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Nobody ever talks about unsprung weight - you make a good point. However, the few pounds in difference per wheel are more than offset by the extra traction provided by larger contact patches of superior tires (radials vs. bias, as you mentioned), which (in my opinion) equates to negligible...

Oddly enough, my painter painted the hood and rockers black, used the template to mask off the black area in negative, then shot the body color and cleared the whole thing (I didn't want flat/satin blacks). The TuTone template is designed to be applied to a car that already has the base color...

OMG - that would've made my life SO much easier when I replaced my front clip. Nice work!! LOVE how you did the dashboard as well - GREAT idea!!

I know tony's got you covered on what you asked for, but you could always get a set of 15x10 Magnums for those 295s. I went with Cragar S/Ss 15x8 fronts, and 15x10 rears (with 5.25" backspacing). The front Cooper Cobras are 245/60R15s and the rears 295/50R15s. (for some reason, the letters on...

It's not stock to the cars - it's aftermarket. Good luck finding the same kind of molding to match.

The other part of that equation is that fold down seat carpet kits may or may not only include the piece that fits on the fold-down seat portion. The floor pans are the same for fold-down seats just the same as fixed seats., just like the bottom cushions of the fold-down seats themselves are...

Thank you! Even my color-blindness saw that yellow in the glove box area. Could've just been a dash panel from a donor car during one of the two restorations mentioned. I think there's some of that yellow paint showing in the driver side door jamb near the footwell. The reason the seats...

I put a chromie on mine because my painter couldn't figure out how to paint the urethane bumper... and I kinda like it better. I think it works well with the chrome trim bits and the Cragars.. The mounting is the same, but the chrome bumpers come up a little short, hence the spacers you can...

Yes - that's the one. Had I known about the 3-pack, I probably would've just replaced 'em all.

It's important to have these little victories along the way to keep the morale up and stay in the game. After I got mine cut in half, and was grinding, beating, and banging on the parts needed to put the [new] front clip back on, I got frustrated and knocked out my dash board (it had rust holes...

My car was also a No A/C car and I installed a Classic Auto Air system. The instructions said to run it off the power steering circuit, but I wasn't keen on that (3-pulleys for V-belts is the magic formula, I believe). I picked up a factory idler arm kit and scored a 3-groove pulley from an...

I guess since mine was so far gone and I had to depend so heavily on repop parts, I've come the point that I really just don't care. My first and foremost was getting it back together, knowing that I was not going to be building a concourse entry. Mine's 'just' an H-Code after all - so, it...

I merged the two threads so you don't lose any of your content.

While I don't have actual dyno numbers to back it up, my engine's recipe in an earlier post should be good for 400HP, according to the CamQuest app I used to select the cam. And since I'm not at work stuck behind the Air Force's firewall, here's a video of what it sounds like my buddy Dave took...

Dude, unless it's worse than this, you're golden (and this is after I got all the bad stuff pulled out). It got better:

Yes Sir!

I do not have staggered shocks. Here's a run-down of the underside of mine (driver side rear shock is not in the car as I had just reinstalled the rear axle from being refurbished).

I have a buddy in Mesa that just took the head from his '80 Jeep CJ-7's AMC 4.2/258 - I'll check-in with him to see what he thinks of their work and overall vibe. He did mention that the guy looked at the head first thing and said, "Wow - those valve guides are shot." Sounds like they have at...

You're very welcome! I'm happy to share info - especially, since everybody was so good about sharing when I first got here in 2010. The headers are definitely in there, and don't leave a lot of room, but there aren't any major clearance issues. I complicated things a bit by swapping in an AOD...

I have just my old original grille insert hanging on my wall - that is WAY cooler!