Old GearHeads never die.......

[graill]

Just bought a brand new Hemi Challenger, the boats and the computer are gathering dust.........:)


My midlife crisis car heh.

[hydronut]

Just bought a brand new Hemi Challenger, the boats and the computer are gathering dust.........:)


My midlife crisis car heh.

Great choice!! Those are just sweet, I had a Hemi cuda' Back in the 70's, wish I still had it but had to sell it due to gas rationing in California.:eek: What color did you get?

[eddieh]

Just bought a brand new Hemi Challenger, the boats and the computer are gathering dust.........:)


My midlife crisis car heh.

Well I have also managed to revive an old project in the automotive field, I have had a 1969 442 convertible in the garage since 1994 when I drove it in there, ( it was my daily driver) yes a 4 speed car, anyway it has been in there ever since getting more and more involved, body off resto, was going to be a quick respray LOL..

anyway if folks are interested here are some pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22989597@N02/

[Don Wollard]

Ed - your ride is a beast!. Vented, drilled, slotted rotors!!!!! What the heck. You going racing in a convertible???

Well .... just the sound of that big block cruising past Jim's house. The top down, Stereo blastin. A good lookin red head....man you'll be da bomb.

Remember.....RED with a Black leather interior belongs to me. :rockon:

[eddieh]

Um that is 4 wheel disc brakes Don LOL.... I ride by the house with a redhead and my wife will throw the Bomb, she is a brunette LOL....


actually she will probably be painted as a 69 hurst olds white with gold stripes as they only made 3 of them, and the motor is a 455

the motor is as follows
1969 455 block, bored .30 over
forged pistons by Icon ( keith black) 9.5 to 1 CR
heads are c heads, manley valves, mild port and polished
eagle connecting rods
crank has been cross drilled and polished
ARP bolts throughout
Sig Erson custom cam
Harland sharp roller rockers
edelbrock performer intake, name ground off, heat crossover closed off with custom aluminum plate center divider cut 3/4 inch, shot blasted
sfi damper and flywheel
milodon 6 qt oil pan,
clyes double roller timing chain
comp cams anti pop up lifters
oil gallerys ported
melling hv pump
oil restrictors installed
Oil returns machined
stock w-30 w/z exhaust manifolds
broke in and dialed in on engine test stand
accel blue print series distributor, pertronix upgrade
rochester correct w-30 carb, rejetted
seen the mother running, wholly crap....

12 bolt posi rebuilt, tranny rebuilt, all new front end, new springs, sooooooooo

we are getting there

thanks for the Kudos don....

[hydronut]

Um that is 4 wheel disc brakes Don LOL.... I ride by the house with a redhead and my wife will throw the Bomb, she is a brunette LOL....


actually she will probably be painted as a 69 hurst olds white with gold stripes as they only made 3 of them, and the motor is a 455

the motor is as follows
1969 455 block, bored .30 over
forged pistons by Icon ( keith black) 9.5 to 1 CR
heads are c heads, manley valves, mild port and polished
eagle connecting rods
crank has been cross drilled and polished
ARP bolts throughout
Sig Erson custom cam
Harland sharp roller rockers
edelbrock performer intake, name ground off, heat crossover closed off with custom aluminum plate center divider cut 3/4 inch, shot blasted
sfi damper and flywheel
milodon 6 qt oil pan,
clyes double roller timing chain
comp cams anti pop up lifters
oil gallerys ported
melling hv pump
oil restrictors installed
Oil returns machined
stock w-30 w/z exhaust manifolds
broke in and dialed in on engine test stand
accel blue print series distributor, pertronix upgrade
rochester correct w-30 carb, rejetted
seen the mother running, wholly crap....

12 bolt posi rebuilt, tranny rebuilt, all new front end, new springs, sooooooooo

we are getting there

thanks for the Kudos don....

:thumup:That is going to be a SWEET OLDS Eddie.

[graill]

Great choice!! Those are just sweet, I had a Hemi cuda' Back in the 70's, wish I still had it but had to sell it due to gas rationing in California.:eek: What color did you get?

Hemi orange, nice and bright, and eye catcher.

The Tor red and Crystal black just werent doing it for me and the Furious fuscia and B5 blue arent the right shades. My Cuda had B5 blue i dont know what they think the blue color they have now is.

I missed my Cuda as you can see on my page so this was a no brainer. :)


As soon as i put the stripe kit on i will post a pic.

[graill]

............ was going to be a quick respray LOL..

anyway if folks are interested here are some pics
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22989597@N02/

Isnt that how it always goes? (grin) :)

[eddieh]

Hemi orange, nice and bright, and eye catcher.

The Tor red and Crystal black just werent doing it for me and the Furious fuscia and B5 blue arent the right shades. My Cuda had B5 blue i dont know what they think the blue color they have now is.

