as the new, 2006'th year begins, work progresses...

here's what's left of the interior:

BAD NEWS...body cancer, left trunk panel

after 7 coats of paint and a week and a half, the dash board turns into...

now we gotta get rid of underbody rust and prevent it...

grindin away

primered bottom

the other side, too bad i didn't take any after pics, but these are the pics before rust removal and primer

the fat oil stain from the rear-end leak

floorboards before treatment

ok, it's a 318, but just for the fact that it's a V8, it's the crown jewel

after paint, during assmebly

almost done

treating rust

instead of painting the engine bay the body color, i decided to go with the semi-gloss black coat

SSBC front disk break conversion, 4 piston calipers, non-power

pre-assembeled

had some tranny problems...a speedo gear was missing

so i used a freeze plug instead, a tach will cover up the speedometer anyway.

the fiberglass 6-pack hood i got

got my wheels and tires: wheel vintiques mopar rally-15x6 up front and 15x8 out back on 205/60/15 front and 275/60/15 bfgoodrich radial t/a

the new ingine coming around. start-up soon.

coming back together...