bremereric

Cleaned it for 6 hours today...it looks better than ever

bremereric

Will call and oder some of this to make my own radiator support seal...will use the old one for a template..

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bremereric

Okay while smoking that brisket

Crazy4Carz.Com

You are doing a fantastic job. Nice attention to detail, keep up the good work. I have always liked these cars.

bremereric

And here is the completed brisket.....5 hours on grill and it had some good bark and was very tender..

bremereric

Okay heres some pics of my car at Autorama..it is the only Aspen there

mr340

Cool!

bremereric

I found out that I would have been in a totally non-restored stock class minus the headers and wheels...I have found a set of chrome 15X8 Magnum 500 wheels with 4.5 back spacing..I will run some 60 series tires and will sell the AR wheels and tires to compensate for the cost..I ran the 440 Dart over to my storage and may I say it liked the cooler weather...I picked up the stock exchaust manifolds and remove some of the crap off of them...going
to sand or media blast them then use Por 15 factory grey high temp coating on them..



heres my blasted TTI headers that will go on my 1981 Plymouth Gran Fury when I start working on it..

bremereric

I expected more but should have not...I was in the Conservative 1970-79 hardtop classification...I was competing with 440 Cudas with $70,000 invested in them...mine is in need of some details and less headers and wheels to compete in a more stock classification...believe me I will read up on the ISCA rules and classifications before I spend anymore money....Placed is last....Outstanding is next and Best of Class is the best...the guy who sponsered me won best in class in the same class I was in....he spent mega dollars on his Cuda..

bremereric

Got her back home tonight and again with no brake lights..I checked the brake light switch at the car show it had no power and all the fuses where good...found the wiring diagram and it showed the pink wire connected with the key buzzer and the dome light..they both work..so it has to be a loose connection somewhere...oh well glad my car is back home..

Frank the Tank

you have the same style american racing wheels i want to put on, going out on a limb here, but what type of stud are you using??? just wondering because stock studs arent long enough for those unilug wheels

bremereric

I am not sure at this moment Frank because they were aready on the car....might be stock....also going to make someone a sweet deal on those wheels and tires soon...

bremereric

Okay my arm and hand is worn out tonight
I used a 1/2 pipe tap to tap threads in the smog hole at the end of passenger side exhaust manifold..taking it to my machine shop to have them shot peened them tomorrow..

bremereric

Went pretend tire shopping today....
As prevoiusly noted in this thread and my other 440 Dart build I had mentioned that my wife goes overboard when too many packages start showing up at the house...I have some more suspension parts on there way so no more major purchases until after the Holidays....so today I went pretend tire shopping...just so has it Coker tire had this 70/15 wide oval tire mounted on magnum 500 wheel...now I have the measurements so will have to see if it will fit...

bremereric

I will be 400.00 bucks closer to the wheels by this Friday...My buddy Paul is buying my spare 727 BB tranny...I have more to sell and clean out my storage...plus I am selling the AR five spoke wheels along with the tires...if anyone is interested in them PM me

bremereric

17" American Racing wheels with Bf Goodrich Tires for Sale
I have these wheels and tires on my Aspen and I want to revert back to stock Magnum 500 wheels...the fronts are 205/50ZR17's and the back are 275/40ZR17's...they are almost new with lots of thread left g-force sports BF Goodrich tires...more pictures available upon request..okay the front tires are 98.00 bucks new and the rear are 134.00 bucks new...I will let the whole set go with wheels for 600.00 bucks...I have no idea about shipping..lets see who is interested and then we will talk...PM me if your interested...first come first served..

bremereric

Got some small parts in today...some bumpers for the control arms

bremereric

I got home and got the keys for my storage...there were two boxes from RockAuto...I opened them up and got the following..lower control arm bushings...upper control arm bushings...sway bar bushings and so forth...the reason I went with rubber replacements is because they won't squeal and they come with the correct metal metal sleaves around the lower bushings...all of the poly ones state that you need to re-use the metal sleaves..one of my favorite sayings...GLWT...or for those still learning...Good Luck With That...more boxes tomorrow...OMG

samuelcosmo76

lookin good man.

could you post some pictures of the process of replacing the bushings? im gonna attempt that soon. :-)

bremereric

Yep..I am lucky enough to have a press at work but some all thread with washers and nut on both ends do the job also...push the all thread through the bushing and control arm....tighten one nut and press it into place...

bremereric

Got the exhaust manifolds back today $0.00 cost
I am pretty good friends with my machine shop....G&G Performance in Rosehill Texas...they called me awhile back with a request for some stock big block head bolts and the rear main aluminum cap and two bolts...I took them off of one of my 440's I have in storage and got them to them the next morning..I told him to credit me for some future machine work and he did...they shotpeened...milled the machined surfaces and drill and tapped the two holes were the backflow valve was before..I am gone for the weekend but as soon as I get back I will be coating them with the por 15...





I also got my roll of neoprene rubber today..I got plenty of extra just in case I screw cutting the first radiator support seal..

Crazy4Carz.Com

Careful POR15 is not a high heat material.

bremereric

Never fear Por 15 High Heat manifold grey is here....

bremereric

Got more stuff while away for the weekend...
Idler arm...pitman arm....inner tie rod ends...upper and lower ball joints...just need the last parts for the sway bar...I got the stock wheels in the back of my truck...going to do more this week...nice and cool here now...glad to be back home...

bremereric

Got some more from Mancini racing...restore breather hose...restore sparkplug wires and those damned hog nose clamps...

bremereric

Habor Freight to the rescue...



$5.99

bremereric

Last night I got the front bumper off...WAB...today it went to chrome...not dents or bad rust...it just started the spider rust on top...did not want it to get worse in humidity-vill Texas...not cheap...400 bucks for chrome...5% for the Eco hazard fee and tax...454 bucks out the door in two to three weeks...okay tonight off with the big black bumper support and sway bar..the front bumper side fillers are going to get paint...they are yellowish and the front spoiler is to...many rock hits









the sway bar and front bumper support is going to work and to be blasted by the media blaster...

bremereric

Got the rear off tonight....
not the old lady but the Aspen's rear bumper and that god ugly black bumper support...it's going to work tomorrow and the bumper will go to chrome on Friday..up underneath the car these are the only things that show signs of rust...I ordered some primer and chassis black from Eastwood today along with 4 cans of black rust encapsulator and 1 can of undergone for the front radiator support...I am getting rid of the undercoating on it and will paint it black instead...

bremereric

Been using Evaporust to soak rusty bolts and nuts in...it really works good...used it on the bumper nuts..intake manifold bolts and such...then going to give them that high heat VHT flat black cooking...my wife loves this when I bake them on the back porch grill...I am off next week so will paint the exhaust manifolds and back them in the oven when see is at work......tonight I got what I will call the 5 mph shock absorbers off the rear...they are going to blasting...the inside of the pocket looks good but you can tell someone painted the rear portion with black paint..





the black thing in the next photo covers up some of the front 5 mph shock absorbers...I am going to make some new ones out of the neoprene rubber that I got...



got some more goodies today...door seals by Steel rubber and top roof rail seals from Metrol supersoft

Crazy4Carz.Com

If you are going so original, why are you using these red wires? very after market looking. It doesn't go with the original clamps and everything else you are doing.