Re: Build share
[Re: Jeremiah]
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09/14/21 09:40 PM
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Now we need the back story!
The car sounds and looks incredible. Really appreciate it! This should fill in the blanks on a backstory not chronicled in this thread...I bought the car in 1991 turn key from a local guy named James Rose whom became a good friend thereafter. RIP The first trip to the track 'Detroit Dragway' I went 11.05? then James showed me how to drive it... He went 10.99 then I got back in and went 10.91. I worked at Roush and did entry level dyno testing back then but, I really had no appreciable mechanical skills because we were always kept contained within our jobs. It was and still is a very repressive environment. But I did learn dyno testing and tuning. From there, I went to GM where I was able to play in the machine shop once my dyno work was up and running. This is where I met the guy whom helped and inspired me to evolve my skills further, his name is Ross Smith (I understand he helped Pete a bunch as a youth) I took on porting my own heads and ultimately got this car into the 10.40's (105+ in the 1/8th) in good air with the same parts previously described(I was ALWAYS just a test/tuner). I had the car repainted lime green again among other changes. Although Ross was a great machinist and head porter, I learned head porting on my own until I left GM and went to Chrysler from a guy named Tim Connely. I'm getting ahead of myself so, throw a failed marriage in there until 2006 where I was as good a dad as I could be to my stepson whom I coached his teams in a variety of sports. At some point, I got sidetracked by spiritual research and ancient history along the way, and have even lectured on these subjects lol! During these times I helped many friends and ported a few sets of old iron Mopar and Ford. Money was tight and I bought what I could afford but that always got 'upgraded' because the bar kept getting higher. This shxtbox has been fabbed on from bumper to bumper and back again and again as my skills and standards evolved. (There are plenty here who have skills and cars beyond this but, at some point i had to push to finish it.) Many things I paid to be done wouldn't go down the track on every part of this build so, I just pretty much redid things my own with help from friends like Randy Johnson whom I haven't given as much credit as due.
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Re: Build share
[Re: HardcoreB]
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09/14/21 10:08 PM
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Thanks for sharing this car’s history and your past. It is as enjoyable to hear as it is to see the cars and Engines. Congrats on evolving to such a hgh level of craftsmanship. Really nice.
1.50 60Ft. , 10.75@ 127MPH Hauling 3900 LBS.
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Re: Build share
[Re: HardcoreB]
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09/14/21 10:10 PM
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That is awesome and exactly what I was after.
It's a great story!
So many details to go over on a build like one. And very motivating too!
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Re: Build share
[Re: HardcoreB]
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09/22/21 11:35 PM
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Looks Awesome! Whats your geuss on weight? Mine was 3100 lbs with me in it. I HOPE less than 3000 WITH me but it's probably going to be nearer your weight Bob. Anyone want to guess??? I have MF tube front/coil overs, light brakes all corners, fglass dash, 2x3 rear clip 4-link and all assoc. brackets anti-roll Dana tube floors glass hood bumpers and decklid, 10gallon cell, Dbl beadlocks 10x33.5 M/T, 40 spline gun-drilled, Std 78 case 12V battery in rear. Tube steering column, ALL windows are lexan .125", 8.50 cert cage, mid-plate, PG trans with JW bell... I probably weight 150/160ish I just did a quick 'wet' full 10 gal gas tank etc. but without me weight of the car and I don't believe it, honestly. 2530lbs total no pass seat, no parachute. Rebco 4 corner scale I warmed it all up then zero'd weighed the car and rechecked zero. BTW my hoodscoop with inner tray was 7lbs.
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Re: Build share
[Re: HardcoreB]
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05/10/22 11:19 AM
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Because it seems the updates to the car are being posted in other threads, I was sort of hoping at some point this one could be saved in the Member Projects forum Reason being, supposedly pictures will stay live in that area forever (which means until the site owner stops maintaining it).....wheras in the other regular forums the pictures have a tendency to go dead after a few years Of course, if it is on any other board besides the Unlawfl board 99.9% of racer type folks will ignore it, but it might get 'exposure to a new audience' so to speak. Just thinking out loud
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Re: Build share
[Re: ZIPPY]
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05/10/22 01:42 PM
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Because it seems the updates to the car are being posted in other threads, I was sort of hoping at some point this one could be saved in the Member Projects forum Reason being, supposedly pictures will stay live in that area forever (which means until the site owner stops maintaining it).....wheras in the other regular forums the pictures have a tendency to go dead after a few years Of course, if it is on any other board besides the Unlawfl board 99.9% of racer type folks will ignore it, but it might get 'exposure to a new audience' so to speak. Just thinking out loud Thanks Rich! I just grabbed/bumped the latest relevant thread to 'update' for context. As long as I've been a member of Moparts, it's probably a shame that I'm not real familiar with areas other than "Unlawfuls" Is there something I can do to move this entire thread? EDIT Scratch that...I know the classifieds pretty good too!
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Re: Build share
[Re: HardcoreB]
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05/10/22 01:47 PM
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Because it seems the updates to the car are being posted in other threads, I was sort of hoping at some point this one could be saved in the Member Projects forum Reason being, supposedly pictures will stay live in that area forever (which means until the site owner stops maintaining it).....wheras in the other regular forums the pictures have a tendency to go dead after a few years Of course, if it is on any other board besides the Unlawfl board 99.9% of racer type folks will ignore it, but it might get 'exposure to a new audience' so to speak. Just thinking out loud As long as I've been a member of Moparts, it's probably a shame that I'm not real familiar with areas other than "Unlawfuls" Is there something I can do to move this entire thread? EDIT Scratch that...I know the classifieds pretty good too! lol Pretty sure a mod, or Tom, can move this one there.
running up my post count some more .
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Re: Build share
[Re: JohnRR]
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05/10/22 03:50 PM
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Pretty sure a mod, or Tom, can move this one there.
Yeah, Mods or Tom can move it, if that sounds like a good thing to do.
Rich H.
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