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Project Rat Rod V code 70 Charger R/T is about to begin.

I put two more coats of epoxy white on the trunk floor. Overall I am pretty happy with the results. I hope to put the fuel tank system in tomorrow.

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If you would have asked me a half hour ago when I was busting my *** trying to get the filler tube into the gas tank and align the tank so that I could get the straps on it, I would have said come and get it now but after fighting with it for an hour I finally got it in. Even brand new parts don't want to fit together and work, but it's in and it looks good. I still have to do the six fuel lines on it. But I needed a break from lying on my back. Now I know why that Cranium guy does it on the rotisserie. I even bought his rotisserie and I didn't set it up for this project!
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I got the hood off,and removed the 956 radiator, and the cast iron sixpack setup. It still has the idle solenoid and the choke spring setup on it. I removed the exhaust manifolds and the sixpack air cleaner too. I hope to pull the engine and transmission tomorrow.
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I got the engine pulled out today, and the other engine off the stand so I can get the pilot bearing installed on it. I confirmed that the engine in the car is indeed the matching numbers sixpack engine as I was told by the previous owner. It shows a 3 11 70 assembly date for a car that was built on July 10th 1970. It's an F 440 HP 2 engine and the VIN numbers stamped on the pan rail match the car. Troy is a straight shooter, so I never had any reason to doubt what he told me to be true, but it's nice to see it with your own eyes!
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I got off to a slow start today when I went to install the new flywheel and the flywheel bolts didn't fit. I figured that I would use the bolts from my Hemi flywheel and I would have two extra bolts, then get a set for a 440 at Carlisle and put them back in the bag with the Hemi bolts and replace the bolts that I used. Well it turns out that Hemi flywheels use two more bolts than 440 flywheels do,but they are 1/2 inch bolts and 440 flywheel bolts are 7/16 inch bolts, so none of the Hemi ones fit. So I had to order them,because the parts store doesn't stock them, they will be in Tuesday, so I won't be able to get the engine and transmission in the car until next weekend. It sucks but I welded the torque arm bracket onto the frame and the floor hump in and sealed it up. So atleast I made some progress. I also put the Charger bumper jack in the car too.
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chargervert said:
I got the engine pulled out today, and the other engine off the stand so I can get the pilot bearing installed on it. I confirmed that the engine in the car is indeed the matching numbers sixpack engine as I was told by the previous owner. It shows a 3 11 70 assembly date for a car that was built on July 10th 1970. It's an F 440 HP 2 engine and the VIN numbers stamped on the pan rail match the car. Troy is a straight shooter, so I never had any reason to doubt what he told me to be true, but it's nice to see it with your own eyes!View attachment 1118299View attachment 1118300View attachment 1118301View attachment 1118302 View attachment 1118306
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I painted the lower part of the firewall and the torque arm bracket too.
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Today I painted the motor mount brackets then installed the new insulator mounts then I installed them on the engine with the correct hardware. They were on the other engine with a mixture of light grade hardware store nuts and bolts, some had lug nuts for nuts on them. It took me a while to find the correct hardware, but I did. Now I have to find a dipstick and dipstick tube.
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My wife picked up the flywheel bolts for me yesterday. If I can get enough time away from work, the engine and transmission might actually get installed in the car.
 
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Today was a great Mopar day,my friend brought his Charger R/T by to mount and balance 4 new tires,and I got the flywheel, clutch, pressure plate,clutch fork,with boot ,throw out bearing, bell housing and transmission installed on the back of the engine, then I got the engine and transmission installed in the car! It was a great day! We threw some burgers and hot dogs on the grille and did what Mopar men do, ate meat and wrenched on Dodges!
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This morning I went to install the transmission crossmember and there was no transmission mount in the crossmember, so I stole the transmission crossmember from my 70 Charger R/T SE that was laying on the floor where I left it when I pulled out the 18 spline Hemi 4 speed transmission that I just had rebuilt for the white car. The Charger R/T SE has 4.10 gears so an overdrive swap is planned for that car,so I will put the crossmember from the white car with it,as it may have to be modified or replaced all together when I get around to putting that car back together. Anyways that crossmember bolted right in, and I will probably steal the drive shaft too. I am making progress!
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chargervert said:
The Charger R/T SE has 4.10 gears so an overdrive swap is planned for that car
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4.10 gears + 440 6bbl + 3 pedals + overdrive = BLISS!!
I switched from the 3.54 R&P gears in the Dana 60 in my 70 Roadrunner 440 6bbl 18 spline 4 speed to 4.10 gears when the Passon 855 5 speed went in.
The "math formula" I started this post with is something to experience!!
 
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