Recent content by Brian Arcella

Years ago I had a 49 Merc all chopped and channeled a real lead sled so we got the bright idea to sand blast not media blast the entire body my friend lay down a killer gloss black paint job that looked 20 miles deep and I pinstriped the snot out of it, the car drew a crowd at every show even...

I see we have no shortage of comedians here

The surface is blown clean with air and wiped down with a tack rag if you really want to see a disaster chemically strip a car and have residue seep out of little places and destroy a paint job

Thanks I just got off the phone with my local guy who I thought used soda but he told me he uses ground glass, he said basically all one needs to do is wipe it down with a pre-cleaner and epoxy prime it, and what makes it even better he is less than half the price of dustless blasting

I know there have been a few post regarding soda blasting removing paint but not rust that I am fully aware of but a few guys mentioned that there are issues with the residue left behind effecting paint adhesion. I normally would send it to my power coating guy who also does media blasting. He's...

I am looking for a pair of front fenders for my son's 69 Dart convertible, as clean as possible of course reasonable size dents aren't an issue just don't want to fix anymore rusty junk Thanks

a little correction is needed it is actually an Edelbrock performer not an original AFB but close enough I did a little experiment the other day with soda blasting and both carbs cleaned up real nice now to drop them in the Berryman carb cleaning bucket I am leaning towards the AVS but will...

The Poison Dart came with an AVS on a 340 intake manifold the engine appeared to run nice with the exception of a small miss nothing a tuneup couldn't fix, but the carb is really kind of scummy on the outside and they are generally a simple carb to rebuild, but I have several AFB's sitting...

I've got an over the top powder coating guy finally after doing this way too many years, so the game plan is just leave it as is for the summer hopefully it will be derivable by the end of August just so he get a little enjoyment out of it before I do the major tear down and remove and reseal...

Yes I could tell when I picked it up that they used a coarse media I was in touch with my powder coating guy today and unfortunately there is a 2 week turn around time but he will try and push it through. I know all about off gassing as I do a lot of tig welding and depending on the size of the...

Picked up this aluminum intake for my son't Dart paid $50 for it and a local auto body shop blasted it for $50 so not bad for $100 total investment. My question for you guys is does anyone clear coat their aluminum manifold or leave them bare. It seems the factory finish on a new out of the box...

Yeah as much as I hate to say it a lot of the big names like Mallory , Holley etc are using stuff manufactured in China not all but some,I'll have to ponder this one some times a deal that seems too good really isn't

Has anyone had dealing with A Team Performance? if so what are your thoughts both good and bad they offer an electronic ignition distributor, coil and wire set on Amazon for $120 It appears to be a clone of a Chrysler electronic distributor but all of the electronics are internal. I had intended...

Thanks for the input guys as always very much appreciated, I spent all of yesterday moving and rehearing cars and equipment in my shop so I can make room for the Dart to finally get into the heavy work, one task is to inspect the dash wiring, one option I thought about was running a painless...

I would say not so much labor intensive as it is tedious wiring is something I find very easy to do always have and have gotten to be quite good at it simply because I enjoy it, I just say to guys who are really hesitant if you can read a road map ( yeah dating myself) then you can read a...