My latest project: 1970 Dodge Dart 512 C.I. Bracket Racer

**Rick** · 06-30-2010, 10:58 PM

Frustrating day

Hours and hours spent fitting one of the headers. A few things changed since the mock up. #1 Wilwood master cylinder #2 Flaming River steering column and #3 the thickness of a lousy header gasket.

For all that I had to pull one of the headers out probably a dozen times to get the clearances I needed. I finally got it... I wasn't about to let it beat me!

**Turdle** · 06-30-2010, 11:02 PM

your world for 1/4"?

The details are where you have to take your time to get it right. Hang in there. No reason to hurry it now.

**Burns** · 06-30-2010, 11:03 PM

Uh I turn around and its almost done. Way to go Rick.

**Rick** · 07-01-2010, 07:52 PM

YouTube Video

Latest...

*gmanpaint* · 07-01-2010, 09:33 PM

Wowzers! 37 pages, and 3 years, and it's almost done.

Can you see the finish line?

Gonna have a party when it drives out of the garage? I know I would.

**Rick** · 07-01-2010, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmanpaint

Can you see the finish line?

Gonna have a party when it drives out of the garage? I know I would.

Yep, I can see a finish line. My to do list is growing shorter and shorter, and the room where I have stored all the parts is getting emptier and emptier

No party, but I'll have a hell of a grin on my face

Char will be happy too... She'll finally get some of the home improvements she's been so patiently waiting for. She's really been great throughout this project.

**JDraper** · 07-02-2010, 02:57 PM

I wanna hear that bad boy fire up!!!!

**Rick** · 07-03-2010, 12:11 AM

No progress today, but here are some stills of where it's at now.

**Rick** · 07-05-2010, 07:15 PM

It's so close I can taste it!! All the electronics work. I even bumped the engine with the starter to make sure it was engaging properly.

I'll be ordering the driveshaft tomorrow. Once that's back in my hands it's time to make some noise!!

**rizzjc** · 07-05-2010, 09:04 PM

Nice!

*BobWiersema* · 07-05-2010, 10:51 PM

Never get it to run without one of these.

The Link.
http://www.tikimaster.com/category/9...shboard_dolls/

Bob

**Rick** · 07-06-2010, 12:01 PM

Just ordered my driveshaft from Strange Engineering. Should be here in a week and a half or so... Can't wait!!

**Rick** · 07-09-2010, 03:58 PM

:d

**Turdle** · 07-09-2010, 04:09 PM

Great, now I have to change my pants.

Looks great Rick. Very nice.

**JDraper** · 07-09-2010, 04:27 PM

Lookin' great Rick.

Heckuva long way from the road trip a couple of years ago...

**Rick** · 07-09-2010, 06:32 PM

I found a local company that does mobile vinyl top installations. I wasn't looking forward to taking it to a shop, so this is good. He has lots of references and photos of completed projects. Looks like he does nice work.

I still need to find a good mobile window installer for a new windshield and to have the rear glass put back in.

My Lexan quarter windows arrived. Now I've just got to figure out how I want to mount them.

The list is nearly gone... It sure has come a long way since my East Coast trip 3 years ago

**RangerX** · 07-09-2010, 09:54 PM

Rick, how about same pic as above, but with the hood on? Or is there some reason you can't do that yet?

Looks gorgeous, obviously. I think we all ran out of new adjectives many pages ago!

**Rick** · 07-09-2010, 10:46 PM

Here ya go Bill. I just went out and put the hood on for ya'

**Diff Whack Daddy** · 07-10-2010, 12:33 AM

NUFF SAID

YouTube Video

*Scott B.* · 07-10-2010, 07:17 AM

Love that Six-Pack hood!!!!

