What is Everyone Working On? Volume 2

[Bakaruda]

Thanks, I could do a walk around with my camera. I think that will have to wait untill it is done.

[rjsjea]

Thanks, I could do a walk around with my camera. I think that will have to wait untill it is done.

Looks good.....re-skinning that hood is an ambitious project

I am thinking of reskinning my Demon hood with a challenger r/t hood. 

[rjsjea]

Plumbing.......brake lines, power steering reservoir lines, fuel lines.  I am obsessed with the details and have all matching fittings throughout the car.  All black and titanium finish.

[golferjohn]

I love that car!!

[Bakaruda]

I am doing all stainless. All bolts are also stainless button head.

[golferjohn]

not car related, but....





finished the rock-work and started in the fence posts
will be moving in @ 10 days/2 weeks

[FastmOp]

I have a home going together as well, thats why my junk has not been finished

[golferjohn]

I'm feeling your pain

[Bakaruda]

I got my dash back from the coater today. Here are a couple of pics. I will finish it this week.

[guzzimike]

Our Dart is basically done. It is a daily driver, so it's got a few foibles that make it less than perfect, but overall, it's a runner.

I do have one issue that I have to rectify..but since it doesn't really apply to "daily Driving", it's been pushed back a bit

Here it is:

The BB 727 Torqueflight transmission shifts up and down perfectly fine when left in "DRIVE"...even when we floor it from a Brake Stall..

However, when we really "get on it" and try to up-shift manually, sometimes the 1 -2 shift happens when we flick the lever, sometimes it happens a second or so later...

And then, when we follow with the shift 2 -3, most of the time it either takes a while or it simply Never upshifts. Not good..

We have our Shift Light set at 5800 RPM, and a Rev limiter set at 6400 RPM.

We shift at the light.

We've been told that the governor on our Transmission should be looked at. Supposedly, our transmission was originally in a Chrysler Imperial, so it may be governed to shift rather sedately, on its way to Sunday Mass and the Bingo Parlour. 

We will be taking it to Art Carr's Performance Transmission in the near future for a prognosis.


FWIW, my buddy who got me into MOPARs, and more specifically Dodge Darts and who just built a 64 Dart, has an identical shift problem with his transmission. He's waiting to see what transpires with mine so that he can attack his.

[Bigcube]

Little bit of plumbing today  The to-do list is getting shorter 

[That One Guy]

wow, that's quite a bit of plumbing

Well, I found out today that my chasis gut just went to the hospital for an illness that's been bothering him for about a month or so.    hope he's alright
So my car's gonna be sittin in my shop for a little while longer, he just said at the begining of this week that he'd be ready in about a week and a half. I guess I've got to wait a little longer, darn it.

[bOb shingler]

Little bit of plumbing today  The to-do list is getting shorter 

          jim, are you using some type of nitrous controller.

[Bigcube]

Just a digital box to control a rpm window and a digiset for a delay timer.  I'm really not going to hit it with a lot... honest 

[rjsjea]

Brake lines, master cylinder, prop valve and new brake pedal.....done.  All stainless w/ black AN fittings

Re-doing the Tri 4 bar this week......sucks doing stuff twice.

[golferjohn]

Just finished with the majority of the countertops and crown on the cabinets




moving day is fast approaching

[MoPar_or _NoCar]

How are the construction loans doing these days? Favorable interest still?   Bodywork sucks dust!

[golferjohn]

can no longer do 5% down payments on construction loans, but we're still in an appreciating market so there is a little less panic.  Underwriting loans has toughened immensly, which it should have been doing long before now 

[68_Val_Sedan]

blasting, frame connectors and mini tubing ... there are posts in body and paint as well as chassis

[golferjohn]

sweet work!!

[Womanator]

Putting this together for soom you gun.I'm just going todo the mechanical work and let who ever gets it finish it

383 727

[loiq]

Working on swapping the 429 out of my wife's 69 Mustang, putting a 351W/toploader in. Making a hydraulic clutch:









The car:

[eldubb440]

id be curious as to how the header heat will affect that

[bOb shingler]

id be curious as to how the header heat will affect that

  might want to wrap those puppies with header tape.

[loiq]

Gonna make a heat shield for it, run synthetic fluid. We'll see?

[Bigcube]

It runs    Still have a few odds and ends to finish with the nitrous.. I might run it on motor friday 

[satellite65]

Pulled the engine out of my '65 today.

[Bigcube]

Finished up the purge yesterday. Now it looks busy in the back too.    Had a bit of tranny fluid puke out of the vent yesterday   I need to investigate more today.  The list is short, I hope to get it done and pull it out of the garage today to wash it.

The gauges are plumbed, I put a bulkhead fitting in the firewall for the line from the bottle and another one in the floor for the BOV.

[mopardart71]

1975 dodge powerwagon i think trans is gone it cought on fire yesterday so thats my guess  all the fluid drained between trans and engine?

[swisswill]

That dash looks GREAT!  I wish those were still available from RMD.  Missed my chance when I had it.  Stupid trying to pay cash for the car as I go!!!