|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293
Campfire 'Bwana
|
OP
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293 |
Ok, ok, I'm getting more questions than I expected. It's a lynch road manufactured car, original color was T7 dark bronze metallic with a white vinyl top, tan and brown deluxe interior, Power steering, ... drum brakes on all 4, 383 high perf with factory air grabber hood, 4 speed trans, 3.23 suregrip rear... and that's about it. oh, and this one is mine.. as in, for ME. How cool is that? It's getting new quarer skins, trunk floor, trunk floor extensions and a new drivers side rear wheel house. I plan to put a new white vinyl top on it and go with a burnt orange metallic or copper metallic paint.
Something clever here.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 16,718
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 16,718 |
One of two cars I owned that I wish I'd had the sense to keep. The other was Gen I Firebird - red, with the 400 CID small block.
If I'd known then, what I know now - uffda.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 16,718
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 16,718 |
Dare ya to keep bias-plied tires on it. >grin<
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293
Campfire 'Bwana
|
OP
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293 |
I can hear them vrrrr-ing and smell the smoke just thinking about that lol! Maybe a nice set of goodyear polyglass?
Something clever here.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 47,280 Likes: 15
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 47,280 Likes: 15 |
Dave when i did my 69 dart i split the wheel wells on the seam and welded in a 4 inch piece of sheet metal widening the wheel wells to fit a bigger tire. when you opened the trunk it still looked stock.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293
Campfire 'Bwana
|
OP
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293 |
Somebody asked me about the wheels, yeah I guess new wheels aren't in the budget right now and these are in decent shape. Too bad they are 14's but the damn tires are brand new. Put on just before I bought the car.
I'd maybe flip the white letters in but that's maybe all I'd do for any wheel/tire changes for now.
Something clever here.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 47,280 Likes: 15
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 47,280 Likes: 15 |
cop wheels or torque thrust
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293
Campfire 'Bwana
|
OP
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293 |
Dave when i did my 69 dart i split the wheel wells on the seam and welded in a 4 inch piece of sheet metal widening the wheel wells to fit a bigger tire. when you opened the trunk it still looked stock. That sounds good but I think the B-body wells are pretty big. my tire borders to the east and west are basically the adjoining pinchweld lip where the quarter meets the outer wheel house and the other border is the leaf spring. I can go 10x15 with.... 5.5" backspacing I think? and... (I'm winging it here but this will be close) 295/50 R15 tire? It fills it, gives like 3/4" to 1/2" of clearance on fender lip side and leaf spring side.
Something clever here.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293
Campfire 'Bwana
|
OP
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293 |
cop wheels or torque thrust "great minds..."
Something clever here.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 47,280 Likes: 15
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 47,280 Likes: 15 |
ya gotta put in frame connectors. wish i pics of the ones we made outta round tubing. we would run our nos and fuel lines through them.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 16,718
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 16,718 |
I don't even know if you you can buy a glass-belted tire anymore. Mid-seventies, I used to buy a set of cheapies (were they 14"?) at Fleet Farm, throw 'em on for a weekend - and they'd be gone by the end of it.
Not claiming it was wise - but it sure was fun.
Oh, 'nother little known item, hydraulic lifters "float" at 'bout seven-thousand rpms (If I recall correctly). The engine starts sputterin', and loses power, 'til the lifters pump-up again at a more sane rpm. >grin<
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 47,280 Likes: 15
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 47,280 Likes: 15 |
you can also gain some clearance with the offset spring hangers. don't forget the super stock springs and pinion snubber.i would swap in torsion bars from a slant six car up front to help with weight transfer.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,296 Likes: 6
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,296 Likes: 6 |
Mako, thinkin Coker tire still handles the originals.
Gunner
Trump Won!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 24,851
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 24,851 |
A 69 is ok, but a 68 is where its at... You can thank me later.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 16,718
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 16,718 |
Mako, thinkin Coker tire still handles the originals.
That is neat info!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,296 Likes: 6
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,296 Likes: 6 |
A 69 is ok, but a 68 is where its at... You can thank me later. Thats funny Tom, hows a 70 Hemi Cuda rub ya? Gunner
Trump Won!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 24,429 Likes: 5
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 24,429 Likes: 5 |
I plan to put a new white vinyl top on it and go with a burnt orange metallic or copper metallic paint Man that sounds great. Wheels? How about period correct Cragers? Whatever you decide to do just keep us posted with lots of pictures...
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 24,851
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 24,851 |
A 69 is ok, but a 68 is where its at... You can thank me later. Thats funny Tom, hows a 70 Hemi Cuda rub ya? Gunner My favorite year.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 3,986
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 3,986 |
I had a 68 dodge charger with a 440, 375 horse, metallic blue, white roof, white interior 4 speed, 10 inch rear tires, Bitch would run. sure was fun. wish I still had her.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293
Campfire 'Bwana
|
OP
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 35,293 |
I'll try and update regularly. I want to get the car into town maybe saturday morning early while my muddy driveway is still frozen. Take it to the carwash and spray under the car really well and get it back home and into the garage while the spring mess is still frozen.
Then I'll start taking it apart and stripping the paint off, ripping the old vinyl top off, removing the glass etc.
kind of the same deadline as the mustang we did last spring. I started that one april 4th I think.
STX, yeah I need a good snubber and I'm considering the caltracbars. I'll have to learn about the springs and get a possitive ID on what I have now.
The car has a joe dirt set of traction bars on it now, old school square tube and snubber slappers.
Burnouts are... chattery, know what I mean?
They gotta go.
Something clever here.
|
|
|
|
521 members (10gaugeman, 117LBS, 1234, 12344mag, 1beaver_shooter, 06hunter59, 52 invisible),
2,713
guests, and
1,261
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,194,792
Posts18,536,373
Members74,041
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|