Weekend warrior/ cruise night and occasional track car. With some health issues behind me I am back up and working at almost 62 years young.. Been in a wheelchair for 20 years so my shop is set up accordingly. Benches, engine stands all lowered. Plus heat, air, satellite dish. Do all my own work, just a little different, LOL. I drive with hand controls (throttle and brakes). So after previous car learning curves this one will be built solely with that in mind. Easy for me to work on, programmable shifting, tuning, better brakes, etc. And vintage air, I'm tired of sweating. Rear suspension. Parallel 4 bar from control freak with Viking double adjustable coil overs. Mini tubs to frame rails. Ford 9 inch aluminum center section, Eaton Truetrac 3.70 gears. Wilwood 12.19 brakes. Frame connectors, torque boxes, core support brace and hidden inner fender supports.. Front suspension Gerst with power rack and pinion. Double adjustable coil overs, sway bar and 2 inch drop spindles. 12.19 brakes. Trans is a TCI 6X set up with Chrysler Reid bellhousing, 3500 stall and electronic shifting. Engine will be 572 all aluminum hemi. Finally collected everything but pushrods. Got my new KB block last month. (it was worth the wait, Very stout piece.) Pump gas 11.5 to 1. Molnar crank and rods. Diamond pistons. I have both a Charley's pan and a Milodon road race pan. Leaning towards the Milodon. with a 2 quart accumulator. Heads are Stage V customs CNC ported from FHO. Stage V rockers with FHO stands. Cam is a bullet 262/270 @ .050. 114lsa, .710 in. .690 ex. Jesel lifters and belt drive. Stage V dual 4500 intake machined for injectors and rails.. Complete Holley Dominator EFI setup from Rich Nedbal. with dual 1200cfm accufab throttle bodies. Holley injectors, Holley smart coils. All wiring harnesses. Andy F throttle linkage, cam sync ,tone wheel and pickup bracket. Aeromotive Phantom 340 pump. Rich will help me on the tuning. This will be a learning curve for me. At this time I just finished rear brakes, moving to front and installing all brake lines. Then on to fuel lines and wiring. If interested I will post pics as I progress.

Good looking car. That is going to be a huge project so good luck and keep plugging away. If you were local I'd swing by one day a week to help you out.

love the car....

Beautiful car, what size wheels and tires?

Dang! That's going to be a nice piece when you're done! Looks really good. Keep at it.

Got my new KB block last month. (it was worth the wait, Very stout piece.)
And at the age of 62 ...…….I been on the list now for almost one year. You are a few years older than me. i'm trying to hold on to this KB block deal but don't no how long, so far there's been nothing but

Very nice. enjoy the build.
Doug

Wow, that is an awesome combo. Hat's off for your effort. Hope it works out exactly as planned. Enjoy the ride !

Very nice!

Rear tires are M&H 325/45R-17 28 in. tall on a 17x12. I have enough room for a 13 maybe even a 14in. wheel and a 390/40-17. Fronts are 26x6x17 MT sportsmans on 17x4.5. I would like to have another set of wider fronts and maybe 10 inch rears for highway handling.

That looks awesome

Nice love the modern hemi!

Me thinks that block is not a gen 3 hemiroid motor
Looks a lot like a aluminum KB 426 hemi block to me

That is a very impressive build.

Lot's of respect from me on this one.

Keep up the good work and keep us posted.

I like that block..........a lot!!

Wow, good on ya, and I 2nd AndyF's thoughts...

Been getting a little more done on the mockup. Shortened steering column to make valve cover removal a little easier. Gerst front end is done. Headers in. Making smart coil brackets. Hoping to start plumbing this week, fuel and brake lines. Slow process, but plugging away

Very nice high end build What ignition are you going to use ? MSD type deal or EFI ecu based system.

Gus

Wow, you do great work! What type of exhaust cutouts are those?

I went through Rich Nedbal on all of the EFI components including Andy F cam sync, pickup bracket and throttle linkage. Holley dominator ECU . I wanted the ability to control my trans and be able to upgrade down the road. Exhaust dumps are NoWeeds 3 1/2 stainless.

I subscribed to this thread and would love to watch the progress, super cool car and combo!
If you didn't mention it already, do you have a color picked out?

