it is...
Subscribed...gonna need popcorn to watch this. Lol
I gotta be honest, I wasn't thrilled about the grille on it at first. For some weird reason it reminded me of an old Ford Cortina. No idea why. I have long since changed my opinion on it and really like it now.
If it isn't obvious by now, I really try to plan out a project as much as possible before I even turn wrench one on it. I really hate getting into something and having it sit while I wait for obscure part from Sug's Speed Shop, or because I didn't get the right Turbo-Encabulator. You know there is gonna be down time, but I try to make it as minimal as possible.
Well it's been a while. Don't have to tell ya all about how things get piled up in life. I did manage to get a few more things collected. Probably the most noticeable is this.....
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I also picked up a couple of these. (Gotta be neat, ya know).
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I also picked up a couple of these. (Gotta be neat, ya know).
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bad440
everything,all the time..
very nice rev, is that a large u joint yoke on that 8 3/4?
OK, I know this is gonna sound retarded, but I hadn't even checked that. It's a super sweet 489 pig with a 3.55 Sure Grip. The housing is built out of a C body unit. The whole thing was put together for my by John at J&S Gear in Huntington Beach. I strongly recommend him for any diff work. He is good people and will always deal straight with you.
Nice,Rev. Not cheap,for good diff setup.
No kidding there. I only want to do this once, so I'm trying to use my head, abilities and resources wisely.
In the meantime, THIS has been keeping my skills and patience in good working order.
So, yeah, it's been a bit of time. I've had so many other things going on. Career change, putting a truck together for the Mrs. to bomb around in that gets decent mileage. Two engines and one tranny swap in the beater GMC. The Jeep grenading the carrier in the rear diff.....
My wallet feels like a ketchup pack that got stomped on.
Had a friend make up some decals and got around to putting one on.....
My wallet feels like a ketchup pack that got stomped on.
Had a friend make up some decals and got around to putting one on.....
I like it,Rev. Subtle, yet humorous.
Yeah, I figured I will try and hook people by telling them it's a rare A body version of a Roadrunner.... :banghead:
So, while the engine seems to be on a long term hold. I decided to do a little upgrade. (OK, the radiator blowing it's top off like an ex wife with a bounced alimony check kinda pushed the whole deal)....
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A little grinding
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Aggressive use of a $4.00 Harbor Freight spot weld cutter....
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And suddenly your core support gets a very airy appearance.
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A little grinding
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Aggressive use of a $4.00 Harbor Freight spot weld cutter....
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And suddenly your core support gets a very airy appearance.
See where this is going? I got this from Dillinger when he was up and running. I sure hope things go well for him and he can get back to it if he wants.
Doing some mocking up....
Starting on burning it in. I never said I was a good welder, but I'm getting my practice in.....
Yeah, it's beginning to look like a car again.
All I gotta do is fix the ugly at the bottom. I'm making these extensions out of scrap stuff that I had lying around.
Doing some mocking up....
Starting on burning it in. I never said I was a good welder, but I'm getting my practice in.....
Yeah, it's beginning to look like a car again.
All I gotta do is fix the ugly at the bottom. I'm making these extensions out of scrap stuff that I had lying around.
Looks good.
Thanks man, I'm so looking forward to the day I get to drop all this over my stroker....
67Dart273
Well-Known Member
Cool.............That Coyote decal is great. Before my friend that would later be become the original owner of my 70 440-6 70 RR, he had a hot little 350 65 Chevelle, with a "Bee-beep your ***" Coyote sticker on the vent windows. This worked "OK" until one evening he looked over and it said "hemi" over there LOL
So, just working on the heep a little at a time, I got the core support mod done and painted. It's all done with spray bombs, so I don't think I'm getting any show car awards.....
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Now I just gotta fit the new radiator.....
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Now I just gotta fit the new radiator.....
Been a while since I checked in, looking good! Whats the custom core support for??(just wondering)
Love the decal as well.
Keep up the good work! Thats looks like a buttload of fun to work on....lucky Cali guys...:banghead:
Love the decal as well.
Keep up the good work! Thats looks like a buttload of fun to work on....lucky Cali guys...:banghead:
OK, so how many months does it take to mount a radiator?
It depends on how many ribs you broke at work.........
Anyhow, got it mounted up. I have to trim the hood brace to clear the radiator cap. I thought I was good in the mock up, but these things happen. The Champion radiator has a very square corner on the drivers bottom. If it was a bit rounder, or angled, I could've mounted the radiator a touch lower. I didn't trim the brace down when I installed it, so this is as low as the brace could go, and frankly, as low as I wanted it.
It depends on how many ribs you broke at work.........
Anyhow, got it mounted up. I have to trim the hood brace to clear the radiator cap. I thought I was good in the mock up, but these things happen. The Champion radiator has a very square corner on the drivers bottom. If it was a bit rounder, or angled, I could've mounted the radiator a touch lower. I didn't trim the brace down when I installed it, so this is as low as the brace could go, and frankly, as low as I wanted it.
It's in & mocked up,one more done.....
OK, so it's all back together. Not sure if that 3 core 26" aluminum radiator is gonna keep my /5 cool, but the new brace and radiator don't show too bad......
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Sorry about the crappy cell phone picture.
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Sorry about the crappy cell phone picture.
So, um, like, it's been awhile.....
Been doing things, like...
Marrying off my oldest
Playing with guns...
Oh, and a couple of weeks ago, I picked up this......
It's a 95 with a 318 and a 42rh. The guy lives across the street from a good friend of mine who tipped me off that it had suffered some rapid deceleration trauma. I picked it up cheap.
The stroker motor, which has kind of been languishing in limbo, is on hold. The current plan, the one that gets the ok from the missus because she doesn't want a wreck in the driveway any longer than it takes me to strip it, is to put the engine and trans in the Valiant. Yeah, I'm gonna keep the fuel injection, too.
Been doing things, like...
Marrying off my oldest
Playing with guns...
Oh, and a couple of weeks ago, I picked up this......
It's a 95 with a 318 and a 42rh. The guy lives across the street from a good friend of mine who tipped me off that it had suffered some rapid deceleration trauma. I picked it up cheap.
The stroker motor, which has kind of been languishing in limbo, is on hold. The current plan, the one that gets the ok from the missus because she doesn't want a wreck in the driveway any longer than it takes me to strip it, is to put the engine and trans in the Valiant. Yeah, I'm gonna keep the fuel injection, too.
Progress! (?)
The donor wreck came with a pair of Procar seats. Of course, nothing is easy, though. The PO welded the original Dakota bucket seat tracks to the seat frames.....
So, I had to cut those tracks off and pick up the correct hardware from Summit.
The install was pretty uneventful and straight forward.
So far, including the whole truck and the seat sliders/brackets, I'm just a hundred and some over what I had squirreled away to reupholster the bench seat bottom I had got from Crackedback and my original seat backs. (Rob, my friend, I can get that seat back to you if ya want it).
I'm still working on getting the driveline out...
The donor wreck came with a pair of Procar seats. Of course, nothing is easy, though. The PO welded the original Dakota bucket seat tracks to the seat frames.....
So, I had to cut those tracks off and pick up the correct hardware from Summit.
The install was pretty uneventful and straight forward.
So far, including the whole truck and the seat sliders/brackets, I'm just a hundred and some over what I had squirreled away to reupholster the bench seat bottom I had got from Crackedback and my original seat backs. (Rob, my friend, I can get that seat back to you if ya want it).
I'm still working on getting the driveline out...
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