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December 19, 2012
Brake booster and Steering wheel
Some more progress while I wait for the rest of my engine money...
I got one of my Bendix boosters rebuilt by Booster Dewey In Portland Oregon, it arrived in great shape yesterday...
I got it installed today... Should be bleeding it soon, and begin tidying up the engine bay.
As much as I was stoked to have an original steering wheel that was in such perfect shape for my Charger, it turns out it wasn't for my Charger! (It will however be a beautiful addition to my son's '67 Satellite) So I ordered a new reproduction one from PG Classics, it arrived today and I put it on. Much better, now I have a textured wheel and I can't see my turn signal switch anymore.
This is the wheel I took out today, the wheel is for a '67-'69 with my '70 center put on it.
This is the correct wheel which I installed today also.
I'll keep working on my windshield trim too, it is getting close.
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | Reassembly | interior | suspension, brakes, tires, and wheels | link to this page | | Comments (1)
December 14, 2012
The last glass - Windshield installation
Well, once my electrical systems check was completed successfully I started planning to get my windshield installed.
I arranged to once again have a local businessman, George Sgambellone, owner and operator of Mariposa Auto Trim, about installing my windshield (he came to my house and installed my vinyl top and let me help and learn). He was willing to come to my house and put the windshield in, showing me step-by-step how he was doing everything. The job went very smoothly, took an hour, maybe less, and once again, his rates were EXTREMELY reasonable. I have again decided to place an image of his business card here at the end of this post in case any people in my area need this sort of work done. I highly recommend George.
Here are a progression of pictures from the windshield installation. The first image shows George and myself working together putting the gasket in , then the progress forward.
Yay! The glass is complete -The car wlll be much easier to keep clean inside now!
I have begun the process of cleaning and straightening the stainless steel windshield moldings and hope to finish polishing them and get them installed over the next week.
Here is a well deserved plug for George and Mariposa Auto Trim
Posted in 2004-present | Family Helpers | RESTORATION | Reassembly | body | glass | trim | link to this page | | Comments (0)
December 11, 2012
CH4B Intake manifold
One more piece of the puzzle! I have been trying to buy a CH4B manifold for over a year and a half. I have been continually out-bid on Ebay, or too late finding them in the classifieds. But finally I found a nice one with a buy it now / best offer option. They accepted my offer and it arrived today!
This one had already been painted Mopar High Performance orange, which is fine because I was going to do that anyway. As is frequently done by restorers using this manifold, the Edelbrock logo and Mopar part numbers have been removed also which helps with the stock look.
In case you are no familiar with te Edelbrock CH4B it is a very good performing, basically stock profile aluminum intake manifold made back in the 70's by Edelbrock and sold through Mopar dealers. It is still a top performing dual plane intake manifold, (if not the top performing dual plane) and will guarantee my dual snorkel air cleaner will easily clear the hood.
If you'd like to read more about why this is the intake I was looking for you might enjoy this Mopar Muscle article.
Early Christmas for my Charger!
Posted in 2004-present | RESTORATION | Reassembly | engine | link to this page | | Comments (0)
December 03, 2012
Merry Mopar Christmas 2012
Once again our house (even the garage door) is decorated to celebrate the first coming of our Lord and Savior. As is traditional now we had my son pose for a picture next to the Mopar wreath he made years ago after reading how to do it in Mopar Collector's Guide. He gets taller each year! (He's a little over 6'3" tall now - way taller than me!)
Merry Christmas everyone!
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