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I hurt my rear last year on the first pass my last time to the track. The car spun but still ran an 11.52 @ 116 but when I turned on the return road I heard it banging. I found a broken axle gear tooth when I took it apart and the posi unit was also shot. So I just installed a Detroit Locker...

After 51 years I finally got my car in a Mopar mag. Yes my son and I were part of a father/Son Shootout at Cecil County in Md back in Sept and the mag just hit the Newstands ! It is the latest issue of " Mopar Enthuiest ". We had a blast that day as Jr and I raced 4 times. Here is a shot...

Well it was chilly but it really felt good as the sun was out shining very bright. It was around 45 to 50 but it was crowded and a nice day. I had problems with the rear in my 63 and had to limp it home after one pass. It spun but still ran a new best of 11.52 @ 116.84 ! Old best was 11.66 @...

My son and I want to get out once more this year so we will be going racing on Saturday the 24th. It will be sunny and a high near 50. If we can hook we should run good I hope. Ron

Since I posted here as I got so busy with my car I had only posted a little on Moparts. But the car is basically done other then some little things. I finally got my 63 to a 1/4 mile track on a very hot day in Sept. I ran a best of 11.66 @ 114.65. I think it has a bit more in it and plan to...

I have not been around for a few months. Been very busy with my 18 year old who joined the Navy and graduated Bootcamp last week ! He will be going to Flordia as he has already started his training to be a Search and Rescue swimmer for the Navy. He will be the guy who jumps out of the...

I finally got my password to work and logged back on. I have been busy and haven't posted much anywhere other then Moparts but I like it here and had to get back. I just ordered a rollbar for my 63 as I want to stiffen her up and hope to get it below 11.50 this year. Ron

Yes I took my 63 to its first track outimg today. My son took his Dart and my brother took a wheelstanding 63 Max Wedge ply. All in all a good day. It was so windy they only ran the 1/8 mile. Everyone was slow as my sons best is 11.55 or 7.33 in the 1/8 his best today was 7.48 and believe it...

I finally got my boys Dart and my 63 out together to get some pics of them together. Thought I might share. Ron

Since I have my 63 now on the road I plan to race it on Oct 29 at a private T & T and my son and brother will be racing also. Of course my son and I have been talking smack to each other kidding about who's car will be faster. His Dart has run 11.50's @ 116 so far and the 63 is making it's first...

I wanted to put the TTI exh on my 63 but it was over $1000. big ones for the Max Wedge system. So I bought some 3" pipe and a 3" universal H-pipe along with Dyno Max Ultra Flow mufflers from Jegs for about $250. total. I borrowed my buddies mig welder and made this for my 63. I plan to make...

My buddy and I spent many hrs yesterday waxing and shining up the paint on my 63. Wow did this paint ever shine up. It really shines in the sunlite and pics due it no justice. I finally took it for a nice ride today and it seems every redlite people are looking and giving thumbs up signs. I...

Took a few pics of the 63 the other day now that she is on the road. I have my boys Dart and my 63 registered for a private T & T on Oct 29 so it looks like a showdown for Jr and I. The car feels very strong so Jr better be on his game. Ron

Yes I took my 63 to work Fri and gave her an alignment and also finished the exh. Drove her today and .......oh what a feeling !! She is loaded with torque. I have been into Mopars since 1970 and this is the first time I have owned a 440 max wedge look a-like and I like that RB torque ! Ron

Yes I fired up my Max Wedge look alike eng in my 63 yesterday. Ah man does she sound sweet. I ran her until I broke the cam in and she was at 180. No major leaks and all seems to being going well. If it keeps going well I hope to hit the local cruise hangout Sat night. Here is a few eng...

I am still alive as I haven't posted here in a bit. I have been busy getting my eng together for my 63 and dropped it in last weekend. Ah what a nice site. I still have alot to do and I ordered my driveshaft yesterday but I hope to be ready to fire her up in about 2 weeks. Here is a pic of...

Man have I been busy or tired. But we went to a muscle car race this weekend that was put on by a Vette and Camaro club. All muscle cars were welcome and about 6 Mopars and 15 Fords showed up in a sea of Vette's and a few Camaro's. Ron Jr put about 9 passes on the Dart and I made one pass. He...

No I am not dead just been real busy. LoL ! But we went to a Mopar day at Mason Dixon dragway in Md. and had a great time. We took the 4.30's out of my boys Dart and put the 3.91's back in. This track is up in the air some and the et's are about a tenth slower. The boy ran 11.60's all day...

Yea my oldest turned 20 yesterday. Guess it's kinda cool to be 20 years old and already have an 11 second street car. And he wants to get serious next year and go for easy 10's. We plan to work this 400 a much as we can this year and then it may get a stroker kit and some serious head work...

Ron Jr has been talking about building his 400 in his Dart into a stroker in the future. We talked about working with the 400 combo trying to get it in the low 11's and still be very streetable to drive anywhere. But we were going to wait a few years. He tells me the other day that he is...

My son and I with another Moparts member Andy went to the track with my sons Dart. Very nice cool day and he ran a new best of 11.55 @ 116.23. Previous best was 11.59 @ 116. He took off the Holley Street Dominator and the 850 DP and switched back to the Performer RPM with a 750 DP. Not really...

Took this pic Saturday at the track of my son heating up the MT tires. Thought it turned out kinda cool. Ron

We drove my sons Dart to a T & T at Cecil County today. $35. dollars for 3 runs. It was really packed and had many delays. Anyway thats another story. He did run a new best but the track was not prepped very good and it was spinning some. He did a 1.61 best 60 last week in bad air with 114 mph...

My boys and I along with some friends all went to a T & T yesterday. We had a good time but we were all off about 2 mph. Bummer as Ron Jr in the Dart hit a new best 60 ft of 1.61. The old best was 1.66. We finally tried the 9 x 28 slicks. But the mph was only 114 all day down from the usual...

I finally got back to working on my heads. I am almost there as I have my larger valve seats cut and have a little porting to finish yet. I have already cut the guide tops and spring seats and just need to set my spring heights. My shortblock is almost done also and as soon as my head gaskets...

I installed my crank in my 440 last week and checked all bearing clearences. Fri I set all my ring eng gaps and started installing some pistons. Then I checked my deck hieght on the piston flat and quench pad so I know what head gaskets to go with. Looks like I will come out right at 10.0...

I repainted the eng bay in my 63 yesterday as someone over the years had painted it black. I want the car to look as stock as I can so I painted it red like the car. I am going to my brothers shop today to balance my pistons and rods so I can start to assemble my shortblock real soon. Ron

I got my 440 block back from the machine shop Fri. I had them bore it .030 , deck it .008 and check the main cap alignment. Also had my rods recondition. Now I will balance my rods and pistons and then give the machine shop the bob weight so they can balance my crank and I can really get...

We went to a car show last Sat and I was riding in my buddies 65 Coronet. My son and his friend were behind us in his Dart so I snapped this pic. Thought it was a cool angle. Ron

I dont know if some of you remember the 19 year old boy who was my sons friend and owns the blue 454 Nova. Remeber he raced my sons Dart at the track a month or so ago. Well a few weeks ago the Nova got hit and totaled. Well the boy also likes Mopars and yesterday he bought this Duster from my...