gregcon
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This isn't really a 'restoration' but just 'keeping a car going'. I've had this car since 1982 when I bought it for $250. By 1983 it had a 440 which was fairly exotic back then. I drag raced it every weekend for a couple years, driving 40 miles to the track, racing, than driving it back home which is my definition of a true street car. I ran a stock 440 with a Torker intake, 800 Holley DP, and a solid cam. All iron otherwise, even the WP housing. The usual 727 and 8-3/4" with 3.55 gears. It ran lots of 11.90's and a few 11.80s.
I painted the car around 1985 so it's had it's share of nicks since then. About 9 years ago I did some cleanup work under hood and changed to a 499" low deck engine with aluminum heads. It sat, undriven, until a couple months ago when I finally got around to getting it going. It's definitely faster than before though I haven't driven it down a track yet. I still have to finish up some details, like the AC compressor, but at least it's driveable again.
At 3300lbs, it weighs exactly 1000lbs less than my Challenger SRT...and you can feel the difference, for sure.
I painted the car around 1985 so it's had it's share of nicks since then. About 9 years ago I did some cleanup work under hood and changed to a 499" low deck engine with aluminum heads. It sat, undriven, until a couple months ago when I finally got around to getting it going. It's definitely faster than before though I haven't driven it down a track yet. I still have to finish up some details, like the AC compressor, but at least it's driveable again.
At 3300lbs, it weighs exactly 1000lbs less than my Challenger SRT...and you can feel the difference, for sure.