Recent content by Mike P 52

“……I’ve got a Gen I 392 Hemi I want to build and stuff into my 75 Scamp. Mine will either be a full custom or mad max style, so I won’t be limited to the factory inner fenders, but this build will still give me a lot of ideas……” I think you’ll find it an “interesting” project. I know you’re...

“……..is this the brackets used for an A-body power brake booster? A friend did that on his 66 A-body and had issues that I believe he decided was related to the pedal ratio…….” “…..that could be when removing those brackets. i went to manual brakes on my 68 valiant, the pedal ratio was the...

With the transmission located we could start on the motor mounts and exhaust. I had 3 sets of factory manifolds (1 pair of 4 bolt flange truck manifolds, 2 pair of 55-56 manifolds) and a set of shorty headers. It eventually came down to a pair of the 55-56 manifolds. These are far from optimum...

".....looks like you’re a Patterson too...." Yup. Picture was taken before I bought the car. I'm currently doing a motor/trans swap on it.

https://flic.kr/p/2oSnvCo]valiant 1[/url] by https://www.flickr.com/photos/153889607@N08/]M Patterson[/url], on Flickr

Over the weekend we got finally got the transmission located in the transmission tunnel. We had run into an issue with a boss located on the OD housing that wouldn’t allow the transmission to be centered where it needed to be. After talking to my friend at the transmission shop that I had...

I tried not to completely waste the winter so I spent some time figuring out some things that I would normally do much later in the project. As I mentioned the car is being built to be a dependable long distance cruiser. That being said parts do fail. I’m going to be running an MSD 6A box on...

It’s finally warmed up a bit in the last couple of weeks and my backs doing a bit better now so my grandson’s been coming over to give me a hand on the car. We spent yesterday clearance the transmission tunnel for the overdrive unit on the red car (we’ll have to duplicate this on the green car...

Nope, haven’t given up yet. I got a little further last fall before it started cooling off . When it started getting cold the issues with my back pretty much kept me out of the shop most of the winter. Now that’s it’s warming up again we’re back at it. Last fall I did find a couple of 392 pans...

“…….There is alot of 3 3/8 options out there but i think that will be to small…….” https://flic.kr/p/2oUq5WM]New gauges[/url] by https://www.flickr.com/photos/153889607@N08/]M Patterson[/url], on Flickr I realize this is not an A body dash (it’s actually my 87 Ram 50) but I am using...

Thanks for your reply Mark. That's kind of what I figured on the column, and good news on the Pitman arm. I kind of suspected the PS box would be bigger and thanks for the tip on the Borgeson. I'm doing a Gen1 Hemi so it's a completely different animal than the G3. I really don't know...

I’m collecting parts/information for an engine swap (Gen 1 Hemi) on my 68 Valiant. Part of the swap will involve conversion to Power Steering. How much larger is the stock PS Gear than the manual gear? I understand the steering column may need to be swapped for a PS column. Are there any other...

Some nice looking gauge clusters. I'm looking at doing the same on my 68 Valiant. I want to go with 1 1/2" gauges. I've got all the gauges I need except a 1 1/2" fuel gauge ( sunpro CP8109). I've been hunting for the fuel gauge for a couple of years now with no luck. As I understand it...

"......I may have a 392 center sump oil pan, I'll check the dwindling stash....." Thanks, I appreciate it. You might want to hold up though, I may have located one, I'll know this evening or tomorrow.

"....... I'm just tryin' to be helpful...." Denny your insights have been extremely helpful and I really do appreciate your honest input. Guys I'm no under allusions about the first generation HEMIs. I currently have 2 in driving vehicles. To me and a lot of people they are an impressive...