 This
is the first time I saw the car. I didn't know what to expect. |
 Here
is a shot of the interior after I stripped it down while on the
rotisserie. I'll have to do some repair work on the floor pans. |
 This
is a picture of it in my driveway on the rotisserie. This is the
ONLY way to do it! |
 After
about 8 hours of using a 2,250 lb. pressure washer, this is how the
undercarriage came out. I got all the undercoating off that I
could. It was at least 1/4 in. thick in places. |
 The
wheel-wells were opened up to take on larger tires. Thanks go to
www.bigblockdart.com
for the helpful info. To see the way I did it, go
here. |
 Here
is a great shot showing just how much room can be gained from enlarging
your wheel-wells and moving the springs inboard to the frame.
These fit before, but it was close. Look at it now! |
 The
rear springs were moved inboard using the MP relocation
kit. Note: The MP kit comes with the wrong
spring seats. You have to get the Moroso seats. The
centering hole on the MP seat is too big.
|
 We
got the spring mounting holes perfect BEFORE welding them in
solid. It wasn't really that hard to do. Although I was a
little scared about this before we started, having never done this
before. |
 I
sprayed a thin coat of undercoating under the car. Actually, it
was spray-in truck bedliner mixed with 25% laquer thinner. It's
much easier to clean and is much more durable than the 3M stuff.
|
 This
is the first time it had any new paint on the car. I don't think it came out
too bad. It's the same as the body is going to be later, 2000
Viper Steel Grey Pearl. I used PPG single-stage acrylic urethane
with an HVLP gun.
|
 We
installed the engine and tranny as a unit already attached to the
K-frame from under the car, headers and all. This is the same engine
& tranny from the '75 Duster.
|
 Installation
of the 8pt cage is almost completed.
|
 The
floor pans were replaced. All of the ignition will be under the
dash to clean things up under the hood. This also shows the
Painless 12-circuit wiring harness going in. I'm VERY pleased with
the harness.
|
 The
engine bay is almost complete. All that's left is to put the carb
and distributor on and fire it up! |
 This
is the Sharktooth grille that will be installed. I had a friend
completely restore it down to the correct argent silver. Thank you
Brian. It sure looks NOS to me!
|
 This
is under the fuel cell in the rear. The factory spare tire well
was removed and a custom floor was made for the 15 gal. Triangle
Engineering fuel cell. There are sill a few wires to tie up.
I forgot to enclose the sump per NHRA specs. I will fix it later. |
 The
dash is almost complete. There is another switch to be installed
for the ignition. Autometer Ultra-Lites help me keep an eye on
things.
|
 We
finished up the 8-pt cage. It came out great. When the car gets into the
10's, we'll add the front halo and posts to make it a 10-pt. A very big Thank
You to my good friend Randy for all the hard work and welding. |
 The
gauges. Don't worry, I have an Ultra-Lite 5" tach that will
go on the A-pillar just above the dash. |
 I
got it fired up last weekend. Now it's REALLY getting to me.
I still have a couple of things to do to finish the engine bay.
The coil wire will NOT be coming out of the wiper-motor hole. I
have an MSD firewall pass-through to install. |
 Almost done under
the hood. I
still have to add the inline billet fuel filter and I'm changing throttle
cable brackets. I have a billet CSI piece. |
 I used some
.040 aluminum to seal off where the back seat used to be. We mis-judged
where the hump was, but it was easily patched. This will be carpeted
black like the rest of the interior. |
|
The car was
completely stripped down to the metal in preparation for the paint and
body work. I went through 3 layers of paint and primer before I hit metal. |
