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Well, I had some "beforehand" information that the inspector is also US car hobbyist! Not very worried this time. He drove nicely my Dodge.

Finally approved for regular street use at 6th of October 2023. It took 14y to finish. Vehicle inspector drove a short trip. Checked VIN, suspension, brakes etc. and gave a few good hints. A nice experience. Here a short video, the inspector on the wheel;-)...

Thank you all! Originally when I bought that car 1983 it had B5 Blue, then matt black. Next Yellow and then orange!-) Car was in "sleep" from 1991 to 2008. Now at 2023 back B5 Blue!

Ok, now my car is getting ready! It will be in the ACS (Fhra American car Show) 7-9 of April in Helsinki. (ACS2023 – American Car Show 2023 – FHRA ry) The engine 499cid RB has run for 25 minutes for break-in. All the parts are installed and after car show it needs to registered for street use...

It's time to install wiring. I'm using Aww A-body Classic Update kit (Classic Update Kit - 1967-75 Mopar A Body). It's very complete, all the original wiring plus some extra for electric fans etc. Schemas are included and some relays and switches for lights etc.

Some progress done. Side windows and the window mechanism installed. A new headliner installed. Front and rear brakes installed with new parts. I also checked engine and head displayment with fluid to find out compression ratio. Last two pictures, checking how Centerline 9x15" wheels are sitting...

Thank you for this information!

Hi, I have a RB 499 cid. Heads are Trickflow 240's. 2" TTI headers. Car is a 1969 Swinger. 4.3 gears. I am looking for an "bulletproof" ignition system. Last time when I drove my car on the street(1991), sometimes 1/4 mile racing, choice was easy. Mopar distributor and a chrome box. It worked...

In this same area in my carroom i do all the small parts of doing. That is why there is some visible markings all over. That is no problem! It means that i have to use some cleaning material here.

You mean that that glassfiber flip front;-} It has done a very good service since 1984 when we made it. My Swinger 1969 lose about 150 lbs front weight because of that. It was necessary because I changed 225cid slant six to 440cid iron already at 1985;-}

Here is in Finland it is hard to find any other kind paint than water soluable paint. It has something to do with environment laws. Anyway, it no harder to paint. I use High Volume Low Pressure (HVLP) paint gun. And yes, the clear coat was solvent based.

Doors, flipfront and tailgate installed. Lets start installing all small parts inside/outside. Engine and transmission.

Painting goes on! Here a few layers of Dodge B5 water-soluble color. Yesterday some clear coat layers: Clear coat "smog" is in the air!-} Today evening two more clear coat layers. It is getting better.

This car will pe painted with Dodge B5 Blue color. And clear coat! (Metallic, water-soluble ). Inside, outside, bottom side, trunk, engine room. Here is some photos:

Before starting the painting i had to test how this 1978 440cid (stroked to 500) fits in the engine room with TTI 2" headers. This has been done in the earlier days: Swinger 1969 The engine itself fits quite well, but after adding headers there is not much room left. Luckily inner fenders are...

Painted, these will do for me!

Test fitting the grille. Center part is an all original unused grille. Outer parts are from Yearone NOS

After cleaning with wire brush. I'm going to paint them with some zinc-additive color. And inside, where the bulbs are, will be some chrome painting.

Now lets clean up taillight housings. Lenses and bezels will be NOS. These are before any cleaning:

All kind of homemade attachment point done for the front bumber, picture from inside

Front bumper done.

Magnumforce support system installed. Flip front has support system, attachments. Partially home made and Moroso Dzus. Also installed front fender patch panels at the lowest point to the flip front. Had to cut them twice vertically and take aboutn one inch away. Then back together.

Let's see if it still fits?-}

My car is back and totally covered with epoxy (3 layers). Next thing to do is creating attachment system for flip front.

Meanwhile some epoxy painting on the rear half bottom of my car. When ready it should be allover epoxypainted.

This flip front was done 1984, four of them. From Pori a very talented guy we bought the molding. This one is the only one is still here:

Because of large wheel tubes and I wanted to use original read deck lid I needed make some support system. Rear deck lid weighs about 43 lbs (20kg). The original support system was out of question. I decided to use one or two gas spring to support the rear deck lid. (Gas spring is 16.5 inches...

These kind of support will be there on this a-body Mopar

Thank you! Taking long, but going forward... Hj