Another Moper lover.
 

Hey my name is Dave, I finally got the balls to sign up ,But have followed alot of the builds on here for awhile. Here is my piece of junk. A 70 challenger convertible. This car was shot from rust but I've always wanted a Convertible Challenger. I cut the convertible from the S line & used a hardtop car for the floors & rails from the S line down. I'm not as talented as allot of people on here ,but I can weld & paint and plan on making a nice car with input from everyone here! Please don't laugh, here are a few pictures of what I have so far including my engine of choice .

The Engine is a ex NASCAR Craftsman truck 48* lifter bore Siamese block with 50 mm roller cam tunnel. W9 heads & a 180* crank out of one of the 2001 24hrs of Le Mans lmp race cars. Plans include a set of turbos & C5 front suspension with a triangulated 4 link in the rear.

Sounds like a cool build. I'll be watching it come together.

Nice! That flat crank should make for a very interesting sounding Mopar!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

mopar lover here also!! i am looking forward to your build.

You making your own front suspension with the C5 parts or does someone make a cradle?

Welcome here... Nice to see another Mopar-lover!! ;)

Subscribed....

anything going on how much dust is on that thing?

Well I started on the front lower suspension cross member & hacking the frame rails.:willy: http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...7952706548.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...7952706824.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...5024555074.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...5707692933.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...7429241790.jpg

It might take awhile as I have to make my own parts along the way...

No turning back now!
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...9636421700.jpg

Glad to see another Mopar, welcome...:thumbsup:

Taking time from the front to work on the bolt in 4 link frame.
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/IMAG0060.jpg

No that's just about it . It's hard to find time even though work is slow. :(

I did work on the front though..http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...IMAG0492-1.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/IMAG0490.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/IMAG0464.jpg

Here are some numbers for those that are interested..:yes:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/IMAG0509.jpg

you look like you know what your doing

I doubt it .. :lol:

Work is picking up ,( just got the right side suspension) I might be able to buy parts now ..Lol

I like the suspension/Car choice, how streetable will that motor be?

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/IMAG0669.jpg http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/IMAG0887.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/IMAG0884.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/IMAG0873.jpghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...0/IMAG0879.jpg

It will be as streetable as the valvetrain will let it... Lol :_paranoid The car has not been on wheels for about 6 years so I threw some on it & rolled it outside for some sunshine..

Looks Cool

how this coming, I am trying to do something similar to a vega

It's coming along... my advice to you is unless you are well skilled buy a subframe from Scott Mock here on the board.. You will come out miles ahead.I have alot of time in my front end & steering arms. I was to buy the arms from scott but I could not swing the $275 as my wife lost her job so I made them also ($20 worth of cold rolled steel);)