ya i like them chrome, im trying to get my old man to set up a chrome tank at our plating shop so i can do the intakes cause we dont have an aluminum set up, he's done it before for his car, i just gotta keep buggin him about it haha

 

chrome cross-rams
that'll be awsome

 

Powder coat the rams...anybody ? Maybe Green ? I can't say it enough, that ride is f@cking awesome, nice work guys.

 

mhmm, green cross rams would be dyn-o-mite

 

and the decision was made, the rams are at powder coating now, i'm doing an ultra brite silver which is the closest thing to a shine like polished or chrome it looks pretty good. i was thinking green but i think it might be a green over kill, i wanna break it up a little. so soon as there back from that and the radiator and carbs come in shes ready to fire up!

 

can't wait!

 

Nice, powder coat is awesome.

 

make sure, if you can, post a video of the start up

 

got a call from the powder coater, wasnt a good call. the material on the intakes are so old when they coated them it was gassing up through the paint. so he said we could only do it in a solid color (no metalic) so i went with satin black. this will look the best i think compared to doing any other solid color. hopefully getting them tomorrow...im bummed

 

That blows. Don't you have some other stuff that is satin black though? At least they can do something for ya.

 

ya the hood, grill and wheels are satin black so it should match somewhat

 

it'll to ok
the car will look still look "wicked"

 

insane build man - love the style!! just joined the website and have uploaded pics of my 1970 770 Coupe - basically the hardtop 2 door version of the Chrysler Valiant! have a look at my album of the car in primer today - exact (near) image of your '68!! shaved & all. good luck with the end of your build!!cam

 

thanks, and your car looks awsome, your motor has a real nice look to it too.
more bad news on the intakes, powder coat in general wont work cause of the intakes being so porse. so im just gonna have to take them back and just paint them with what i used on the hood and grill.

 

well they did something to get the powder coat to work, got em back today, came out good, some little pits but i cant complain. should be able to put the top end on for good tonight

 

when will this thing fire up?

 

very soon, the guy is hopefully coming this weekend to do all my fuel lines and fittings for free!(we plate all his fittings at our shop for free so he owes me haha) just gotta put the radiator in and finish up the carbs and intakes

 

looks great, although im disappointed a guy that has a plating shop doesnt have a completely chrome dart...

 

haha i know i know. my original plans for this car was everything you see chrome was going to be copper and no chrome. when i plated the rear end housing and saw it in copper before the chrome it looked so dam cool. would of been different and cool i think, oh well theres always the next project

 

Those intakes look great!

 

they don't look bad at all.

 

waiting on headers bolts to put the intakes on cause its a lot easier with the intakes off to get to them

 

Looking great. Its really coming together.

 

looks amazing

 

thanks guys, hopefully getting those dam bolts tomorrow! put the radiator in tonight, the top comes up over an inch higher than a stock one. i hope it clears...

 

i swear when im having a shitty day, i just look at the progress of your car. cheers me right up. nice ride dude

 

I know this is a stupid question but I have done it myself on my j10, did you install it in the right mounting location? Some radiator supports have multiple mounting locations because of the different size motors they came with required different size radiators.

 

ya i did, the radiator goes right to the bottom of the support.

 

The front brakes, is that a kit or did you get it from a later model?