engine bay overhaul,paint and front end rebuild

[matty wardle]

hi guys and girls thought you might like to follow along as i pull my 318 out of my 73 cuda patch and repair/straighten my engine bay for the fitment of my new 451 stroker and also rebuild my front end with all new components

 

[matty wardle]

engine out and welding up air con holes plus other holes i no longer need

 

[matty wardle]

take the whole engine bay back to bare metal and spray with black industrial etch primer,gring back rough sections and fill withh bondo/bog

 

[matty wardle]

all filler has been sanded ,etch has been scuffed up and now put into putty

 

[matty wardle]

k frame gets degreased and blasted in back yard,wire wheeled and then put into black etch

 

[matty wardle]

lower control arms fully sandblasted,ready for stiffening plates,k frame sandblasted and in etch ,engine bay sanded back after first putty,another decent coat of putty and it should be ready to go,yahooo rally red here i come

 

[smlveightis]

Nice work!

 

[matty wardle]

finally got the engine bay painted on my days off,painted it in acrylic base coat with a 2pak clear over it as its what i had laying around,i,m really happy with it,considering how ruff it was:cheers:

 

[matty wardle]

more pics

 

[plum crazy dart]

Wow, nice job looks damn good!

 

[65dartcharger]

Hey, that's great work you have done! Sweet!

 

[matty wardle]

its been a long road but i now have a super clean 451 to go hunting chevys

 

[DA69RT GT]

awesome!!!

 

[memike]

Dang man!! That looks very nice, Heck!! if you want to race something fast :cheers: race an A body MoPar sorry I could not help myself Very nicely dun =D>

 

[Plaschy]

Me like

:burnout:

 

[FISHBREATH]

Nice work! Just hearing the rumble from that 451 will make ricers quiver.

 

[kev67cuda]

man u wanna do my 67 cuda...lol...u did very good work

 

[Snake]

Nice nice nice,but I wander how long will that transmission live with that collector so close heating up the oil.

 

[75Sport]

Very nice work. You Aussies don't piss around with the horsepower.

 

[johnnycuda]

Great looking job

 

[airwoofer]

Looks good! I was worried when I scrolled down and saw that black paint in the engine compartment.

 

[zkx14]

Sweet looking power plant

 

[luckysgarage]

Nice work, looks awesome!

 

[cawley]

nice job sweeeet !

 

[sscuda]

Matty,

Nice work!!!

Good Job!!!!