Green Envy

[WP29440SE]

man , what a great score Cliff. very nice !

 

[71ChallengerSE]

Sweet Haul!

 

[old tired rebel]

man , what a great score Cliff. very nice !

Thanks Super we are putting a engine together now. But had to take a break because of the heat and the new torque wrench quit working. Karl has gone to get a new one.

 

[old tired rebel]

Sweet Haul!

Thanks some I knew was a surprise, but the others I knew about. The bulge hood was the biggest surprise.

 

[fla 66 cuda]

Damn Cliff now i'm offically jelous you lucky guy hell your half done you dont have to fix doors,floors,trunk lid,you got good fenders an 8 3/4 and best of all a buldge hood that did it I OFFICALLY HATE YOU LOL great score Cliff you have some great friends and can't wait to see the finished product. You are a blessed car lover congrats. We rolled ours out yesterday to turn her around heres some pics.

 

[old tired rebel]

Thanks Lou I read this to Karl he got a kick out of it.

 

[loneagle]

Congrats cliff and yes you are welcome from pa the car will be great when done tomarrow ill be posting on my bee

 

[old tired rebel]

Congrats cliff and yes you are welcome from pa the car will be great when done tomarrow ill be posting on my bee

Thanks LE....Can't wait to see the BEE

 

[old tired rebel]

We are taking our time because of the heat,110* today. So we got the freeze plugs, got the crank in and used plasti gauge to check tolerances and torque down. Put the rings on all the pistons,chased all the threads, They didn't let me do much,Karl, Asa, my middle son did most of all the work.

 

[EccentricMagpies]

Wow... that's the same car?

Nice job!!

 

[RustyRatRod]

Cliff, I hope you see now that you have some truely good friends. Maybe this will help you rise outta the funk you've been in. I sure hope it does. I know what it's like to be there......I still am.

 

[EccentricMagpies]

Wow... that's the same car?

Nice job!!

errr... wait.. that must be fla_66_cuda's?
I skimmed the page to quickly I guess. (looks good fla_66_cuda)

I'll have to open up the computer when I get home so check out the photo's everyone is commenting on....

john

 

[old tired rebel]

Cliff, I hope you see now that you have some truely good friends. Maybe this will help you rise outta the funk you've been in. I sure hope it does. I know what it's like to be there......I still am.

Thanks Rob it is helping.

 

[old tired rebel]

errr... wait.. that must be fla_66_cuda's?
I skimmed the page to quickly I guess. (looks good fla_66_cuda)

I'll have to open up the computer when I get home so check out the photo's everyone is commenting on....

john

Yeah the primer Charger is fla_66_cuda

 

[krcevs]

Looks like you better buy stock in AMD! You will have some hard work ahead of you but oh what a nice car it will be when done! Something to be proud of for sure. Good luck with your build and keep the pictures coming!

Ken

 

[old tired rebel]

Looks like you better buy stock in AMD! You will have some hard work ahead of you but oh what a nice car it will be when done! Something to be proud of for sure. Good luck with your build and keep the pictures coming!

Ken

Thank you, a few years ago this would not be possible. Now with new repop parts coming out and good donor cars. I really can get this car done and do it the way I want.

 

[fla 66 cuda]

errr... wait.. that must be fla_66_cuda's?
I skimmed the page to quickly I guess. (looks good fla_66_cuda)

I'll have to open up the computer when I get home so check out the photo's everyone is commenting on....

john

Thanks ya'll we are doing the best we can.

 

[old tired rebel]

Here is the 360 block that Karl gave me with the Envy.

Here is Karl and Asa (from A bodies) putting in the freeze plugs.

Here I am with Karl cleaning and chasing all the threads in the block.

Nice new Sealed Power Pistons and con rods.

We got all 8 pistons in without problems which was great. We did not know what was about to happen.

 

[old tired rebel]

Karl had a dye to break apart while cleaning bolts, so we had to go find a replacement. 2 hours of driving around to find one. So while we were gone Asa cleaned up some surface rust on the heads with a wire wheel.

Here is when the first problem we ran into thanks to a machine shop because they wanted to take a short cut. once we got this taken care of (proper threaded allen head plug) we got the oil pump drive in.

Here is when the first problem we ran into thanks to a machine shop because they wanted to take a short cut. Luckily Karl had a Mancini freeze plug kit which included the correct pipe plug. Once we got this taken care of (proper threaded allen head plug) we got the oil pump drive in.
Side note that plug was a bushing that the machine shop put in.

The heads are on :blob1:

 

[RustyRatRod]

That's some great progress, Cliff. Awesome to see yall comin together workin on it. Yall ain't missin many meals around there, are you?

Like I got room to talk. lol