I was finally able to reach the gentleman that I had bought the convertible from, he had a double heart valve replacement and had been given a blood thinner after the operation to prevent clotting, unfortunately it created a heavy … Continue reading
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As luck would have it or not, somewhat by accident I found a 1940 Ford Convertible project car on eBay. From the photos and the discription of the car it looked like all of the initial body work had been … Continue reading
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Another Roof Rack …
A good friend of mine, who is a swap meet master, found a roof rack for me at the Glendale swap meet. It is the same one that he has on his 1966 Impala wagon. I think it was originally … Continue reading
Time to finish up installing a few more pieces of equipment. Transmission Cooler I originally had planned on using the tranny cooler from the Durango, but since it was mounted vertically in the Durango, I could not find a decent … Continue reading
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On to the Rear Suspension
Way back in pre history, when I was a kid, I had a 1955 Plymouth that I had swapped a 413 cuin Dodge engine into. It only took one press of the accelerator, to shear the stock axle keys. Not … Continue reading
With the engine and transmission located and the ECM and wiring issues under control, it was time to address how I was going to cool the engine. My experience with trying to cool the 406 cu in Chevy engine in … Continue reading
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A Few Problems Arise …
After getting the engine and transmission mounted in the Dodge, I spent sometime looking at what else I could reuse from the Durango before I hauled it away. I spent a lot of time trying to find a way to … Continue reading
Because of the 1/4″ per foot slope in my shop floor I could not use the floor as my baseline marker to get various frame heights and angles. I went over to Lowes and bought a fairly inexpensive laser level. … Continue reading