Sorry, I just saw it in an earlier post.

good as new! got the head back, got her all put back together, and minus a timing snafu which resulted in what sounded like a dead battery/hard cranking, (bumped the dizzy a BUNCH of degrees off and didn't realize/remember doing it), she purrs like a kitten. no more ticky ticky sounds, oil filter looked great after cutting it open as well. i think we are all good mechanically.

also, i managed to find the machine shop that did all the work on my engine, he was really helpful with helping me sort out the head and whatnot. so, let's hope this beast stays together for awhile!

today i am taking it for another test drive, and getting a quote on some paint work for the black areas, (a little rough, would like to bring it up to the caliber of the rest of the car).

stay tuned for the new rear springs/torsion bars/ride height saga!

sooooooo, long story short, this car is low, and i have a hard time driving it without hitting exhaust/tips constantly. if i put people in it, forget a bout it....

i had my original springs re-arched, hot and cold something or other, they said they would be waaaay taller, as they were showing a two inch higher arch than normal when they were done. springs back on the car, and boom. same exact ride height, and i still managed to drag some tips around a corner.

the suspension shop was being very cool with me, but the company they used to re-arch them were not being reasonable at all with the shop. the best they would do, is try to re-work them a bit, with no guarantees, at an additional cost. i was not willing to take another chance of spending more money on the springs, and more R and R at the shop for removal/install.

so, i spent more money, and bought espo's AAR ride height version of leaf's, and while we were there, put in new torsion bars as well......

the front will still be tweaked down about an inch, but the rear is where it is staying.

here it is for now!

new tires are in store as well, as money will allow....

next up, the freshening up of the aging black accents, worn grill, and rework that 'glass hood a bit!

old ride height. looked good, but i could not carry passengers, and it drug all over the place. this car gets driven hard, and it needs to be up to the task!

the grill all stripped out, and getting the car ready for paint. redoing all the black on the car.....

this hood is getting a serious makeover as well........

the rear had cheap, plastic stick on molding for the chrome tail panel surround. ordered up some new trim and clips, and that will get fitted and applied, after the tail panel black is re-shot as well.....

some of my grill shots, the paint was bubbling up real bad.....

another shot....

some small damage/cracking, but not too bad all things considered....

broken headlight bezel mounts, going to try to repair them....

bob, my painter/friend on the left, who will be doing all the work at his body shop, and my uncle/partner in the car, larry, on the right, going over the plan as i document.

we are doing the chin and rear spoilers as well as all the black accents on the car, including reworking the hood a bit to clean it up as well. this will really finish the car off in our opinions....

car is still away at paint. i got my new tail panel trim, and some new tail light gaskets to bring there, so they can install them after paint.....

also, we got our new wheels and tires! wheel vintique 15x8 rears, and 15x7 fronts, to go with our new goodyear polyglas tires. L60's out back, and F60's up front. can't wait to see what the car looks like with the old school rubber on it!

I ran bias belted tires on my b-body mopars about as long as they were available. I finally tried a set of TA radials in the late 80s. To be honest I just couldn't tell much of a difference. These cars were after all designed for bias ply tires. It'll look and drive fantastic with the new polyglas'!

update!

the hood is getting a royal makeover. ends up, there was about .060"s of rattle can paint on this baby. :O so, much stripping, and they got to work on the well worn glass hood.

it's taking shape nicely, and the paint on the fenders/doortops/rear panel are next!

another angle....

and another.....