wheatdog
Active Member
Figured I'd start posting progress. Bought a 64 Polara 500 that supposedly needed no body work. BWAHAHAHA. Underneath 150 lbs of undercoat, the driver's side subframe was "repaired" with microthin sheet metal. I burned off the cheesy welds and removed what turned out to be the entire subframe section from the center piece to the rocker panel. Inside face of rocker panel also paper thin. Overlaid same with 3/16's patch and fabbed up a new frame section using a subframe overlay kit which I sectioned, welded and installed as the all new sub. The replacement sheet metal is thicker than 3/16 but not quite 1/4, 7/32 maybe?? Fully boxed the whole thing for additional strength. Next I'll be adding the same overlay kit to the passenger side and subframe the front to rear using US Steel kit. Also will box all four corners at firewall and rear wheel wells. I don't enjoy welding so, at this stage of the project, I'm not having fun.
Got my Coan 10" 2800 stall conv in the mail last week. Waiting on the HP Street trans from the "727 Specialist". $3500 up in smoke. AAARGH. Anybody want a pushbutton trans. It works but it's tired. It'll be in the shed gathering mouse poo next month. The old 413 will be keeping it company by spring. Still planning the 512 B block build. 4.25 x 4.375 with EZ max wedge CNC ported etc, etc,$$$$$$$. Geez, I stopped road racing cause it cost too much; now look what the hell I'm doing.
Someone replaced the original rear end with a later piece that's slightly wider with a 742 center. I'll install an old t-loc that's been sitting under the bench since my last Mopar project. If it holds together, fine. If not, I'll drag a Dana 60 out of a pickup truck and start over.
More to come but it'll be slow. Wrecked my back at the gym last month and picking up anything over 20 lbs makes lightning shoot out of my butt.
More to come eventually,
Wheatdog
Got my Coan 10" 2800 stall conv in the mail last week. Waiting on the HP Street trans from the "727 Specialist". $3500 up in smoke. AAARGH. Anybody want a pushbutton trans. It works but it's tired. It'll be in the shed gathering mouse poo next month. The old 413 will be keeping it company by spring. Still planning the 512 B block build. 4.25 x 4.375 with EZ max wedge CNC ported etc, etc,$$$$$$$. Geez, I stopped road racing cause it cost too much; now look what the hell I'm doing.
Someone replaced the original rear end with a later piece that's slightly wider with a 742 center. I'll install an old t-loc that's been sitting under the bench since my last Mopar project. If it holds together, fine. If not, I'll drag a Dana 60 out of a pickup truck and start over.
More to come but it'll be slow. Wrecked my back at the gym last month and picking up anything over 20 lbs makes lightning shoot out of my butt.
More to come eventually,
Wheatdog