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Well it's been awhile since I gave an update and I thought I should state the project isn't dead..yet.
Since my last post here my car has been sitting lifeless in a garage. About a year ago I was driving on my way home when the motor blew and I was left with a 3200lb paper weight. The car was brought to my friend's shop and sat lifeless while figuring out a solution.
Originally the thought was to just find another straight six to drop in and get the car moving but it didn't seem worth it in the end. so a deicision was made to go with a '97 Dodge V8 Magnum.
I wanted to keep the 3 on the tree so I needed a bellhousing that would mate with the modern powerplant and allow me to use my original transmission. There weren't many options out there.
Old Bell:
New Bell!:
Luckily Quicktime Bellhousings makes a multitude of bellhousings that suit most needs and I was able to locate one that would allow for the set up I wanted. However It did need to be modified to accept my transmission and luckily there was a machine shop/custom shop that was able to make the modification needed.
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I'll update with some more info soon. Hopefully once the drive train/powerplant issue is solved I will be able to make some serious headway with the body and interior.
I did do my first upholstery job on the front bench. I don't think it turned out that bad for a first attempt.
Since my last post here my car has been sitting lifeless in a garage. About a year ago I was driving on my way home when the motor blew and I was left with a 3200lb paper weight. The car was brought to my friend's shop and sat lifeless while figuring out a solution.
Originally the thought was to just find another straight six to drop in and get the car moving but it didn't seem worth it in the end. so a deicision was made to go with a '97 Dodge V8 Magnum.
I wanted to keep the 3 on the tree so I needed a bellhousing that would mate with the modern powerplant and allow me to use my original transmission. There weren't many options out there.
Old Bell:
New Bell!:
Luckily Quicktime Bellhousings makes a multitude of bellhousings that suit most needs and I was able to locate one that would allow for the set up I wanted. However It did need to be modified to accept my transmission and luckily there was a machine shop/custom shop that was able to make the modification needed.
Connection:
I'll update with some more info soon. Hopefully once the drive train/powerplant issue is solved I will be able to make some serious headway with the body and interior.
I did do my first upholstery job on the front bench. I don't think it turned out that bad for a first attempt.
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