I missed my Cuda as you can see on my page so this was a no brainer. :)


As soon as i put the stripe kit on i will post a pic.

hard to beat hemi orange !!! especially in the engine bay, very nice cuda but the prices they bring nowadays makes holding on to them tough

don't know if you noticed in my engine build folder, my builder is freshening a genuine 426 ( 66 or 67) with the magnesium cross ram, the manifold is probably worth what my motor is, it's going into a 30,000 orig mile 67 coronet

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4568040245_7183249829.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22989597@N02/4568040245/)
IMG_4023 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22989597@N02/4568040245/) by thunderboat59 (http://www.flickr.com/people/22989597@N02/), on Flickr

[T.C.]

TO beat Hemi orange ya have to use Chevy Orange !
This is in my 1969 Chevelle, 454 60 over Edelbrock alum heads ect 10.5-1 ..........
T.C.

[hydronut]

TO beat Hemi orange ya have to use Chevy Orange !
This is in my 1969 Chevelle, 454 60 over Edelbrock alum heads ect 10.5-1 ..........
T.C.

Oh Ya BIG BLOCK wars, LOL, Forever True to our brands. Nice 454!!! :thumup:

[Garry Finlay]

I've got 85 honk'n gas horses and 15 more backed up with 144 volts of raw NiMHi under my foot :)

[Don Wollard]

TO beat Hemi orange ya have to use Chevy Orange !
This is in my 1969 Chevelle, 454 60 over Edelbrock alum heads ect 10.5-1 ..........
T.C.

Hey TC !!!! Now we are talkin. Need a lil Chevy action in the mix. :yeah:

For you Hemi fans .... Ill post a pic of the 'real deal', after a bit. :D Its NOT a Mopar.....

I have to say...the 70's and MOPAR just go together. I had a 'plum crazy' Belvadere (sp???) for 3 days. It hard a Hurst 4, 383 bored and stroked. My mother saw the car...and in about 30 seconds, I was back in a VW :confused:

Graill. Where are the pics?

[eddieh]

I've got 85 honk'n gas horses and 15 more backed up with 144 volts of raw NiMHi under my foot :)


My Starter has 85 Horses LOL....

[eddieh]

well back to being a Moderator....

This is a great thread, and we should keep it going, however, it doesn't belong in the main Q & A LOL...

so I split these threads off and put em where they are suppose to go...

speed on bruthas....:wave:

[Don Wollard]

Good thinkin, Ed!

Graill - any picks???? Cant wait to see your ride. RU planning to mod the exhaust / in-take?

A little Vette action, here. 500 ponys on the ground. Good Year Super Car tires do the rest. Borla headers / exhauster. Cold air induction, American racing chip. Full rally mod's including 3 1/2" off the ground.

[hydronut]

Good thinkin, Ed!

Graill - any picks???? Cant wait to see your ride. RU planning to mod the exhaust / in-take?

A little Vette action, here. 500 ponys on the ground. Good Year Super Car tires do the rest. Borla headers / exhauster. Cold air induction, American racing chip. Full rally mod's including 3 1/2" off the ground.

Nice ride Don. I have to admitt out side of the early models I was never a Corvette fan until the ZO/6. But I really like the later Vettes. There is Just sometthing about Red and Corvette that go together!!

[eddieh]

well a little side story on Don's corvette, I know Douggy Twaits jr. has a Roush Mustang, and he says it goes "Pretty Good" and I happen to know Don also took douggie for a ride in that beast and Douggie was Pale!!! saying his roush was NOTHING like that!! LOL... it takes a lot to pale douggie !

what is sooooooo crazy is when i was into cars in a big way it took a LOT to get even 350 HONEST horses ( not on the bottle) , now they pull that crap out of mild v-6's and get 25 mpg to boot, My motor will Probably give me an honest 400 HP and 500 ft lbs of torque, I might get 10-12 MPG's if I am lucky... the technology is just FREAKY!!!! in 1996 we bought a mercury sable with the duratec 3L engine, I think that thing puts out over 200 hp still gets 28 mpg and is a beast has the stainless dual exhaust etc etc think back, in 1972 you would have had to get the LT-1 350 to get that power.... just crazy...LOL

[Jeepers]

nice engines and rides guys. makes me want my bottle fed Mustang back.... man I miss that car.

Eddie your right about the technology in the cars these days but they can't beat the sound of a big block with an aggressive cam at idle!

[graill]

Hey TC !!!! Now we are talkin. Need a lil Chevy action in the mix. :yeah:

For you Hemi fans .... Ill post a pic of the 'real deal', after a bit. :D Its NOT a Mopar.....

I have to say...the 70's and MOPAR just go together. I had a 'plum crazy' Belvadere (sp???) for 3 days. It hard a Hurst 4, 383 bored and stroked. My mother saw the car...and in about 30 seconds, I was back in a VW :confused:

Graill. Where are the pics?

My cuda pics are on the website in my sig. I will have new beast in there in a couple weeks once i get the graphics on. Nice vette Don!!

