Relays will be in the glove box area. No radio. It will get the factory delete plate in place of the radio.
Full Version: 65 Dodge Coronet Hemi Project
Also these are from my camera which obviously are not the quality of my brother in laws camera. This is a Sony Mavica that is probably 10 years old. A 3 1/2 floppy plugs in so I have to leave the setting low because a disc is only 1.44 megabytes
Relays will be in the glove box area. No radio. It will get the factory delete plate in place of the radio.
Relays will be in the glove box area. No radio. It will get the factory delete plate in place of the radio.
LOL caught him in the act in pic 2 of the last post. He was being very careful before drilling through the firewall 
One more dash pic.
The old test stand that has been around quite a while. He will run the engine here before it goes in the car. Crank and rods should be here next week and it will go into the machine shop. I will try get by there when they are doing all of the machining.
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QUOTE (onanysunday @ Nov 9 2009, 04:42 PM) 
Donor car for all the little hard to find bolts, hardware, trim, etc, etc, etc. This car will get sold when he is done scavaging(sp?) Apparantly the two doors are now so rare to find, guys are taking a 4 door, moving the b pillar back and installing the longer doors from a two door. (If you can find doors) The length is the same on a 4 or 2 door.
That would make a nice altered wheelbase car. Leave the front doors where they are.
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QUOTE (donparscale @ Dec 5 2009, 02:47 PM)
QUOTE (onanysunday @ Nov 9 2009, 04:42 PM)
Donor car for all the little hard to find bolts, hardware, trim, etc, etc, etc. This car will get sold when he is done scavaging(sp?) Apparantly the two doors are now so rare to find, guys are taking a 4 door, moving the b pillar back and installing the longer doors from a two door. (If you can find doors) The length is the same on a 4 or 2 door.
That would make a nice altered wheelbase car. Leave the front doors where they are.
DON~~~
Those cars were pretty cool.
In case someone doesn't jnow what we are talking about.
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Looking pretty!
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Interior
Headliner. Car is over at upholstery now.
Back glass
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First preassembly and machine work. He has to wait on the valve train or else the motor could be done in a very short time. Cant go to far without checking piston to valve clearance.
Dash
Better hurry up Barrett Jackson, Scotsdale is coming up soon. 
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QUOTE (donparscale @ Dec 26 2009, 01:06 PM)
Better hurry up Barrett Jackson, Scotsdale is coming up soon.
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Not sure if he has considered that but the car is for sale.
I was at Chucks shop the other day and got to check this thing out. The attention to detail is 2nd to none.
Very Nice!
Very Nice!
would love to be able to own a peice of history like this. but could never afford it.
VERY NICE .... I like the attention to detail in this.
Not to knock it .Not a big fan of the Kragers SS. Where American Racing Torq-Thrust or Halibrands wheels around in this era ?
Not to knock it .Not a big fan of the Kragers SS. Where American Racing Torq-Thrust or Halibrands wheels around in this era ?
QUOTE (chopshop @ Dec 27 2009, 12:03 AM)
VERY NICE .... I like the attention to detail in this.
Not to knock it .Not a big fan of the Kragers SS. Where American Racing Torq-Thrust or Halibrands wheels around in this era ?
Not to knock it .Not a big fan of the Kragers SS. Where American Racing Torq-Thrust or Halibrands wheels around in this era ?
Sorry to say...but my only gripe as well. I would've loved to seen some halibrand mag's, E-T III's, or even torque thrust d's on there instead.
Amazingly beautiful car!!!
I had a 65 Valiant with S/S Mags, yes true mags, they looked nice, chromes kinda blow!
Wow! Great car!
Wheels certainly are personal preference. Easy to change though!
Bitchin Car Man ! and I like the Cragers wheels very popular in the day.
QUOTE (dunedog805 @ Jan 5 2010, 08:01 AM)
Bitchin Car Man ! and I like the Cragers wheels very popular in the day.
I ran Cragars on most of my builds in the '60s and '70s.
Clearly the Torqthrusts were much more typical on the race cars then, but there were wheels used that usually were considered a "dress wheel" by the public. For example, Dick Landy often ran Cragars, and Sox & Martin ran Keystones on everything.
...and there is something to be said for being "non-generic". :-)
He did some custom work on the engine mount so the oil pickup line would be nice and short.
Just for mock up. Valve train should go in soon and the motor will be completed.
Oh and the paint is Genuine Orange from Chrysler
Yep, that is Hemi Orange!
Sweet car!
If the pushrods fit he is hoping to have the engine running tommorrow. If not he will go to Barrett Jackson. 
Valve train. Motor has a solid cam. Video shortly of the engine running 
Custom hoist picker upper.
Test stand and a few misc.pics
Videos were taken from a digital camera so quality is not that great. From what I hear the video does not do justice to how good the motor sounds. Still just break in time. You can still hear that classic solid lifter sound.
Talked to him this evening and he drove it around the block today. He said he does have a lot of wiring left to do. Picking up the moho tomorrow for Buttercup this weekend so I will have to take a 
Heard it run today. Man it sounds awesome. 3000-3200 lb car with probably 600 horsepower. Should be a lot of fun. Goes on the dyno in the next day or two.
WOW, this is coming along nicely. Can't wait to see and hear more video of it driving around.
He has been driving it all over the place and to some of the car shows and get togethers. I believe in two or three weeks he may run it at the nostalgia drags. He just bought a 31 chevy this week to build. Very rare. I guess only about 2500 built. All of the framing inside the car is wood! He was going to run an old hemi but it is so wide he may do a 303 buick motor in it. I will have to start a new thread on this build.
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Event On 3/21/2010
SouthWest Nostalgia Drags & Ron Miller Memorial Race
Time: 8:00 AM
Details:
Blue Streak Productions presents the; Southwest Nostalgia Drags and Cruise in Car Show. Front Engine Dragster- Altereds. Nostalgia Drag Racing at Arizona's Oldest & Finest Strip! PLUS we welcome the famous "Standard 1320 Reunion Group! Honoring RON MILLER. Gates open at 8am, racing starts at 9AM. $15 for Adult Spectator includes Pit Pass and Parking. CLASSES; 1/8 mile flag drop drags - Street Rod -Customs - Vintage Mini Bikes - 1/4 Mile Drags with HOT ROD 1 81 & older (11.99 & quicker) $40. HOT ROD 2 (10sec & slower) $30. Trophy Bracket $25- Seatbelts & helments required. Rods & Customs - Show & Go - Vintage Choppers & Bobbers Welcome! Time Only lane - Car Show- Vendor Midway - Great Food! Stock/Super Stock.
COOL! Been reading this topic for awhile now.
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