65' Dart straight axle info

funnycar farmer said
With respect, I must disagree about street usage for an altered wheelbase car. The cars built during the sixties had a whole lot going for them,but sometimes it was not all good. I currently have two, complete driving altered wheelbase Darts pounding the asphalt, with no drivability issues .One, Steve Maganante's, back on the East Coast, and mine, out here in the West. Granted, the are not 750-plus horsepower drivetrains, but if done safely and correctly, with attention paid to the "little details", these cars drive similar to any car of the era. They drive and steer like an older truck, if I can make a comparison. At speed, on the dragstrip, they are predictable, and do not show any "bad behavior".

By the way, AAJ brakes, up in Oregon, is currently offering an A-100 set-up that utilizes the Volare brake set-up, if that helps out.

The Liberty Motors Corruptors Pup car had a bit of an evolution of its own. It has been more than just an altered car. Great to see it restored, but its a restoration of a later version of the race car. Somewhere, I have a picture of, that is somewhat different than its current look.

Dale

Dale, I'm not going to get on the wrong side of a discussion regarding AWB cars. I love them, and I intended to build a Dart similar to The Executioner car a LONG time ago after a deal for a D/Dart fell through. I still have a few goodies that I could pull out to put that AWB car together. I'd certainly like to race A/FX in the Nostalgia thing with a 4-speed.
anyway, I have no doubt that a fairly predictable AWB car can be run on the street. However the combination of REAL power, an altered wheelbase, and modern tires is a real issue, and probably left to people who have experience. Running a smallblock in an AWB just seems silly to me.
I was told that on the track, hooking the Pup up was extremely difficult, and I've seen the photos of that day. The car would go wheels up at the drop of a hat, and it would STAY that way. Screwing around with something like that may not be everyones cup of tea even if they are convinced it is. Bench racing at a keyboard is most likely not the best way to determine this. Going to a track with you fellows would be.
Incidently the original rear from the Pup is sitting in my garage. After the Hemi made so much power, he built a Dana, and I bought the 8 3/4. Here is another little gem I was thinking about using in an AWB...