06-30-2010, 10:58 PM	#721
Rick Admin Pumpkin Pilot Wayoutin, Aridzona '93 XL Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 27,243 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	Frustrating day Hours and hours spent fitting one of the headers. A few things changed since the mock up. #1 Wilwood master cylinder #2 Flaming River steering column and #3 the thickness of a lousy header gasket. For all that I had to pull one of the headers out probably a dozen times to get the clearances I needed. I finally got it... I wasn't about to let it beat me! __________________ Rick Horwitz, AB7FH "Serious Exploration's" Admin Rick's '93/'98 Explorer "The Great Pumpkin" Dodge Dart 512 Resto/Race 10.29 @ 129 2004 Mustang Mach 1 2003 Dodge Ram/Cummins Dually

06-30-2010, 11:02 PM	#722
Turdle Old and in the way Humboldt, Kansas 2000 Mounty Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 23,745 Vehicle Specs	your world for 1/4"? The details are where you have to take your time to get it right. Hang in there. No reason to hurry it now. __________________ Jon 2000 Mountaineer Turdle-gone Vitamin D Wagon Sold also

06-30-2010, 11:03 PM	#723
Burns EF Late Night Crew Memphis, TN 1991 Explorer/2002 F-250 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,923 Vehicle Specs	Uh I turn around and its almost done. Way to go Rick. __________________ Jonathan Burns Moderator of the Feature Truck Forum Owner of the "Lime" Forum Rules and Usage

07-01-2010, 09:33 PM	#725
gmanpaint Torsion Bar Free since 2010 94 XLT-95 FX4 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,926 Vehicle Specs	Wowzers! 37 pages, and 3 years, and it's almost done. Can you see the finish line? Gonna have a party when it drives out of the garage? I know I would. __________________ The Black Hole Pugly

07-02-2010, 02:57 PM	#727
JDraper Elite Garage Builder McVeytown, PA '11 XLT Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 15,398 Vehicle Specs	I wanna hear that bad boy fire up!!!! __________________ Moderator..Home Improvement/Explorer 911/2011 Explorer Forum You took my breath away....and now I want it back.... '66 Mustang Coupe, '04 Mustang Mach 1, '08 Focus, '11 Explorer XLT "Ex"plorer's: '92 Sport, '94 Sport, '01 XLS Our Crappy Website

07-03-2010, 12:11 AM	#728
Rick Admin Pumpkin Pilot Wayoutin, Aridzona '93 XL Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 27,243 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	No progress today, but here are some stills of where it's at now. Attached Images __________________ Rick Horwitz, AB7FH "Serious Exploration's" Admin Rick's '93/'98 Explorer "The Great Pumpkin" Dodge Dart 512 Resto/Race 10.29 @ 129 2004 Mustang Mach 1 2003 Dodge Ram/Cummins Dually

07-05-2010, 07:15 PM	#729
Rick Admin Pumpkin Pilot Wayoutin, Aridzona '93 XL Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 27,243 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	It's so close I can taste it!! All the electronics work. I even bumped the engine with the starter to make sure it was engaging properly. I'll be ordering the driveshaft tomorrow. Once that's back in my hands it's time to make some noise!! Attached Images __________________ Rick Horwitz, AB7FH "Serious Exploration's" Admin Rick's '93/'98 Explorer "The Great Pumpkin" Dodge Dart 512 Resto/Race 10.29 @ 129 2004 Mustang Mach 1 2003 Dodge Ram/Cummins Dually

07-05-2010, 09:04 PM	#730
rizzjc Scubajoe - Radio Mod Garner, NC '97 AWD V8 XLT Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,246 Vehicle Specs	Nice! __________________ *Joe, N1LVN* '97 XLT AWD V8 STOCK Amsoil Synthetics throughout. Amsoil Ea air filter. Bilsteins. Scanguage. Search ExplorerForum

07-05-2010, 10:51 PM	#731
BobWiersema Elite Beer Consumer Chicago Burbs, Illinois 98 xlt 4.0L SOHC 4x4 Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,537 Vehicle Specs	Never get it to run without one of these. The Link. http://www.tikimaster.com/category/9...shboard_dolls/ Bob

