The Jalopy Journal
That is Purdy!!!!
That sounds beautiful. I think we are actually gonna shoot for little darker red, less candy colored. Im getting pretty excited.
Thank you sir, i appreciate it. =)
I cant stress this enough, i am NOT a body guy. But i bought some paint just to see if i liked the color. I was supposed to paint my model. Well i...
Yeah, i have a really nice block , but it will always be in the back of my head that i will hurt it. So this thing i can thrash on and not feel...
How many races i make it to will depend on the new job....Hopefully i can attend most if not all. Bare minimum would be both Greer races and maybe...
It....MUST......HAPPEN!!!! =)
I have seen what you and Nick have brewing.....I don't feel like much of a threat ;)
Actually im planning on having it at the Season opener at Greer.....But yes, the Meltdown ;)
Looks good. and the shifter fit with the cross member!! so far i have pulled 200 pounds out of the car since i weighed it last. !!! [ATTACH]
Cut the last of the floor out to make room for the Hightower 4speed tonight with the help of my brothers, The [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Relix CC....
Been on the fence for a while on this. I have a very nicely prepped GM 400 block, but i really wanted a Dart. Spent the last of the budget on it...
Got the Main caps for the Rear end today. Pretty stoked to get that thing finished and back in the car.[ATTACH]
If you lay the head down on so the gasket surface is on a perfectly flat surface and you measure the valve angle, its that angle. Or....It's the...
Also reamed out a couple head bolt holes so i could put sleeves in them for porting. [ATTACH]
Double checked the heads tonight. Yep 23 degrees [ATTACH]
Thank you ...I think? ;)
I can't lie, i am basically "borrowing" Heavily from what Quain Stott does with his cars. (IE, im copying him)
Yep, they are Pontiac 867s. Which is basically the predecessor to the Brodix 10x head. their are many versions of this head, mine are the plain...
And started on roughing the seats in so i can start porting the heads. [ATTACH]
Worked on the heads today. Honed valve guides (forgot how messy and nasty that job is lol)[ATTACH]
Awesome!!! Keep on Him Willy! Hey by the way, did you hear? D/gas is 10 pounds per cubic inch,,,,you got your wish after all. =) Slow progress...
Awesome!!! Hoping i get to see some passes at Greer, i should know this week if i can go. (work) lol
And, got the front clip back on and checking to see how the front is sitting now that i lowered it. I am pretty happy. I would like it a fuzz...
Got the Rearend housing painted, it will be going out to the builder this week. Should only take him a month or three to finish it up from here,...
got the front clip back on the car, and got the rearend back from heat treat ( I had it normalized) just need to decide whether i will paint...
I do sell parts , and can usually beat prices on Dart products.
What you runnin for heads on yours?
Santa brought me knew (used) offset lifter for the Henry J! [ATTACH]
finished the rear end[ATTACH] last night. It gets sent out Monday to have it normalized.
Separate names with a comma.
The Jalopy Journal