[graill]

hard to beat hemi orange !!! especially in the engine bay, very nice cuda but the prices they bring nowadays makes holding on to them tough

don't know if you noticed in my engine build folder, my builder is freshening a genuine 426 ( 66 or 67) with the magnesium cross ram, the manifold is probably worth what my motor is, it's going into a 30,000 orig mile 67 coronet

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4568040245_7183249829.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22989597@N02/4568040245/)
IMG_4023 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22989597@N02/4568040245/) by thunderboat59 (http://www.flickr.com/people/22989597@N02/), on Flickr

I almost shed a tear, so sweet, never let her go...........:)

[eddieh]

I almost shed a tear, so sweet, never let her go...........:)

Don't I wish that Hemi was MINE!!!! however I would NOt put it in a coronet, I would look around for a 63-65 belevedere or a savoy, one of the early super stock cars I LOVE EM!!!

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/iOWEn2jON40/0.jpg
http://image.hotrod.com/f/10418600/hrdp_0202_01_z+1965_plymouth_belvedere+hemi_driver _side_front_view.jpg

[T.C.]

I have a friend that has a Belveder just like that, only it has a 440 in it.
Very nice car, he also has a COPO 69 Camero he bought from Floyd Garrett's muscle car musem $$$$$$
This is my non numbers matching hotrod 69 8 years in the frame off and to much special stuff to list here.
T.C.

[graill]

I think back on all the stuff i passed up. for instance, here is a great story, have a drink because it will make you cry, or laugh.

i was 16 and had enough money from my paper route and another job to put money down on a car, i had two choices........please keep in mind my being a car virgin at the time i had no idea what was what except that chrome shined and headers made music, both my choices were selling for $4000.00 back then and both were in great shape in garages, both belonging to a couple of elderly folks............soooooooo.....


My dad was going to buy the car i picked and i would work it off in payments, my choices were a dark blue 66 charger with a 383 magnum and headers that sounded sweet and tons of bright, shiny, chrome, or an ugly blue daytona with a quiet 440 in it...............i chose the charger.......

I thought the daytona with the tall wing and pointed nose looked silly............................................. ..................(i weep from time to time when i remember those days.)

[eboat]

I think back on all the stuff i passed up. for instance, here is a great story, have a drink because it will make you cry, or laugh.

i was 16 and had enough money from my paper route and another job to put money down on a car, i had two choices........please keep in mind my being a car virgin at the time i had no idea what was what except that chrome shined and headers made music, both my choices were selling for $4000.00 back then and both were in great shape in garages, both belonging to a couple of elderly folks............soooooooo.....


My dad was going to buy the car i picked and i would work it off in payments, my choices were a dark blue 66 charger with a 383 magnum and headers that sounded sweet and tons of bright, shiny, chrome, or an ugly blue daytona with a quiet 440 in it...............i chose the charger.......

I thought the daytona with the tall wing and pointed nose looked silly............................................. ..................(i weep from time to time when i remember those days.)


But what makes you cry more
The fact that you did not buy the Daytona or that you would have sold it a couple of years later for only $2500
What happened to the 66 Charger ?

I am working on a 69 Charger 383 car

[T.C.]

Know how ya feel, had chances to buy a 68 427 Camero for 4500, Dad said I would kill myself and wouldnt loan me the money.
Another time I had a chance to buy an all alum. AC Bristol for 1200 in very good shape, dad said "why do you want that european car"? (no disrespect to the Brit's) once again no deal!
I got a Vega GT LOL
sad very sad...................
T.C.

[hydronut]

Know how ya feel, had chances to buy a 68 427 Camero for 4500, Dad said I would kill myself and wouldnt loan me the money.
Another time I had a chance to buy an all alum. AC Bristol for 1200 in very good shape, dad said "why do you want that european car"? (no disrespect to the Brit's) once again no deal!
I got a Vega GT LOL
sad very sad...................
T.C.

I had a Vega GT Panel Wagon, Stuffed a Very built Small Block 400 in it, Narrowed Ford 9 inch 8 point cage and full frame connectors. That car was a Blast. I had custom painted it fading Candy Tangerine to deep Candy Red and her Name was "Tequila Sunrise" Another one I wish I had back.

[graill]

But what makes you cry more
The fact that you did not buy the Daytona or that you would have sold it a couple of years later for only $2500
What happened to the 66 Charger ?

I am working on a 69 Charger 383 car

I sold the 66 charger 7 years later to a collector for 6k, so a small profit on my part,. As for the i would have sold it on the daytona, i tend to take care of things and would have likely found out the cars true value. I even got the electroluminescent dash working on the charger, prettiest dash lighting you ever saw. Ya win some ya lose some. :)

I guess in the end if you enjoyed what you had, you still win.

Got the flowmaster super 40's and the stainless exhaust put on my challenger today, really amazed at the transformation in sound.

i decided not to go with the retro RT stripes as i had planned so i am tossing around ideas, might do something different, not sure, just dont want to have it look cheesy or like anyone elses.