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Ha! Thank you, Grabber. If this was my only classic, I'd take a different path with it. I have a shiny one so it is fun to throw together this one with no worry about it being less than pretty!

The dirt-baggery continues…. Part of the reason for swapping to these buckets is to make this car a bit more comfortable for road use. I spared ALL expenses to do it too. Used everything. Mismatched, dirty and warped but mostly complete. Green door panels on the left from the Red car...

Ah.... a Step Brothers movie reference.

I will need better tires. These tires were new when gas was under $1.75 a gallon. The rear seat is ratty. I've had it out for years...I replaced the center of the trunk floor and had it out to avoid catching it on fire from a random spark. I may reinstall it just to block off the trunk...

For a few years, I had a basic A body setup on my Charger and it was quite good. Power booster and MC from a parts car 75 Dart I had…15/16” MC, 11” front disc, 10” rear drum. That is the same combination that was in millions of Darts, Valiants and Dusters and it works. The Charger is heavier...

I welded up the holes I won’t need. The supports were tacked in a few spots. They don’t need to be fully welded. They are just tack welded on a few spots in the red car. For the first time in my almost 5 years of ownership, I can drive the car without fuzz and fluff blowing around and...

I figured to test fit the seats to see what I learn. I checked the red car and saw that the right seat outer track also sits 6 5/8” in from the pinch weld. The holes were the same spacing as the seat track. On the inside track…. I went to draw a circle around the track mounting...

Fresh from the attic where they have been since November 2015. They almost look like human bodies without legs. They still look decent. Not perfect though. The outer edge of the drivers seat is squished in. Maybe it will pop out when in the car and the sun? It was folded with the...

The car will get painted eventually. I’ve been drawn to the shade of B5 blue on the late model Mopars. For now though, this is it.

I feel that sometimes I need to repeat what the theme of this car is. In short, I do know how to restore a car to be functional and reasonably good looking. I’ve never done what you’d call an OEM correct restoration where all the proper parts are used and it all looks like you’d see on a...

The instrument panel is a mix of parts from the red car and two other gauge clusters I have here. I’ve had this in and out of the car a couple of times but before… the heater/defroster wasn’t in the car. Hooking up all the wiring and stuff was a lot easier. I took the seat out to be able...

I am too. I still am. I asked the guy at the shop what specifically was wrong and he just said “it was broke”. He laughed and didn’t elaborate further. I told him I do most of my own work and like to know what breaks and what has to be fixed. He just said…”We went through and fixed what was...

I bought the Harbor Freight cheap one and scraped the underside of Jigsaw... I kept breaking the "needles" though. It is a good idea to get a spare pack or more to make sure you don't get down to just a few of the rods still left in the tool. MORE of them working together makes for less...

There is a plastic screw that drives the odometer. It contacts on different sides depending on where the odometer rests (above or below the needle).

The Charger (And other B bodies with Rallye dash) speedometer has the odometer display below the needle. The others I have here have the odometer above the needle. This means there are some differences I didn’t see at first. Maybe they are mostly related to how the odometer is driven...

Thank you, Travis. I did go to Commercial Speedometer today. First, I partially disassembled the instrument panel to get the speedometer out. I tested the operation of the speedo with a cable and a drill. Just an FYI… the cable turns CCW to operate the speedometer. The guys at the shop...

That tach was new from a vendor known as Charger Specialties. I bought it some time in the early 2000s. I don't know if they are still in business. They're still in business? I remember going there in the 80s when I worked in the service department for a Chevy dealership!

It has been awhile since I updated things but I took a few moments to tinker today. I’m pondering what to do about this: The car isn’t actually going 145 mph. Of the three speedometers I had, this one had the cleanest face. Keep in mind, I have been diligent with this project to make the car...

I had to have a guy TIG weld the air cleaner base for my MP air cleaner.... He took two bases to make one, the original MP base and an aftermarket 14" base with a deeper drop. If I knew how to TIG weld, I'd make a few just to have spares.

I hope that you saved and sold the 1970 front end stuff. There are plenty of 1970 owners that could benefit from fenders and other stuff. "Dunrobin"....Is that in Ontario? I had to look it up. If so, wow...you are not just down the street from Summit Racing or other auto parts stores!