Recent content by Hamhock

To all soldiers: Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your dedication and service to this country. The life that we enjoy is MOST directly creditable to all of you. Heroes... ALL of you!

it dont pass the sniff test...

GORGEOUS car there, Kingsandman!

ALL the decals are great!

Can the early forged crank be used in the 1975 blocks?

I completely concur!

This is a very cool idea that I have pondered over and over and I am glad to see someone taking the plunge with this. I am excited to see how this goes! There simply is no better way to safely get a 40-50% over stock power increase than with a forced induction system.

WHOA! Fender Skirts! Were those factory or a dealer add on?

These are GREAT! I am laughing my butt off on this! It didnt happen to me but I was helping a friend take apart a 68 Newport that he had bought local. We found a photo of a quite prominent and much loved local teacher from the late 70's. She was nude.

excellent advice.. thank you!

There are certainly EASIER units to transplant in. I had thought about a 6 speed manual but .. alas... I am getting older and all that shifting... nah. So I think that I am going for an automatic. What would you gentlemen recommend so that there is a nice Overdrive for highway mileage?

No, I have not done this personally. However, I am sure that an adapter plate would be easy enough. I need to research this but I have good information that the NAG-1 MAY bolt on. Please, dont hold me to this. I need to find out more. The NAG- is pretty big compared to early MoPAr automatics. I...

Now THAT is answering a question!

The NAG-1 Getrag built automatic transmission. Coupled with a proper ration rear axle, it can take the torque, stock configuration, and the gearing ... the gearing isnt bad at all: 1st Gear - 3.59:1 2nd Gear - 2.19:1 3rd Gear - 1.41:1 4th Gear - 1.00:1 5th gear - 0 .83:1 Reverse - 3.16:1 And...

Not at the point of thread hijacking. I apologize for misposting it will be deleted and then reposted elsewhere.