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Three of my builds , 2 6/71 and one 8/71

I have a 4:10 richmond gear set that is make for 4:56 and up carrier . It is a thin ring gear . pn # 82-7325-1 . I picked this up when Herb Mccandless was closing down his shop . It was used in a dodge they took to California to race ford vs chevy vs dodge . Then it was taken back out and put...

OK take a look on ebay and look up gasser wheels , there is a guy that will build you 5 spoke wheels in any off set . About $399 a wheel I know that you said that you do not have the funds for better wheels but spending money on make do items and they do not get the job done that you expect and...

Take a look at team 3 or et 3 Wheels a little pricey but they can be ordered with the backspacing you would need , just a thought . 15x10 ft spacing 5-8 inches and rear spacing 3-6 inches

There are several ways to do what you want to do . 1 use 2x2 or 2x3 tubing and cut and split the floor pan to fit it into , weld a plate on the end of the tubing and drill holes in it to bolt it into the oem spring box , be sure to add bracing at the front cross member it is thin , but with your...

A friend of mine wanted to build a colt . We found a 1974 model , put a fatman front end under it and used a Chris Alston rear clip . He used a small block . car was ruff when he got it but turned out real nice .

YEP drove it a lot drove it to work and back , about 50,round trip , 0 to 100 in 7 seconds in second gear . 4:10 gear with 32 inch tall tires , turning about 3000 at 68 mph . In third gear at 35 mph and floor it would break the rear tires loose and it would go sideways . It did not like hot...

I am the guy that built the blown pro street colt . It was the first full on build I did . Your colt is a rear steer , hits oil pan will have header problems . The oil pan for the 4 banger is in front of the crossmember . I turned the crossmember around 180 degrees and installed a mgb rack ...

It's something to think about . 40 Years ago I had a 1967 cuda fastback that I had a 426 hemi in . This was before everything was so expensive to buy . I changed the car over and tried to make a Hemi Cuda out of it , I found and bought a set of fenders and a hood off of a 68 cuda superstock...

First off your car looks great , and this is not a put down but I am 70 years old and seeing the real hood scoops that came on the factory cars , they had a stud and a spacer in the middle of the scoop to hold it open in the middle . In other words if a straight edge was placed across the top of...

Someday !!!!!!! Hemi-itis here are a few shots of our favorite things , Blown Hemi and wide tires on the rear .... 66 afx cuda my long term project along with a 65 afx coronet ..both will be tagged and street driven .

Colt Believe it or not it went straight from a dead stop , but put it in third gear at about 35 mph and nail it , it would break loose 30 inches worth of M/T"s and go sideways . It way a fun car , I sold it to a friend in SC years later it went to Ohio and is now in the Crawford Auto Museum .

I know that this is a B body site but this was a Dodge of sorts . I built this Dodge Colt about 30 years ago , would drive to work at IBM in RTP , about a 40 mile trip one way , The strange looks you would get down I-40 were priceless . It was a 1972 Colt with a 440 030 over with 8.1 pistons ...

While building my 65 Coronet AFX I changed the steering box over to 16/1 for quicker steering input . I cleaned off the motor mounts from the K-member and will use motor plates . with the Hemi in the car the steering box would flex when turing left or right . so I used a piece of cardboard and...

This works and everyone looks and say,s WTF ? I have used the old Hurst lightning rods on the last 2 race cars and also on the street . Reverse or forward pattern they worked great and everyone asks what they are ? Heck of a conversation starter. pull one lever get the next gear....