3" tailpipes pretty much fit like garbage on my Fury as well, I've never put the turndowns on and they took work to clear everything.

The exhaust looks killer........thing just keeps getting better and looking cooler by the month LOL! I enjoy watching the progress!!

Thanks Wes! I'm just using this thread as a project update at this point.



After I ordered the exhaust, one of my other friends indicated the same thing, he had to have a shop fix the 3" TTI exhaust on his '68 300, it fit like garbage out of the box. If the mufflers clear my driveshaft I'll take it to an exhaust shop to get the tailpipes tucked up a little further.

Also, for the manual steering box, I might be able to pick it up this weekend. I'll text you later. I'll also be in Chicago hopefully in a few weeks to pick up the rearend and could stop by your house then too!

we're around this weekend if it works for you!

Have you tried popping off the bottom of the shock to get the tires off?
It's a pretty common move on Fusey cars with big tires.

Nick,

Its been a few weeks!!! Anymore updates to that STREET BRAWLER?!??!!

Hah!! Thanks... no noteworthy updates, besides stopping by Jeremy's to pick up the van/C body manual steering box.

I did a mini vacation last week to help my uncle with a 1958 Chrysler 300D he is restoring, then did some motorcycling in NC. Back home until Sick Summer now. My TTI headers showed up yesterday so I can start final installing the exhaust, and likely won't put the exhaust tips on until I can have a shop tuck the tailpipes up a little so it looks better.

Rearend should be done at Strange any week now, they accepted the order on 3/8 and said 8-10 weeks for lead time. Once it's done I'll make a quick day trip out to Chicago to pick it up. Then just need to bolt the Wilwoods on, bend up some brake lines, and get the driveshaft cut down.

Update!! Got word the rearend was done, drove out to Chicago and picked it up yesterday. Now I've got some work to do...

Looks nice Nick!

Thats a great start.
Doug

Looks great!

Wow, that was quick!

Thanks guys!

Quick question- are there any major drawbacks to running hard brake lines direct to the calipers on a fixed caliper system? The Wilwood brakes have the calipers fixed, and the calipers don't need to be removed to change pads, so the only time the calipers would ever need to be removed is if I needed to pull the axles. I could do a short section of flex line on each side but am not sure where to secure them to. There are little tabs on the housing but don't think they're designed to hold the weight of a flex line and fitting.

I did flex lines and just welded a little tab to the axle, but yours is already pretty and painted. I see no reason why you couldn't do a hardline. You could also make a tab that is captured by one of the T bolts that holds the bearing in if you thought you needed a flex line.

I hope this makes sense, run your hardline on the floor of the body. then mount a tab to hold a bulkhead fitting above each side of the rearend near the frame rail. Run your flex line down to the caliper from that point. Makes it a lot more convenient to NOT have brake lines on the rear housing. Easier to tie it down for towing etc. AND the one time you need to service the caliper, you will wish it had a flex line on it....

Where was this post in 2018 when I put a Dana in my car? Great idea.

That is a great idea! I'll have to see where the lines will end up on the car. And agree- I would just weld little tabs on the axle but I don't want to jack up the powdercoat.

Hell yeah!!!! That's a nice piece, Nick! Right-on!

X2 Good choice to upgrade the axle if you're still wanting to add power to this chassis!

Right now I’m hoping to make it bulletproof for drag and drive events. I have less than a month until Sick Summer and need to get it drivable again asap!

Thinking the goal next year will be getting the Trick Flows installed, and then 2025 will be a 512 kit and beefing up the trans. The chassis should be as far as I can go with a stock suspension C body at this point.

The car is at the alignment shop currently but I did get the Wilwoods on yesterday. I do appreciate the irony of doubling the value of the car with a rearend install.