Projects Dodge This - 1939 Dodge Southeast Gasser Build

Come on you can do your makeup at the track I was going to go tonight and camp but, still need to :
- finish the wheelie bars
- finish the throttle cable
- align the front end
- put on a puke tank
- mount the grill bars
- hook up the evac lines
- connect the line lock
- run the valve lash again
- load the sedan
- load the car

Oh hell we must be sick in the head

 

YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED LAST WEEK

 

It looks like throttle cable, front end alignment and loading up are the only "must haves". Even after the car is done, the relaxing part doesn't start until you get to the track. Good luck and have fun.

 

Well Tony its the Eve of Quick n Dirty's first run.
The build is over and the improvement's start.
Its build page 100 so. The improvements start on_page 101
I wish that you and your friends have a great time .
Could you ask a friend to film it for all of us that can't be there.
Look forward to the posts once you have your maiden run I am going to have a Beer.
Bon Voyage

 

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It will be a miracle if I can figure out how to make it tomorrow so take some good pictures. Good luck tomorrow and awesome job! See you at SIM.

 

Thanks Dave! Its been a long strange trip and I would not do it again - wait - I would not have to do this - wait - never mind.

The list is done except the wheelie bars - just could not make the wheels fit. So it was like 8pm and my wife comes out and says I am tired of pushing this piece of junk around, does it run? Hell I don't know get in!

Man Quain must know his stuff because I was just fooling with her and I hit the starter and I'll be damned if it didn't fire right off ! No priming even. Well now she was in a pickle because the passenger door handle was not installed - punch list list #33 . Ooops. I fished around and found reverse and off we went around the neighborhood. Dogs barked, babies cried, old men fainted, young women chased, all the while my wife kept working on that passenger door

Good times will be had. I cannot promise a good race as it drives like a UPS truck, but it should be a large time.

 

Very nice. I know it's always a hit when I drive the coupe around the neighborhood. Have some fun now.


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Video or it didn't happen

 

Good luck today Tony I had to work so let's see some video

 

Stuck working too,hope all goes well Tony.Looking forward to pics/videos

 

Good luck today and have fun! Hope she goes straight n puts a smile on your face...thats the payoff.

 

Enjoyed reading your whole build thread Tony, good luck with your first outing.

 

Good Luck today Tony, hope it runs well and congrats on getting it "done"

 

Congrats brother, looking forward to seeing LOTS of pics.

 

Tony taking a page out of my book and working on the car at the track





Getting it done out there . . .

 

Wow what a day! Can't think of anything that was bad about it, my wife came and took pictures and she brought the 16 year old neighbor kid - he had never been to a race before. He was speechless. Oh yeah Tyler did break his digger, but not too bad we hope. Good times and good people. Here is what I have.

Major thanks to everyone in the SFCC and brothers who don't need a club. That's a big list!

 

More random stuff.

 

I have video but need some time.

 

Let it roll T

 

Gotta love the woman she was excited at the start and kept hitting the button on the camera, so the start was chopped up video clips stitched them as good as I could

My tach was working on the first 2 runs. The tattle tale was at 7500 and the rev limit on the mag was set to 7800, it went up there like nothing. Hope its just the cable broke or something.

 

Tyler blowing his stuff up - Danny had a good run.

 

Semi final - what a race! Give these a minute to upload ...

 

Looks like it ran great Tony. That other guy must have red lighted

 

Tony, what a sweet build! Can't wait to see it run at SIM!

 

Thanks Rob - can't wait for Steel! Josh there was something wrong with the lane I was in - my light was 1 second later

Man that was a long day. We loaded and rolled.



And then this - finally! SLEEP!

 

I had a good time hanging out and selling stuff as always
I am posting some pics on my thread.
Here is a link.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...ad-and-his-family-picture-heavy.931788/page-9

 

Looks as if a great time for all but Tyler, hope his ain't too serious. Too many times of things going wrong for his rail.
Me? I'm still in the middle of a cluster fuck on this tree work. Won't bore all these folks with the gory details, but will tell yall about it later. Goddam pine trees still standing and I'm expecting another full day at least of this shit.

 

Congrats on getting the ol Quick n dirty Down the track! Car looks bitchin out there!

 

Looks like the car ran well. That hemi sounds great! Congrats on what looks like a very good outing for the car , you and your wife. A JOB VERY WELL DONE! Thanks for sharing. Mikey.