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After we got the block torn down Friday night, we popped a few cold ones and studied it for a while. It's then that we came to a realization that no one had a truck to haul the block back to town. So it sits in the barn waiting for a ride!

Since our local track shut down earlier this year, this build will be a strictly Saturday night car show cruiser, that will scare the **** out of my unsuspecting friends and relatives. Almost everything I have done to the Dart was leading up to this engine build. The car is mini-tubbed to fit the 325/50 drag radials. Strange built Dana 60 with True Trac and 3.54 gears. Frame is tied with welded in sub frame connectors and four wheel discs on the corners. Transmission was rebuilt out of necessity a couple of years ago, but a shift kit was installed. We'll see how long it lasts. I have gathered a complete four speed set up in case it blows or I just get bored...

Here is my photobucket album. There are tons of pics in there if you want to see any of the work that has been done.

http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/bdtunks/Dart stuff/