I wasn't planning on making a thread about this car but after a year of emails and private messages asking what's going on I figured I'd better post it up lol. I raced for over 20 years, posted my results here all the time, had a couple really fun 9 second cars. But with me hitting 40 years old, our son playing travel sports and me working a lot of hours I was really losing energy to load up and go racing, plus I didn't have time anymore which is fine.
I picked up a supercharged mustang, it was a blast for a few months and that was it, I had to have another old Mopar! I love to wrench in my garage with the radio on and I love tuning, everything on the Stang was computer controlled.
My goal with this car is to hop in it and cruise whenever I'm not at work or at a baseball game. It won't have a roll bar for awhile(has new frame connectors), no mini-tubbing at all, no 8" converter or steep gears, it WILL have a back seat and run on pump gas.
The previous owner did amazing body work with butt welded seams, can't tell anything was fixed, car is laser straight, no sign of surface rust anywhere, looks like a brand new car. That was as far as he got, I still need to do some sanding and buffing.
It didn't have one single wire in the car, I completely wired it with a Rebel-Wire kit and everything works great including high beam/low beams, turn signals etc.
I installed 3.55 gears and a 9.5" converter so it will be very streetable but I wanted some torque to make up for it so I had a 500" short block built with a main stud girdle, JE forged flat top pistons, forged crank, forged steel aftermarket rods, file-fit rings, I could spray this motor if I wanted to lol.
Heads are cnc max wedge ported Eddy RPM's, Indy max wedge low deck single plane. The cam for now is just a 557 purpleshaft solid(thanks Sport440) with Harland Sharp roller rockers just to get the car up and running, I may upgrade that later or just add 1.6 rockers on the intake side for more lift. I have a new Mancini aluminum water pump housing and water pump, aluminum radiator.
This car may never see a track but if it does I'd love to drive it to the track, run a 10.99 and drive it home.
I'm not gonna get serious with this car. It will just be a healthy show car that I enjoy on sunny days.
It will have a nice stance once I setup the stock suspension. It has brand new Strange disc brakes up front with 9" drum spindles, if I have any problems later I'll change those to more of a heavy duty street brake system. Has all new stainless brake lines, will have all new fuel lines, I already installed new polished Aeromotive fuel pump and filter.
I made the gauge cluster panel, it all works, new fuel sending unit and proper gauge for it.
I've done all this in less than a year but I've ran out of money, it is way too expensive to build these from the ground up, so much easier and cheaper to buy someone's roller like I normally do.
DennisMopar73 has been amazingly generous and is sending me a used B&M Pro-Ratchet shifter when he installs his new shifter,this will help me tremendously and will allow me to button up the interior. I already scored really nice 2004 Dodge Neon bucket seats for $40 total!! And new headliner is installed.
My next hurdle will be front and rear windshields, I have the rear window and gasket, just need to pay to have it installed so I don't break it. I need a front windshield and gasket and installation. After that I'll save up for new black carpet, a carburetor, Pertronix distributor, low deck oil pump driveshaft, Toyota alternator that fits my AR-Engineering motor plate, rear seat cover, dual snorkel hood scoop and some new rear brake drums.
I was hoping to be running by spring but spring is almost here now.
I'm installing black Duster side stripes soon.
Should be a nice fun car when done! And thanks everyone for asking what I've been up to.
