well any 500 degree engine paint will do and i have tryed them all, i like rustoleum's engine enamel (4.99 a can) the most important thing i guess is making sure the parts are clean, like uber clean ( either sand blast or use 180 grit sand paper on the clean metal ) primer then paint.

mine i ran thru the parts washer, blasted or sanded, primered then painted.

anyways i'm off to work to pull 2 engines and all the other crap i gotta get done before i can work on my car.

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

man that 230 is real perty thats what i got in my 73 duster its a good trans. and its good to see another mopar person who loves to paint, i paint every peice i can find

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1973 plymouth duster 225 slant six .30 over, erson 270 cam, 9.5 to 1 compression, big valves, headers, and a holley 4 bbl
http://cardomain.com/ride/3135091

hey that thing got a hemi? naw its just a slant six

looks like christmas!





or halloween!

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madam im adam

well here is this weekends update!

clutch and flywheel are @ AFCO www.autofriction.com they should be ready tomorrow and i went with a super heavy duty clutch.

the rotors are being turned and should be ready tomorrow

the following items are on there way via ups to the shop:

front bearings
axel bearings
new calipers
brake pads
rear brake shoes
complete new brake hardware kit for the rear
rear wheel cylinders
axel seals
chrome master cyliner cover

ik here is the pictures, i used my cell phone for these so they would load fast and also cause i forgot my lumix @ home.

prep'n parts



her new home for the next week



rotors before being turned - front disc are from a B Body 73 Charger



not much got done on monday because well this picture explains it




b body spindle



duster 340 torsion bars and misc stuff



67 charger 8 & 3/4





body work done by mike ... he is a professional and does this all day for a living









rear housing cut down and in place



WHAT! you want more parts! ... looks like i'm putting in more overtime as parts trade.

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

LOL, well I think you and Ed are both heavily invested in this car as it is. I can't wait till we can run them together down the road, and the dragstrip!

That will throw some for a loop...

Seeya Friday!

~THOR~

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1984 D100 Shorty Custom
Certified Auto Appraiser - RevItUp Classic Appraisals
President - Cherry City Bombers CC
Part of Tyrde-Browne Racing

yeah i'm still short about 200.00 cash for new parts and supplys to make her road worthy. most of the down time has been working overtime or parts trade days ( weekends ) for the wrecking yard parts.
the other down time is the machine'n of these parts .. making a driveline and so on. but my slant should kick some serrious ass with all this working properly.

also i'm using some the most popular parts we have and we only had 4 rears that would work in this conversion, most all these parts i had to pull or assemble or customize in some way to make this swap.

dood... THOR u and me are stripping 50 motors saturday! bring your favorate air tool if ya have one! nothing better than demo'n slants all day and grabbing all the parts! feel like helping my pull a trans swap project on sunday? i'm sure we can get some help from the guys if i buy a flat of cheap beer.

it's also fun to drop them from the forklift on to the concrete!

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

today we put in all new bushings and ball joints except i forgot to get the lower ball joints .. so there is somthing else i have to buy.

i'm still waiting on the rotors to get done, the rear drums to get turned and a lot of parts to show up ups.

mike is knocking out the body work and its looking great.

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

i got the rotors back tonight and they look amazing! i'll post picts tomorrow there in my truck and that means going upstairs and blah ....

the drums are getting dropped off tomorrow to be surfaced, 10 x 2.5 rear drums ( 67 charger ) ed and i went thru several ones untill we got down to the last two matched sets. after mic'n them out 2 where with in tolerence and not warped .. curve distance of than 0.05 offset and with a 0.30 over thickness ... there is still meat to be surfaced!

other than the drums the only thing i am short is 2 new lower ball joints, i'm still waiting on payday to pick those up.

we used what we coudl from my MOOG kit that i had. this included,

UCA bushings, strut rod bushings, new hardware, the steering arms are now tubular with way upgraded joins and hardware.

the next tasks are to finish the disc break conversion, assemble the 8 & 3/4 rear and the rear brakes.

cut the hole for the 3 speed shifter and build a console out of stainless steel and i might use rosewood ( wood ) accents w/ that shift boot... this may take a while. i used rosewood in my truck as dash trim and it looks amazing!

i also have been working on a better nitro setup and re-routing the fuel and noz lines.

the drum pile i had to go thru



rear awaiting me to finish it



yeah .. that needed replacing!



waiting on lower ball joints



and btw THOR, lets get Ed's yellow and black 70 dart GT convertable and our 2 yellow and black 64 & 65 GT darts and take a picture!

i do realize that i will need an allignment after all the front end mods i'm gonna limp it the 9 miles into the les shawb in sandy very slowly down moutain roads.

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

clutch/flywheel and stuff gets picked up on monday, i woudl have it sooner but i still owe 60.00 on the work. teh drums are ready and the ball joints are on order .... damn i had no idea this would take so long!

a sneak peak of the frist layer of body work, i have tons of yellow paint left so we are just gonna blend in this patch.



rotorz ... damn csk got me the wrong bearings, that means another trip to the parts store!





more parts painted:






this weekend the rear, and front breaks will be completed

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

after help from THOR the trans is out and the push button is gone.

the rear is assembled and in place

tomorrow teh new trans is going in and the project should be wraped up by next weekend!

video of thor installing my upgraded tach and the back shop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxQacLoNkEQ

the two yellow dart gt's meet



8 & 3/4 assembled



thor works on his car

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

Now paint a face on your pumpkin.............

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Ed
64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

omfg i almost spit coffee all over my monitors .. that's funny.

i had a lot of left over paint and i have not had a day off in almost 2 months so i figured it would be fun to paint the rear black and orange it looks pretty cool in the car.

anyways we are getting down to almost finished

here is more video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36OITdUpOtE

thansk for all the views and replys!

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

well here is some more pictures:

10" scalloped clutch afco did an amazing job on it!





hood pinz



here she is hiding almost ready to awaken!

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

the calipers, chrome master cover, shoes and ball joints just showed up via fed ex ground today! woot! now i am only missing rear wheel cylinders wich i pick up after work!

awesome!

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project

well the parts store only had one wheel cylinder but they can have the other by 8am tomorrow morning for me. i'll grab it on the way to work

now its just the install i have everything and everything is ready.

one serrously busted 904



calipers



shiney chrome ... my entire engine bay looks like a chrome monster puked all over it .... it should blind me when i open the hood!



and a proper power booster bracket!



more to come tomorrow!

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"Marilyn" 64 Dart GT & "Stella" 64 Valiant V100 Sedan - 63 Norton Project