Having acquired my piece of American Iron, I have a plan to upgrade a number of aspects of the car to make it more enjoyable. It will not be a mega-dollar project as I have gone down the full rebuild before and believe I've gotten that out of my system.
So far she has had a replacement engine and engine bay cleanup after the first motor blew one week into ownership, with a dyno tune and a few issues sorted for a max of 167.5 hp at the wheels. Then a new stereo and boot retrim (in progress) some new wheels and tyres rounded off the first stage of changes.
Day I layed down the cash, over tyred, and in need of a good detail.
Replacement engine (freebie from the original owner)
In the freshened up engine bay
Her first car show, intermittent rain throughout the day was a bit of a let down
As of the weekend new sports seats. After a lot of measuring and trying to centre the seats I found that the tunnel is offset to the right... when the centre console is made up I will have to offset the mounting plates slightly to compensate. Also want to put in a floor shift instead of the column.
Feels a hell of a lot better sitting "In" a seat rather than "On" it with one bum cheek lower than the other
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Hopefully over the xmas break some of detail items of the interior can be sorted like the dash pad parcel shelf and side panels.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
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