07-06-2010, 12:01 PM	#732
Rick Admin Pumpkin Pilot Wayoutin, Aridzona '93 XL Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 27,243 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	Just ordered my driveshaft from Strange Engineering. Should be here in a week and a half or so... Can't wait!! __________________ Rick Horwitz, AB7FH "Serious Exploration's" Admin Rick's '93/'98 Explorer "The Great Pumpkin" Dodge Dart 512 Resto/Race 10.29 @ 129 2004 Mustang Mach 1 2003 Dodge Ram/Cummins Dually

07-09-2010, 03:58 PM	#733
Rick Admin Pumpkin Pilot Wayoutin, Aridzona '93 XL Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 27,243 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	:d Attached Images __________________ Rick Horwitz, AB7FH "Serious Exploration's" Admin Rick's '93/'98 Explorer "The Great Pumpkin" Dodge Dart 512 Resto/Race 10.29 @ 129 2004 Mustang Mach 1 2003 Dodge Ram/Cummins Dually

07-09-2010, 04:09 PM	#734
Turdle Old and in the way Humboldt, Kansas 2000 Mounty Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 23,745 Vehicle Specs	Great, now I have to change my pants. Looks great Rick. Very nice. __________________ Jon 2000 Mountaineer Turdle-gone Vitamin D Wagon Sold also

07-09-2010, 04:27 PM	#735
JDraper Elite Garage Builder McVeytown, PA '11 XLT Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 15,398 Vehicle Specs	Lookin' great Rick. Heckuva long way from the road trip a couple of years ago... __________________ Moderator..Home Improvement/Explorer 911/2011 Explorer Forum You took my breath away....and now I want it back.... '66 Mustang Coupe, '04 Mustang Mach 1, '08 Focus, '11 Explorer XLT "Ex"plorer's: '92 Sport, '94 Sport, '01 XLS Our Crappy Website

07-09-2010, 06:32 PM	#736
Rick Admin Pumpkin Pilot Wayoutin, Aridzona '93 XL Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 27,243 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	I found a local company that does mobile vinyl top installations. I wasn't looking forward to taking it to a shop, so this is good. He has lots of references and photos of completed projects. Looks like he does nice work. I still need to find a good mobile window installer for a new windshield and to have the rear glass put back in. My Lexan quarter windows arrived. Now I've just got to figure out how I want to mount them. The list is nearly gone... It sure has come a long way since my East Coast trip 3 years ago __________________ Rick Horwitz, AB7FH "Serious Exploration's" Admin Rick's '93/'98 Explorer "The Great Pumpkin" Dodge Dart 512 Resto/Race 10.29 @ 129 2004 Mustang Mach 1 2003 Dodge Ram/Cummins Dually

07-09-2010, 09:54 PM	#737
RangerX Moderator Elite Ranger Omao, Kauai '93 Ranger XLT 4X4 Join Date: Jul 1999 Posts: 7,193 Vehicle Specs	Rick, how about same pic as above, but with the hood on? Or is there some reason you can't do that yet? Looks gorgeous, obviously. I think we all ran out of new adjectives many pages ago! __________________ Bill Collins 93 Ranger XLT 4X4 "Beauty is only sheet metal deep."

07-09-2010, 10:46 PM	#738
Rick Admin Pumpkin Pilot Wayoutin, Aridzona '93 XL Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 27,243 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	Here ya go Bill. I just went out and put the hood on for ya' Attached Images __________________ Rick Horwitz, AB7FH "Serious Exploration's" Admin Rick's '93/'98 Explorer "The Great Pumpkin" Dodge Dart 512 Resto/Race 10.29 @ 129 2004 Mustang Mach 1 2003 Dodge Ram/Cummins Dually

07-10-2010, 07:17 AM	#740
Scott B. Elite Ranger GA '93 Ranger XLT, 06 FX4 L2 Join Date: Feb 1999 Posts: 2,457 Vehicle Specs	Love that Six-Pack hood!!!! __________________ Scott NRA Life Member EMT-I, UFWDA Chief Instructor 1993 Ranger XLT V8, Modified 2006 Ranger FX4 Level II, Modified