Awesome car!, I'll continue watching this, `68s are my favorite too!.

That is a sweet car for sure. Ill try and help out a little,on the caliper seals parts etc.
Try an early mustang parts house,I think the early calipers were the same as an early mustang.

Well folks, she is officially burning rubber! Just as I was pulling it out yesterday for its shake-down run, Dan showed up with his new ride so I needed to snap a couple of photos.

I didn't know if I was going to like the 3.54's but they seem fine. I thought I would be "addicted" to the 4.88's I was running in my Charger but I really don't miss them. That car pulls VERY hard with the 3.54's. Dan and I took it for a little spin and it get squirrely easily.

As you can see, I quickly shined up the old paint and put on some stripes with a can of white Rustoleum for the summer. It actually looks pretty presentable!

But.... I have been have major problems with the front Bendix calipers. I ended up ordering a set of rebuilt calipers (with a $600 core charge for a total of $1,087!) and one of the rebuilt calipers has a small crack in the casting where the fluid tranfers from one side of the caliper to the other. I put one of the old calipers back on and it is working for now but I don't trust it. I will call the place I ordered them from on Monday and hopefully we car get everything straightened out.

Anyways, I have some work to do and I will not get back out in the garage for a few days. I need a break anyhow.

Crowbait- I think the brakes you are thinking of are the Kelsey Hayes 4 piston brakes. I have a set of those on my 340 Swinger.

Dmoore- I was on the Bear and will be reporting to the Legare this summer. I know a few Coasties from the Eastern Shore. Two of them are retired now.

I'll get some better pictures of the car next weekend.

Stan

Another picture.

Stan

Very nice you lucky dog!

Post some more pictures of your GTX please... My first hemi car was a 68 GTX AA1 silver, 4spd.

That thing is sick, man. Your a very fortunate guy, congrats!

We NEED a pic of you smokin'em
Man that is awesome. DO NOT restore that car.

Stan, the car looks great. Im glad to hear its up and running in short order..Thanks for the mail ...I will send out the pics, just need to get a padded envelope big enough to put them in...Congrats on getting you dream car in your garage, you deserve it Stan. . Im glad to have been a part of it. ENJOY.....Phill

Congrats on getting it running! Gonna be a fun summer for you!!

WOW that car looks very mean with those battlescars BTW I loved your charger..I have pic of it as a wallpaper on my PC at work .
I love DAY2 look enjoy the car !!

A little more progress. I've been tweaking the AFB's and they are really starting to get dialed in. I am literally amazed at how hard this car pulls with the 3.54's in the Dana. I get a little nervous as the RPM's start to swing past 3,000. That's when the Hemi really starts to breath and it likes to break the tires loose right about then, regardless of MPH. Awesome!

I'm starting to get everything cleaned up really well. I pulled all of the carpet and seats out yesterday to see what I was up against. After I removed the rocks, cocoons, mummified mouse corpse, etc., it looks pretty good. There is a little bit of rust under the clutch and brake pedals but that is about it. As you can see, someone had hacked up the shifter tunnel and they literally "glued" a piece of another tunnel over the top of the original with some sort of heavy duty roofing adhesive.
I trimmed up the original tunnel and cut a piece out of the donor tunnel to patch it up. A few minutes with my Craftsman MIG and we are back to banging gears.

Thanks for all the comments everyone. I'll get more photos posted as I continue to get things cleaned up.

Phill, Thanks again for hauling the ol' girl to Virginia. That was a crazy trip. I don't think I have ever been as excited as the day you delivered it. Hopefully I will catch up with you at Carlisle.

69Cuda340S, it is most definitely going to be a fun summer!

ornocar - Glad you like the car. You would have really liked the Charger if you had the chance to see it in person. It was a beast. All of my cars are four speeds and I had a '70 Pistol Grip shifter in that. It was literally all I could do to just point it straight and hang on as I rowed it through the gears.

Stan

Another:

Trimmed up.

Ready to go!

That car looks like a license loser to me!

I know it'd be hard for me not to go fishtailin' through town every chance I got!

Stan; It'sthe first time I've seen the thread about the car. I'm glad you got it roadworthy and I hope you have a blast with it. It's just as I remember, about 3000rpm it was just like you kicked in the afterburners. Dave

Dave! Good to hear from you! I hope that I am doing your old ride justice. I have been super busy with work. I just graduated from Old Dominion University on Saturday and now I am back to a semi-normal pace. The last month and a half have been brutal.

Anyways, I took the car out today and snapped a few updated pictures. I have almost 600 miles on it so far and the rear tires are already showing some wear! I may have to take it easy if I want those tires to last through-out the summer! My Dad and I buffed the paint out a little back in March and it is a decent 30-footer. It gets mixed reactions at the cruise nights. Most people don't realize what it is but there seems to be about one person per cruise night who knows what it is. They love it but most people don't really give it a second look.

My plan is to have it at Carlise this summer. I haven't done too much to it since I last posted due to my busy schedule. Honestly, I have been driving it more that working on it. I cleaned up the carpet and the interior and have gone through the electrical system and now I have all but one side marker light working. The transmission is leaking some fluid out of the back-up light swith so that is my next task to complete.

Anyways, here is a nice picture of the "good" side of the car. The shadows hide most of the paint chips so it looks pretty good.

Stan

Here's the Hemi all nestled in.

Stan

It's looking better all the time. I'm glad you ended up with it, it's in good hands, I hope you have as much fun with it as I did. Dave