The Jalopy Journal
Added a transmission fluid cooler and the gas pedal. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is the most completely put together this car has been since I’ve owned it. I can’t believe how far I’ve come! [ATTACH]
Bolted in the original front seat frame and took her to the muffler man. Got a full exhaust now. I was able to move the car under its own power...
Finally got the engine all put together (distributor, plugs, wires, carb) and fired her up!!! It was great hearing this baby come to life after so...
Installed a new gas tank and ran the fuel lines. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Still been at it bit by bit. Cleaned up the front floor pan and interior firewall, then sprayed it with raptor liner.[ATTACH][ATTACH]
Back together again. I don’t think there’ll be any reason to take the front clip off again. [ATTACH]
Got the steering column in and the linkage all hooked up. Had to clearance the frame a bit to make it work. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So many little things that need to be done. And so many times taking it apart and putting it back together. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Baby steps, sprayed the underside of the hood with Raptor Liner. Turned out pretty good [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Shot some gloss on the firewall too. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Cleaned up the inner fenders and hit ‘em with gloss black. Had to fix some cancer I found under the battery box. Borrowed some sheet metal from an...
Had to make a tab for the rear line. So now the brake system is complete, I just need to add fluid and bleed it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Then I went to work stitch welding the hood together. I want it to be one piece with no trim down the center. My plan is to just put the front...
I spent some a lot of time plug welding all the holes from the chrome trim, since I don’t want to have any on the car, in order to keep the body...
This is my buddy Doug, he’s 80 and still works on cars almost every day. He’s a body man and loves Mopar. He’s the only reason I’ve been able to...
Funny how much work goes into a build. Sometimes it’s little things that aren’t really important, they just need to be done. Otherwise they will...
Works like it was factory!! [ATTACH]
I saved the piece of the original support bracket that I had cut off, so I was able to reuse it and just weld it back together. I also welded a...
Next I had to modify the hood catch plate so the hood would close and lock properly: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I just had to remove the front stiffening support from the underside of the hood to give me enough clearance for the radiator cap.
Then I made some mounting brackets out of aluminum angle: [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Then modified the core support by moving the top brace to the inside and notching the bottom for the lower inlet:[ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I didn’t measure correctly when I welded in the new V-8 motor mounts, so the engine was about 3” too far forward. This didn’t leave enough room...
With the front clip all fit together, the next issue was fitting the radiator. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is what it took to make the grille fit. Had to remove some metal:[ATTACH] [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Those with a sharp eye might have noticed something which I didn’t until we put the front clip together. The fenders I got with the car are from a...
First time I had it all together since I bought it. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
7 years gone in the blink of an eye. I moved the 50 over to a friend’s shop just after the beginning of the year. Been chipping away at it bit by...
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