Modification wish list.
440 Wedge V8, lower and shift forward the battery, firewall cover,
flip front hood,engine bay covers, lower the radiator 2 inches, install scoops, 440 emblems for scoops,center drop exhaust manifolds, 727 torqueflite w/ shift kit,thruframe lines and harness,tub rear wheel housings,lose spare tire washtub, relocate gas tank and filler,fill trim holes, swap to R/T emblems,200 mph speedo, vintage air, under frame mastercylinder, disc brakes, wilwood, sway bars and suspension items,sail panel dome lights, consol/dash mods,aircleaner intake setup.,new interior, wheel lip trim, positraction,wheels and tires,indent the side scoops with black honeycomb,rechrome bumpers and trim, 66 grille,rump stripes,lose bumperettes,suck bumpers up to body,lose dodge script on hood, lose V8 emblems, lose all 500 trim,sound deadener,weatherstrip all,lose gas door,costum one off valve and head covers ,425 hp,saddle brown leather interior, sunburst yellow paint, tunes,reAR pan under side with exhaust tubes,round charger fender lights,blus backlite dash,
myself finally, the wife went to a sewing class, and I made the most of it. Here are some pics of where I am in taking the old girl apart.
No. It will have a hood that tilts open from back to front like this one on Chip Foose's Imposter Impala. The hood will have a latch bar like on the front, on each side at the back. The latches to receive the bars as it closes will be mounted inside the engine compartment at the back on both sides . There will be a hood latch pull handle under the dash to release them just like in a modern car. The hood will spring up an inch or so when released so I can get my hand under the back edge to lift it forward. I did this to my 65 Impala years ago. you just have to buy an extra set of latches and the custom hinges. It's a bit of fooling around to get everything to line up right to close and the panel gaps. Just something different than every body else in town has. My buddy up the road has a 74 440 wedge, complete, that runs in his shop cause I don't have room in my single garage for it. It's a low compression moter, a B moter, but I've been following along on the dyno thread about these engines and have a list of parts and mods that will take it to 400-500 HP. The engine bay covers are just sheetmetal cut and bead rolled to go from the two back corners up to the radiator support on an angle at two levels. Covers up most of the stuff that nobody wants to see but you have to have. Like this...
