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Current project is a '68 Dodge Coronet R/T for Shaun Stauffer. All the big stuff is done, it just needs a whole lot of little things finished up.
  Hiya Mike!  
(He, He...a little surprise coming here)
  Car on a car On the trailer, ready to head to WBSG. Sept 14, '08
Everyone needs a motto. Trans cooler bracket. This will be located right
behind the rear axle...		 ...like this.
I bent a new brake line for the rear axle... The ignition stuff is in the trunk. The wiring is not trained yet. Ignition wiring goes to this terminal block under the heater core.
Shawn made a custom dash. Here's the wiring harness Battery charger connections and battery kill switch. Fuel lines run through the frame rails.
The new oil pan. 8 quart circle track pan. Engine with old pan... Engine with new pan. I had to modify the frame mounts
to clear the pan
Engine and trans together. We tried to put it in this way (like we took it out), but found out the engine has to go in before the transmission, due to pan to frame clearances. The engine is back in. If Shaun ever calls needing
help pulling it, just remember, YOU'RE BUSY!		 Trans cooler lines I bent up. These snake
around the rear suspension.
Rear end of trans cooler lines, attached to the cooler.
That is the right rear spring.		 Dig the black and silver fuel lines.  We are waiting
on one 10-AN fitting from Summit.		 Reworked shifter handle. Original handle was aluminum,
so we had the boys down at Hoff's Machine make a new
piece to weld the pistol grip handle to.
Shifter in the car. Much easier to reach than the short handle, and it
looks way cooler.		 ...I got nothing...
Throttle lines are fabbed and attached. Strange driveshaft front... ...and rear. Hey, Mike...do you think those tires are
old enough to drink?
Valve covers with breathers installed Backing plate for the switches. This will go in
the center console.		 16 switches, and three MSD controls.
This is the faceplate I made for the switch panel. Here the faceplate is on the backplate. I still need
two switches and one RPM module.		 Rear view of the instrument cluster. I still have to
attach the turn signal and high beam LED's.
A little quality time hacking away at the original
wiring harness.		 Oil pressure line is run. Alternator and water pump wiring buttoned up.
The dash is in. Stauffer's gettin' excited... Closeup of the switch panel. Two switches are still on order.
Well, It's done. On the road again, first time
since 1999. Click here to see the video of
it's first firing. 5 MB.


Here is a video of it's first drive!!! (5.4MB)
Wider view of switch panel. Here it is, installed in the car.