Finally back on the project. Rotator cuff surgery had me shut down. My daughter came over and cleaned and organized the shop. Rear brakes are done. Fuel tank is in and plumbed. I put an access panel in the trunk for the pumps. My hydro boost setup arrived and I hope to get on that soon. Started fitting my serpentine front runner setup. I had Andys scalloped motor plate. I traded it for a solid one as I have to do some clearance at the end of AC compressor and alternator. Car is set up to go to paint first of January. I will have them put my windows and trim on. Mango Orange is the color. Probably black hood. I am planning to seal the engine block and heads with Nyalic and leave natural. I will update more soon.

Looks great.
Doug

Looking good. Yeah, the solid plate usually works best for full custom cars where there is a lot of fabrication so you can move things around.

Very nice project, keep us updated.

Been a while since I posted anything. Progress has been slow. Bottom of car is done. Mounted Andys motor plate. Putting in hood pin brackets. Pulled engine and headed to body work and paint tomorrow. Engine is going to Jeff Dickey down the road from me for machine work and assembly March 5th. Finally starting to get a little excited again.

Go Mango orange, black hood black interior.

Moderator feel free to move this to projects if that is where it needs to be. Hood pin brackets welded in.

Nice work!

What are those round things were the engine plates notches at /with serpentine belts?

Cutout for back of Alternator and A/C compressor.

Ok...got -it Thanks

Finally getting color on the car. Tallants hot rod shop in KC Mo. Hood and interior will be black. paint is Chrysler Prowler Orange. I will post more pics soon. Then home for assembly.

REALLY nice!

Oh my what a nice project. That is going to be as nice as a car as anyone can ask for when it’s done.

That's real nice. Looks like a good home for that hemi!

Love it!

Beauty!

The term "high end build" is slung around pretty casually but it sure applies to that one.

Rolled outside. 6 weeks he will polish it.

A little nervous on how the color would look on the car. I looked at several test spray outs and stared at them for weeks. Inside, outside, shade, sunny. I am happy with the color.

Car looks fantastic. I like everything . Stance, color, wheels.
Doug

it looks like that red really POPS in the sunlight now, so after a final fluff-n-buff, it will be like the song : ".....so bright i gott'a wear shades !......"

Kickass car / project Galen....RESPECT !!

Keep the updates coming !

Door jams, engine compartment, trunk painted. Fenders on. I am going to have the orange hemi air cleaner cover done in prowler orange also..

I like it ....what's the plans for it cruiser?

I It will get driven a lot. I'm 66. My wife and I are retired. This is our last build so I wanted to put everything in it I missed on the others. It has 3.73 gears and overdrive. Plus comforts like A/C, Heat and Stereo. Pump gas EFI with maybe 110 race fuel and a different tune on occasion. We enjoy the cruise nights, small shows,etc.meeting other car people. We do a lot of just going for a drive with no destination planned. It won't see a trailer unless it breaks. But I do plan to wear out some parts.

I will post pics and video of the engine on the dyno. I was first going to run it on carburetors. Jeff is now leaning towards going ahead and sorting out the EFI before it goes in the car and then final adjusting once in the car.. Holley Dominator ECU. Smart coils and twin accufab throttle bodies.

A little update. My machinist and a person I considered a friend passed unexpectedly. Jeff Dickey, JD Engine and Machine. Columbia, Mo. His partner is finishing the align hone and balancing. I will then pick up my parts and assemble it over the winter. I have been studying Rick Seeman"s 572 KB hemi build on YouTube since mine is basically the same. Thank you Rick for taking the time to video that series. With the help of this forum it will get done. Thought I would post a few more pics on body progress. Hood was painted black yesterday and dash is being prepped. Thanks to Dan Tallant for his paint and fabrication. Did the air filter lid in body color. I am leaning towards leaving the engine aluminum.

Front blacked out. Car will go to buff and polish this week.

Love it!

looking GREAT !!!

Just stunning....
High quality build.
Looking forward to seeing it finished..

Galen: I don't know if you picked up on it, but the last 2 blocks I got had way too small of a hole for a Mopar dipstick. So before you start final assembly be sure to check that. If it's too small it takes a "U" size drill bit to be the proper size. Since most people install the dipstick last it would get them frowny faced if they found out that the dipstick won't come close to going in. Your car is looking good.

Great build!

Thank you Rick. Had to drill mine also. Found a few of the coolant air bleed holes along exhaust side not drilled completely through on mine.I will check everything once I get my parts back home.
Galen.