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Nice work on what appears to have been a very clean car. I did a very similar dash change to my 66 Dart. It makes a very nice look. I also did the spring move and went with an 8 3/4 rear. Im considering the rear disc conversion and ebrake upgrade. Best of luck on your build. You can find my...

Just wanted to say thanks for the replies and the logic of your thoughts. I was leaning towards selling the heads and it looks like it is the right thing to do. Guess Ill put a package together with all the parts and see if someone is interested in them. Just to clarify one thing. My 2x4 set...

Looking to get some thoughts on swapping my 915J heads to my Edelbrock Performer Aluminum heads. So heres where I am. I have a 66 Dart with a 408. My original plan was to run the car at the drag a few times each year but that hasnt happened and at this point chances are it probably never will...

Your doing a great job and we all understand that projects nevwr stay on schedule. My 66 took all but 7 years to get it to road worthy. Notice i didnt say completed. Lol i dont believe they ever get totally completed. Stick with it. Best of luck. Rod

Decided to finally start making some changes. First one completed is the gearing. I’ve been sitting on a 489 case with 4:56 gears and a spool. Made the switch last night and even got a short test drive in. Everything working good. Here’s a pic of the chunk that went in. Rod

Hello All, My last post to this thread was just about 2 years ago and Im sure everyone thought I was done with the restoration. Well to be honest that is not true. What I can tell you is I have put about 500 miles on the car since 2019 and have run into some issues. The worst issue that I have...

Congrats on the honor! Hard work is paying off. Rod

You should've come up and got mine out for a drive since I couldnt do it today!!

Had a fantastic weekend that included meeting Richard Petty. I trailered my car 120 miles to Denton Md on Saturday morning. My truck towed great as it was the first time that I used the trailer and truck but the fuel mileage was aweful @ 9.4 MPG for the entire trip. I unloaded the car Sunday...

Keith, yes the day has finally arrived. Although as I said I trailered it down because I just wasnt sure and it is to far to have a problem. Just dont have enough testing on it to be sure. By the way I got your text and I will get back to you probably on Monday. Coalman, heres a pic of the...

Time for an update, with pics!! i am 98% done with this car. With the exception of going back and reworking stuff that I didnt get right or nice enough to suit me the first time. SO to keep your interest I will post pics right off the bat! These where taken today at my dads as thats where the...

Time for an update for those that may be following. I continue to chase a resolution that will help to make the car run cooler. This time I may have found it! Since my last post i have tried to get the car to run cooler. I think I am finally there. I ended up buying a universal shroud from...

Havent posted in quite some time as this build has driven my nuts! Some of you may have seen I had an over heating issue that I dealt with for quite some time. I started with electric fans but ended up using a 6 blade 15" fan without any shroud. So far it seems to be working but the summer heat...

I havent had much time to work on the car lately but if anyone saw in the heating and cooling forum I have had issues cooling the car. Im trying to systematically eliminate one issue at a time and it appears that I may have to go try a mechanical fan. Im not a fan of the flex fan but Im going to...

Looking forward to hearing about your first test drive!!

Dragnut, mygasser, this conversation should be taken to a new thread so anyone that wants to ever search or know what has been done can and also it doesnt take my restoration thread on the wrong path. Thanks Rod

Dragnut, no I am not running rear disc brakes. I may go to them at some point but probably only if I am driving the car a lot or if the drum brakes would give me a stopping issue when I race it but I'm doubting that's going to be an issue. Rod

I found a carb insulator plate that is to keep the heat from coming up and effecting the carb fuel. I will install it this week one night and go for another drive. I will recheck the timing and re adjust the carb to see if anything there may be helping to drive the heat up. It was the first run...

Well its April and I finally got to take the first ride last night. Went about 8 miles total. The car ran good and it was a smooth rolling ride. No vibrations, it seemed to handle decent and steer well. Not to noisey but it has sound! Im running the 3:91 rear to start so we will see how that...

Well its been a month since my last update so I bring you up to date. First I lost a week because of a flu. Then there was snow that cost me a day or two so I am probably behind on getting it done by the 1st of April. Luckily that is a moveable date that doesn't have to happen except to please...

dragnut, sorry it took me so long to post pics. I saw this the day you posted and I totally forgot about it. I welded the radio area shut with a piece a metal before installing the gauges. If I were to do it over again I would expand the dash a little lower as the bottom of the gauges are off...

Sgrip65, yes that plate mounts right where the old speaker mounted and it takee the same bolts. I had to revamp how it mounted with hole size because I didnt want to use a cheap speaker. I will have to try and find where I picked that plate up at. It was here or on Ebay. I'll see if I can locate...

Got a couple things done and a couple more things are prepped and ready for parts to arrive so I can finish them off. On Monday I went out and put the heater control cables in place along with the defroster tubes. Doesnt sound like much but it was quite a job. Then I decided I need to finish...

Sgrip65, yes that is much Richard Petty autographed glove box. Also on the glove box is Don Garlits autograph. Cant get any more Mopar then those 2!!! Always remember, your car will get to this stage of the completion project and then you will get er done!! I couldntbwait tonight to this...

A weekend update: I wanted to get something done that i could see change. Sometimes you work and work on something and if you dont get it completed you get frustrated and walk away for a while. This weekend I wanted to see interior change so I decided to install the console and complete the...

Just a quick update, First I went to put the front bumper on and I found the tabs that are part of the front bumper had been ground off so there was no way to mount the parking lights. So I had to send the bumper back to California and they will send me another one in about 2 weeks. They had...

Heres the latest update, i finally put the trunk seal in place and glued it down. I used the 3m black weatherstrip and it worked out well. I had to be careful not to smear it and since it was a brand new tube it wasnt real stringy. If anyone can tell me how the jack assembly is suppose to go...

Dragnut, Once I turn the torsion bars up just a little I dont think mine will rub. Again I am way to low but wanted to get car finished to see what it looks like with the most rake! Rod

Currently I have 155/80R15's. My torsion bars are only 1 turn after they touched so I will need to go up a little more as my tires do slightly rub on a sharp turn. I have not had the car on the road yet just in and out of the garage to turn it around. Im actually thinking about maybe going to a...

Dragnut I just got them from Detroit Muscle Technologies. part number is "Mopar A Body 63-66 2DHT Roofrail Weatherstrip" #70-1871-68. They dont list them on their online store so I called. The owner is Jim Filmore. Very nice person to work with. They actually come from another company. I think...