Mopar Muscle Association UK

pushed the car out of the garage on Sunday and aimed it up the drive ( didn't want to try putting it in gear in the garage and punching a car size hole in the wall if it lurches forward ) already got the car warmed up so time to give it a go with plenty of room to bring it to a stop . put it in gear...

after running the car for a bit turned it of and had a check round, found some power steering oil had been leaking out the top seal on the box . no room to work on it in the car so striped out the headers and starter to remove the steering box and order a new set of seals. new seals fitted and box b...

up to date in the time line of were we have got to now the new water temp and oil pressure gauges fitted and the dash back in place , sort out the center console wires ,carpets down and front seats in after a bit of trouble finding the holes , the same with the throttle peddle , drain down the rad a...

still plenty of work to do like adjusting the torque arms ,bleeding the brakes fitting the new emergency brake cables , getting them clocks back in ,testing all the lights

now we know it runs it time to assemble the front end of the car , dads got the grill and lights ready i seem to be missing some pics of the front end going together but here is some after a bit of adjustments have been done

stripes arrived and fitted DSC00615.JPG dash in just waiting for the chap to come and fit the new front screen IMG_7199.jpg dads been working hard on getting the front grill and light put back together new rubber seal all round ' the long awaited fitting of the back seats IMG_7465.jpg ,starting to s...

3" stainless steel exhaust custom make by a local car tuner

dash was taken back to bare metal ,we didn't remove the vin tag as we wanted to leave the star shaped rivets in place , sprayed the dash satin black , yet more money on new vents

with the dash all stripped out time to remove the clocks and wiring ,took them home with me so i had something to play with between visits to dads , checked the wires over and found the bulkhead connector was showing signs of wires getting hot and melting the plastic so decided to order a new bulkhe...

we went the our local paint suppler to look at some paint cards and walked away with 3 maybes. on the way back dad said he thinks we had some blue in the garage similar to what we had picked out . got back and dug out this tin of blue paint and give it a good stir , sprayed it on the bottom of the c...

fitting the new rear disc was easy ,the only problem is the emergency brake cables that came with the kit are to short . drivers side is 2"to short and the passenger side is the same length cable so it only reaches the center of the car , a quick look on the net and found the company in Sutton ...

we had a set of crager ss wheels in the shed, the chrome was shot so dad got them blasted and powder coated ( still open for debate on chose of color ) need to get it outside and stand back and have a look IMG_7132.jpg we never had a drive shaft ,Dave Biilladeau helped us out with one and a spear se...

wings and hood off. engine and box in chrome starts to go on . still buying more stuff as we go along , bits we originally intended to clean or refurbish now look out of place against all the other new stuff

a couple of days latter and were back with Gary to pick up the car
by the time we get home the suns out and that blue is stunning in the sun

got a call from Mark asking us to come and have a look at the car . we wasn't sure if this was good news or bad . pulled into his yard and the cars standing out side . a very dull dark day but the paint looked amazing . had a good look round and very pleased . looks wet like he's only just finished ...