Recent content by 71airgrabberRR

These are some pictures that Todd posted on his FB page. You can see my frame rail jig in use on this car too. It is a 68 Charger RT that was also a numbers matching car. If you want yours done correctly this is the best way to go.

Todd's Body Shop | DeLand FL Here is Todd's FB page. Check it out when you can. You can see several restorations of different Chargers on his FB page. In some photos you can see how my jig is being used to keep things squared up and properly aligned as new metal is being spot welded in...

First thing that I thought should be said is that I’m sorry to hear about your loss. It’s never easy losing a loved one. Your Charger looks like it is a very nice car to start with. I owned a 70 RT Charger and I had to sell it in order to go to school. It was a hard decision to make but...

More goodness to report. I got the wiper motors restored and they have arrived in the mail today. One is for the 73 Challenger and the other one is for my Lime Green 70 Challenger. They look killer and I’m super stoked about getting them back so soon. As always comments are always...

As mentioned above in a previous post, I took a new Timken Made In USA outer pinion bearing and honed it out to use as a setup bearing for use in determining the correct thickness of shims needed for the crush sleeve eliminator. Once I had finished honing it I was able to slip it on and off...

I have just finished building two different gear sets. Both are 489 cases for the 8 3/4 rear ends. These are basically the original 489 large pinion gear case housings that have all brand new quality parts installed on them. I always use a good quality bearing set, and try to get American...

Thanks everyone for your input. It seems like a sign of the times that good help is hard to find…. and keep ! I have contacted the Hemi Only shop and they gave me a recommendation for another shop. They’re setup for doing the Hemi blocks and stated they would have to do some changes to...

We are looking for a good machine shop in the Central / North / South Florida area. We have just dropped off our block at the machine shop we usually have do our work. They are very busy and they told us that they would not be able to even get started on the work until at least 3 months from...

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome back. Here’s a quick update. We had a problem with the AC unit in our house. The sad thing about this situation is that the unit itself was completely replaced about 2.5 years ago. Luckily it was covered by the warranty but we still had to pay for the...

It’s been a long time since I’ve been logged in here. I’m happy to report that we have finished my wife’s Dakota R/T and that I have started working on my Challenger again. Here’s a few pictures of the truck afterwards. This was completely taken apart down to the last bolt and nut and...

My first set of headers were a set of Blackjacks. They were used on my 72 Challenger Rally. It was originally a 340 / 4 speed car B5 Blue with a black vinyl top. When I got the car I was fresh out of basic training. It had a two barrel 400 B engine and a 727 automatic in it at the time of...

Here's the basic block. Nothing fancy here, its a 5.9 L Mopar V8. I had Express Engines in Deland do the machine work. The block was bored .030 over, the crank was in great shape and only needed polishing. Since I went with some aftermarket Eagle rods, and Keith Black hypereutectic pistons...

Here's how the rolling chassis looks now. It was dusty from the body work I had been doing on the cab, with all the sanding and such. Since these pictures were taken, the misses has cleaned it up and now it looks good as new. This truck came from the factory with some serious tires on it...

Here's a few pictures of the truck cab. I rolled it over about 45 degrees to show the top. The overall look of the cab is shown here. The inside looks just as good as the rest of it. I used 3M cavity wax to help protect it from rust in the future. Here's a close up of the paint. Please keep...

Hello again everyone. Please accept my apologies for not being on here lately. Man, I didn’t realize that I had been absent for so long. Yes Mark is correct. I have been very busy with another project. As you guys know, my wife has gone through a rough time with cancer and the associated...