426-Hemi

Thanks guys!!!! I'm sorry for robbing your thread on this and will have a look at Kens stuff. As I really don't have a whole lot of choices at this point! I get one of the Cummin diesels, I'll be sure to take pics of it!

Thanks for all that Brian! As for the tires, what size in millimeters are they I meant LOL -Should have been more clear.... The diesel I'm looking for I hope to find one to put into a '97 Dodge Ram "VTS" to make it a bit different from what its meant to be out of box..... (Just how I am!)

NICE work so far Brian! I'm impressed with the suspension you did! NICE JOB! The Detroit is something different too! Question being, the place you found it, anything for inline 6's to represent a Cummins? Got to ask whats the size of tires used in the last pic? -Please quote me in reply, so I know to look and where the post is, as I get lost pretty quick LOL

Tom, I too have had a '98 Caravan, NOT a high top tho and to that I found 2 of the PD versions from Lindberg that one will be modeled after the real one I had!!!! Sadly tho, I would LOVE to flip open the hood and make a whole engine compartment for the kit but that might be pushing it, as it has absolutely NOTHING (skill level 1) so... ANYWAY, nice work on the 2 you got going here!!!!! I have to ask where'd you get the decals on the Associates van? -I'm gonna need custom printed decals myself!!!! PM me on it if ya would!

On your Charger build, I seen that you re-chromed the whole lot, question is that grille man that looks KILLER, besides the Alclad chrome what else (if anything) did you do to it to get it to look like that!? That has to be thee best '69 Charger grille for a model I've seen yet!!!!!

NICE work on the Dash! That looks pretty good that way and that grille! NICELY "re-chromed"! It looks GREAT!

Thanks for sending that Jason! I'll be having a look! -Any comments from me will be posted there.... Unless questions, I'll ask those here!

So, I got a bit of research to see how things went on the Core support, (I know how the radiator, and fan shroud was placed) BUT the A/C condenser was a slight issue, (or so I think anyway) I need to see just how on the Dodge trucks the A/C parts/lines were ran other then that I've added) As that stuff seen already in place is where it should be, that I know, BUT I myself haven't once worked on a 70's Dodge truck that HAD A/C so, its in question. Till I find and do all I can to research this, I moved on a bit, and let the other sit aside till I have what I need to continue to deal it. SO, whats left? The interior! Now as a few here may know, I was on a look-out for a bench seat, this is just one of the reasons I need a bench seat! My Dad's truck HAD a bench seat, NOT buckets as the model came with, MOLDED into the interior tub! SO, I went to cutting them out.... Nice and clean..... NOW I had to leave the front edge in place as the bench seat would need this, or so I hope! (I don't have the seat yet, but no harm removing whats not needed. From the back, as you see the box stock interior tub is made to be an "Automatic" shift truck, the REAL truck (as the Little Red Express) was a standard! This was the issue I found with my truck in this build, (which I changed!) BUT in Dad's truck, it will remain as-is, as his truck was a true Automatic shift truck! -Had a 727 Torqueflite transmission in it, that was powered by the Mopar LA 318..... NOT a Magnum, 2 different beasts, and slightly different in detail too! SO when I got to detail the interior, these seen pedals will stay, as "bases" as I plan to add my own "treads" to them, that won't be anything special so-to-speak, or see, BUT something to make them just a bit more, pronounced in being seen in the truck. -Made from the same materials those are I put in my truck! I also went as far to fill in the standard shifter mount hole too. I have one to add, sure for the 4x4 shifter, BUT, thats in a slightly altered location nearer to the dash, and further to the passenger side of the truck! Also will be a completely different shifter too! I'll probably be doing a bit of detail to the door sides while the seat isn't in there. Make it a bit easier! I'll also be detailing the seat, the levers on each side to prop the back of the seat forward, adjustment lever, and even seat belts! (I just got to figure out what will be used for seat belts, (I've never made them from scratch before so... We'll see! Then I went to putting in the "base" of the tub, and the back, NOW, granted, this is just for support, NOTHING more.... I'll do the "interior finish" to fit whatever bench seat I get..... So, for now, this is how the truck will be till those seat trades I got going come! Thanks for looking, much appreciated!!!!!

I have GOT to ask.. what was the size "C" channel you used for the frame? I'm going to be doing something similar and would like a little guidance on the frame and how you went about doing it.....NOT the frame that is below the welder but the trailer frame is what I'm seeking here..... As I'm building a different trailer then to haul a welder, BUT something else. HOWEVER on top of that I'll be building a welder too for a whole other build to affix it to a Utility bed!

OMG some of the stories and better yet some of the old cars!!!!! I THINK, my Dad drove as a new Parent, was a '71 Dodge Charger "Plain-Jane" nothing really, just a plain ole Charger, no luxury, or anything, BUT it did have a a 440 4 barrel in it.... My Mom however whole OTHER story, lost her going on 6 years ago, lived her whole life NEVER having a Drivers license! -So never had a car. BUT Dad, My God, I lost him going on 2 years ago, passed with 6 vehicles in his name, a '39 Chevy business Coupe, a '84 Dodge Power Ram, a 82 Dodge Omni (Have no idea WHY), a '97 Dodge Caravan, a '98 Dodge Caravan, '08 Chevy Impala. (was his MPG car for long distance travel) his "regular everyday driver" was the '84 Power Ram! OHHH the stories I could tell, Just ain't got that much time to type it all out.....

