A few items that I needed to take care of before tackling all the rusted areas in the body and floor. Measuring Rear Wheel Clearance Thinking ahead, as it turns out, way ahead, I used my new Percy’s Wheel Rite … Continue reading
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Now that I have the 9″ Ford installed and my hand healed up I decided to have the Durango drive shaft shortened and a Ford U-Joint mount installed. I also wanted the 5 on 4 1/2 Ford stud pattern replaced … 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
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Finishing Up the Front Clip Swap
All that is left to finish the front clip swap is to locate and weld on the frame horns and radiator core support from the ’56 Dodge front end so that the fenders, bumpers and hood can be properly reattached … Continue reading
Okay, now the real fun can start! I moved the Dodge back into the work shop and proceeded to cut the frame just in front of the body mounts. Removing the Dodge Front Suspension After I had removed the Dodge … Continue reading
I had originally planned on using a GM G Body (midsize – metric) as the donor for the front suspension. The 1st problem I ran across was that these cars were being eaten up at an alarming rate by the … 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
In that I was planning to replace the stock Dodge front suspension with a front end clip from a GM chassis, I needed to do a 1st pass inspection of the front and rear suspension. Inspecting the Running Gear Once … Continue reading