The Dust-Turd project.
Had a couple of old racers and a chassis builder look the car over. Both think it was an old pro stock car or built very close to one. The master was moved over 1"to the right, so they think it had a Hemi in it at some point. The coil overs in the front also have heavy springs making the front ride kinda high with the current motor's weight. If my wallet can stand it, it will have a Hemi in it one day:)
Waiting on parts, decided to address the ugly insides. Pulled seats, shifter and carpet and the floor pans looked to be in good shape. Some surface rust and a lots of drilled holes. Looked like a test panel from a drill factory. Metal conditioner a wire brush, some zinc oxide primer and a double coat of rustoleum.
In round two of idiots working on cars, the roll cage in the car was completely covered in A/C line insulation for padding, but not with ty wraps like a normal person, oh no. The bars were painted with carpet adhesive and then padded. Took five hours of scraping and sanding to remove it all and then prime and re-paint the cage.
As much as I hate to add weight, I covered the complete floor pan and firewall with heat reflective sound deadener, cleaned and re-installed the carpet, shifter and two new Corban seats.
Removed the huge Tach and shift light( I guess it's for people who can't read/count and why do you need both???) mounted to the ashtray under the dash???? Gave the giant clock face tach to a buddy and put a old school Auto Meter on the dash. Found an old 14.5" Superior 500 three spoke racing wheel to replace the hideous 12" Grant ricer wheel in the car. Want to keep it as period correct as possible, and re create an early 70's Pro Stocker in the end. Raised the back up 2" , looks better now but still too high in the front. I will drop the front after I swap out the 7" Milodon pan for the 5.5" road race pan for clearance.
Had a couple of old racers and a chassis builder look the car over. Both think it was an old pro stock car or built very close to one. The master was moved over 1"to the right, so they think it had a Hemi in it at some point. The coil overs in the front also have heavy springs making the front ride kinda high with the current motor's weight. If my wallet can stand it, it will have a Hemi in it one day:)
Waiting on parts, decided to address the ugly insides. Pulled seats, shifter and carpet and the floor pans looked to be in good shape. Some surface rust and a lots of drilled holes. Looked like a test panel from a drill factory. Metal conditioner a wire brush, some zinc oxide primer and a double coat of rustoleum.
In round two of idiots working on cars, the roll cage in the car was completely covered in A/C line insulation for padding, but not with ty wraps like a normal person, oh no. The bars were painted with carpet adhesive and then padded. Took five hours of scraping and sanding to remove it all and then prime and re-paint the cage.
As much as I hate to add weight, I covered the complete floor pan and firewall with heat reflective sound deadener, cleaned and re-installed the carpet, shifter and two new Corban seats.
Removed the huge Tach and shift light( I guess it's for people who can't read/count and why do you need both???) mounted to the ashtray under the dash???? Gave the giant clock face tach to a buddy and put a old school Auto Meter on the dash. Found an old 14.5" Superior 500 three spoke racing wheel to replace the hideous 12" Grant ricer wheel in the car. Want to keep it as period correct as possible, and re create an early 70's Pro Stocker in the end. Raised the back up 2" , looks better now but still too high in the front. I will drop the front after I swap out the 7" Milodon pan for the 5.5" road race pan for clearance.
