Recent content by gtxdana

Another thing to look for on these AMD quarters is to make sure there is enough metal where the curved piece of the drip rail molding is supposed to be screwed to the panel.

I think those went under the dutchman and quarter, but he probably butt welded those in. I do know it was a lot of work to get everything to fit correctly.

If your dutchman and quarter fit that well without modification, consider yourself lucky. My body guy had to do a lot of slicing and dicing to get everything to fit correctly and my trunk gutters and package tray were original and undamaged. As previously mentioned, get the corner pieces you...

You need these pieces for the corners. Corner patch

521 Restorations has stainless moldings with screws for $169. Claims his fit correctly. If only he had a set for a 1970 GTX. moldings

There are a few of the CompCams Pro Magnum style rocker knockoffs out there. The really cheap Speedmaster/E-Bay ones are pretty sketchy. The PRW PQx series are a couple hundred bucks less than the Comp and HS, but they actually look pretty good. Bushed, shafts are thick with the oil holes in the...

I've had three driveshafts made by three different local companies. Only one turned out to be acceptable, probably because it's only a foot long. One was so bad the car was undriveable over 50 mph. I had Strange build the two driveshafts for me. Even with shipping halfway across the country...

My stock appearing build for my GTX is similar to the first one listed. 440 +.030, Stealth heads with recut seats and spring upgrade, factory iron six pack manifold, carbs, 1-7/8" headers, 10:1 compression. It was good to see some numbers on that cam. I figured that cam would be a decent bump...

What kind of power numbers did you see with that cam? I was thinking that Desktop Dyno might be 100 horsepower optimistic at 542.

The lip is the easy part. It's the rotted out formed areas forward of the lip that are the bigger problem to repair correctly.

Let me help since I just so happen to have the specs in front of me. Comp Cams Extreme Energy Hydraulic Roller 23-710-9 XR274HR-10 224/230 @ .050 duration .538/.534 lift 110 lobe separation

How does it run, drive and sound with that cam? I built a similar 440 with that cam, 440 Source heads, 10:1 JE pistons, etc. but I don't have the car done yet. Did he supply you with the dyno sheets? That horsepower number is a lot higher than I was figuring with that cam. As mentioned...

Why they would reproduce the early deck lid without the cutouts is a mystery. The picture might not be correct. You would need to call to find out about the cutouts. Those formed areas will be the most time-consuming part to repair correctly if they are rusted. I've seen more than one decklid...

On a 70 B body, unless you get really lucky finding a nice used one, you'll be miles ahead buying a new one. Probably 99% of the used ones have an issue of some sort. If they were available when I was needing one, that's the way I would have gone. One of the deck lids I bought came off a fairly...

AMD decklid too long? My body guy was complaining about the AMD Air Grabber hood was too short! No cutouts for a Go Wing?? I think I was up to four or five decklids before I found one that didn't some kind of perforation somewhere on the part after media blasting, and I live in an area where...