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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
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"Straight Up"
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Name Suggestions:
"Straight Up"
"Straight Shooter"
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
How about....
"HEATED ALTERCATION" ?It's really no different than trying to glue them back on after she has her way.Comment
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
Favorite so far!Originally posted by NMCA_Ron
Keep em coming, Im putting them all in a word document and saving them.Comment
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
Thinking of an Ed Roth rod graphic w/a Ed Roth-style name:
A crazed enraged wild-eyed (Ed Roth-style) wooly mammoth/mastodon/elephant (with monster tusks)
wearing a Rat-Fink hat between his wind-blown ears, everything sticking through the roof (Ed Roth-
style), with his trunk clutching a tall (Ed Roth-style) shifter, in a (Ed Roth-style) copy of your car pulling
the wheels (exposing the open headers & the twisting undercarriage & drivetrain components), boiling
the slicks into a giant cloud (Ed Roth-style). That'd be the graphic on both sides of the car.
OPTIONS: If you like the "wooly-mammoth" version of an elephant, his long wooly-hair would also be blowing to the rear in the wind. Also, if you wanted him to have a passenger, you could put a tiny (by comparison) totally terrified "Dumbo" riding shotgun.
---------------Some Ed Roth-style names?-----------------
Altered Elephant
Monster Mammoth
Altered & Angry!!
Just something more for everyone to work with...HTH!!
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
Few new pics as we make some progress...
EFI 8 stack
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
Hmmm...I'm concerned that the painted manifold is a violation.Comment
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
Thats a display manifold. My buddy runs Kinsler fuel injection, he brought that one to breakfast to show how it will look. The one for the dodge will be plain, and have taller, flared stacks. Im excited to see how a hemi runs with EFI....Originally posted by FreiburgerComment
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
Good news, thanks. The stacks were a little wrong, too.
When I get my Hilborns on my Hemi, we're going mechanical...just because.Comment
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
This morning, my buddy from Kinsler and my dad went over to see if they could help get Dave Stricklers car back up and running. The car was recently removed from the WPC museum and owner Steve Atwell is looking to make a few passes with the car. The car has not been started in a LONG time, and they needed help from someone who knows mechanical injection. If you're looking to build a AWB car, theres no better way to do it than crawl all over the real thing!Originally posted by Freiburger
Expect to see this thing pulling some tire this summer!
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See that shift knob on the Strickler car? That was my donation to the project.
Perhaps I can swindle Steve into a ride.Comment
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I have VERY limited knowledge on mechanical FI, and probably everyone knows this, but I had a friend in Michigan years ago who had an old set of Hilborns from a swap meet. It ran like crap until someone (maybe from Kinsler?) told Greg to swap out all the lines for new ones. Evidently, they could deteriorate from the inside and look OK while shedding chunks of rubber.
Later
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
Very Cool!Originally posted by Freiburger
Atwell has been a hero of mine ever since I saw him nearly wad up his real '68 Hemi Dart. He stood the car up and it went straight for the wall, he got it straightened out and made the pass. He never lifted... That takes balls in a nearly priceless car!Comment
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He's more of a hero for letting me do the same. Been a friend for about 16 years.Comment
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Originally posted by Freiburger
After seeing Steves Dart, my dad knew he had to have one, but being a blue collar guy he couldn't afford the real thing. We built a clone, then having a dart, he figured he needed a barracuda too. Bookends!
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Re: 1965 Dodge - Straight axle AWB conversion
I've also ALWAYS wanted a Hemi Dart since driving Steve's. I have the Hemi. Don't know why I never followed through with the Dart. Especially since the '68 is my favorite A-Body to begin with.
Where IS Ratwell, anyway?Comment
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