What Charger????? Year I mean and well you have a building going............... I don't seem to see it.. might have been further back then I originally went tho! -Wouldn't mind seeing it however...

-I wished I had found at least one of the '57's by Dodge. At least a D-500!!!!! BUT I didn't now well they're WAY outta my price range! BUT I wished someone made MORE of them as well as just a '58 -'59 Dodge Power Wagon...... I LOVE the looks of the W-500 trucks HUGE pick-ups....

Joe, those 2 curved details, I take those are the hood hinges? INTERESTING parts.... metal, yes? Where and who made those? (They look like bent train side rods!) LOL -I know, thats what I make my steering flat rods from (those that come off the steering gearboxes) Necklace making parts for making tie-rod ends connected to wire for actual cross over bars and if done right, they can be made to operate! Your actually getting down to the knitty-gritty on this one!!!!!!

-Engine shots?

NIICE work!

NICE work on that Chally... the 440 6 pack is GREAT too! (Seen a 426 Hemi in one of the pics) whats THAT going in? Body color looks AWESOME!

I'm pleased that yesterday, I spent the evening decorating for Christmas..... each time EVERYTHING (so far) has gone well. NO bad lights, and everything works.... OUTSIDE, and to top it all off, the weather was GREAT for doing it.... NOT many of those type evenings left in New England!

So with a bit of looking for parts, and have posted the pics of what I did and found for the radiator, and core support, I came across another radiator-like part..... It was to be thought to go in place for an A/C condenser radiator! AND it "almost" fit! SO, the whole outside dimension was GREAT, BUT the thickness was the issue (The core support fits really close to the rear of the grille!) Having said that, off to set the Unimat up for the task of milling OFF the back-side of the part! One pass..... Second pass.... After the 3rd pass, it was perfectly fitted thickness-wise! SO I got right to adding the mounts, (one fell off while in the mill) so, I got it back in place and now awaits to have those painted, and then to make the locations for the A/C lines in, and A/C lines out..... Which I have some thought to put into this task.... A little work to it as well, but once done, like the rest of the under hood details, it'll look good! Short update, but more to come!!!!!! -Thanks for looking!

Thanks gentlemen! I am healing, the extra fine details has come along ways to my hands healing! AND has greatly helped the physical therapy, as well! I got the frame almost done (I'm lacking drive shafts) so I'm working out a few trades for those AS I've "robbed" other builds that are on hold so, and because I make them any length I want, as long as they closely match on the 4x4 stuff, I got no issue using other then box stock kit parts, that aren't for that particular build anyway.... But, as far as this build goes, I still got more to do on it, like the radiator set up all on the core support so...... I can do little things like that till I have what I need to further the build to completion! -Plus, I'm in the process, of getting a few "bench seats" this is one of the builds I need a bench seat for, as Dad's truck had a bench and not buckets as the Little Red Express kit comes with! -All in a little time! Thanks guys! Much appreciated! -Stay tuned, more to come!

-yeah I just seen that, My mistake too! But the meaning is there..... I'd venture to say that Spaulding Dodge and Nickeys were doing the same thing, to 2 different auto brands. WHY on earth I said Dr. instead my Mr. (the letters aren't even close on the keyboard for a typo) is beyond me....... Mr. Norm however done some NICE "upgrades" to almost any Dodge more known for the Dart but, there were others I've read ad a few I have even seen in person, that are pretty impressive! The same idea is what it looks to be with Nickeys Performance as it looks to be a dealership or was at one point so...... Kinda like Arruzza Performance back in the day..... They were a Mopar engine certified dealership at one time (not any more) but back in the day, ole John Arruzza was friends with Dick Landy, never mind Willem Weertman!!!!! (those 2 names should mean something anyone knowing anything about Chrysler) SO, same goes for Mr. Norm!

I like that ----^ LOL

I've got a couple of these, THEY ARE FUN, but be careful things need to be assembled right, left or right, up or down, right or left, MAKE SURE of THIS! -They do "run" remember!!!!!

I myself, would venture a guess as to say, (with some knowledge on GM) I bet the Nickey Performance/dealership were shipped BARE blocks, built to go in whatever, and painted as they seen fit. I say this as Mr. Norm did this very same thing on the Dodge Darts and other specialty cars that he purposely built to sell, The Dart when he was done was known as the GTS, (Even tho the factory made some) but not to the same standard as Dr. Norm did.) So then I bet that Nickey built them purposely to sell, and they had done it in such a way that they liked...... There were a lot of dealerships that used to modify the old car "in-house" to make them sell if they had a low sales rate. So its not real surprising, I've seen other ones! (I would bet that the Chevy Big Blocks don't "always" get the yellow paint!) BUT it is eye catching!

Look up K&S and see what they offer...... I know they have filled the bill for things like this when I needed it!

I always wondered how that was done ----^ LMAO