Custom Mopar ????

[kenny c]

Lookin great! I love your lift system.

 

[Old Iron]

"Maybe I should change directions and make this build a Gasser."
If I wasn't 95% sure you are joking [S I'd have started this post a little different

 

[Torchie]

Lookin great! I love your lift system.

Thanks kenny.
I've got 6 lifting points in my shop. Biggest drawback is the truss height. 8' to the bottom of the trusses. I over came some of that by building a Gantry lift that fits in between the trusses. The cross piece for that is at 10'. I had to pull the SBC in my wife's old boat and had to get the pan up above 7 feet to clear the boat deck so I pulled it up to the truss bottoms and then turned the engine sideways and lifted it up the rest of the way between the trusses.[cl

"Maybe I should change directions and make this build a Gasser."
If I wasn't 95% sure you are joking [S I'd have started this post a little different

It would have been done by now. OI.[ddd
More stuff off the list today.
Cut out the spare tire well.
Went after the DS lower cowl area.
I wanted this to wrap under so I can box it in for strength. I used the OLD repro rocker skins that were put on the car before I bought it.
Beat, but still good steel. Just needed some trimming.
Tomorrow I will put in the piece where my ground is clamped to. It will connect to the new piece as well as the new inner rocker skin.
I will also connect and reinforce the firewall foot mount from the back side.
That's all for today. Thanks for stopping in...
Torchie

 

[zzrodder]

Another successful reconstruction, nice to get things ticked off the to do list [cl

 

[Old Iron]

You are the rust repair king in my eyes
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[Torchie]

Another successful reconstruction, nice to get things ticked off the to do list [cl

Thanks ZZ. Not pretty but it doesn’t have to be in this case.
Good and strong though.
Torchie

 

[Torchie]

You are the rust repair king in my eyes
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More like the King of wishful thinking. OI.
More to do today.
Torchie

 

[Torchie]

Tied this all up this morning.
Based on what's left of the other side this is sort of....kind of ....what it maybe should look like. [ddd
Keep on keeping on.......
Torchie

 

[Bamamav]

Doesn’t really matter what it looks like since it will be hid, just has to work![ddd
I think it will do the job just fine Torchie.[cl[cl[cl

 

[Torchie]

Doesn’t really matter what it looks like since it will be hid, just has to work![ddd
I think it will do the job just fine Torchie.[cl[cl[cl

Thanks Bama.
What you said has pretty much been my mantra on the underside of this car.
Got to keep moving forward.
Torchie

 

[Burgerman]

Enjoying following along.

 

[Skip]

Enjoying following along.

Me, too. Quietly watching the magic happen. [cl [cl [cl

 

[dutch]

[P[P[P

 

[Torchie]

Thanks guys.
More progress this morning. Pics to follow.
Torchie

 

[Bamamav]

If it’s low enough, won’t anybody be able to see the bottom side. That, and black paint are how I’m doing mine, too.

 

[Torchie]

If it’s low enough, won’t anybody be able to see the bottom side. That, and black paint are how I’m doing mine, too.

This all gets covered by the fender anyways, Bama.
I discovered something important today.
S-10 fenders are held on with 6 bolts and 27 wiring harness clips attached to the inner fenders. [ddd [ddd
PS lower cowl all done . [ [
Thanks for visiting...
Keep on keeping on.
Torchie

 

[soltz]

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[Torchie]

Rumor had it that my one friend is coming over in the morning with the expressed purpose of getting the rest of the S10 stripped down.
One can only hope.
Torchie

 

[kenny c]

Rumor had it that my one friend is coming over in the morning with the expressed purpose of getting the rest of the S10 stripped down.
One can only hope.
Torchie

You have more than one friend. We're just a little too far away to make a weekend trip. Still watching and learning.[P[P[P

 

[Torchie]

You have more than one friend. We're just a little too far away to make a weekend trip. Still watching and learning.[P[P[P

Thanks kenny.
Finished stripping the S 10.
Somebody at some point tried to take this thing apart..... or something.
They cut the main wiring harness that goes through the firewall and under the dash.
I guess that at this point IF I keep the 4.3 I will convert it to a carb.
I just want to get the chassis under the Dodge body to see what's what.
Perhaps tomorrow.
I know that the 2 mounting points for the box will have to go. And perhaps the cross member that went over the now removed gas tank.
Thanks for stopping by...
Torchie