Parked Indefinite

[Desperado454]

Hmmm...

First fire - YouTube

[king-918]

Forgot, great build would love to turbo mine
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[96twodoor]

Its alive !! Very cool

[TwinTurbo]

You're not slacking, that's for sure. Nice!

[Dieselwrencher]

Awesome work! I was going to say I bet it won't be too loud. Turbos act like a muffler. So when you get pulled over and the officer wants to see your muffler, pop the hood and show him. In the first edelbrock pic, was that a HT60 sitting there? Boy, that thing sure sounds sweet. After seeing you do this, I may have to try to put one or two HX35's on my 354. Just because it looks cool, and sounds sweet. Keep at it! Oh yeah, don't be too hard on your self, the paint looks awesome!

[3r!c84]

what are you going to do about a blowoffvalve?

[Desperado454]

Originally Posted by king-918

Forgot, great build would love to turbo mine
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Originally Posted by 96twodoor

Its alive !! Very cool

Originally Posted by TwinTurbo

You're not slacking, that's for sure. Nice!

Thanks guys!

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Awesome work! I was going to say I bet it won't be too loud. Turbos act like a muffler. So when you get pulled over and the officer wants to see your muffler, pop the hood and show him. In the first edelbrock pic, was that a HT60 sitting there? Boy, that thing sure sounds sweet. After seeing you do this, I may have to try to put one or two HX35's on my 354. Just because it looks cool, and sounds sweet. Keep at it! Oh yeah, don't be too hard on your self, the paint looks awesome!

Right arm, thanks man! In the pic is an h2e that I bought from the same guy I got the hx35 from...can never have enough turbos i figure. An early hemi mounted with twins would be just about the coolest thing going...question is what would you put it in?

Originally Posted by 3r!c84

what are you going to do about a blowoffvalve?

I have a chintzy one you can see in a few pics, but I think I'll take it off and just make a plate to cover the hole.

Just cause I hate to make a post without a pic, here's one of where the front is sitting so far...thinking i might have to take the grinder to the coil, but I hold off till it's all together:

[Desperado454]

Today's plan was to get the door jambs and inner doors painted, and to achieve that goal I needed to get the ol' shop up to temp. As the old man and his girlfriend make their seemingly never ending effort to update the old rancher, it was decided that this old piece of furniture no longer had a place and was cast out. Now, I don't know if I mentioned it anywhere, but I work at an auction house and have had my fill of furniture, especially antiques. So with my need for heat and this vintage waterfall style 4 drawer dresser in my sights, it was clear what needed to be done. Felt great. And let me just say this dresser burnt hot...within an hour the shop was warm and getting within 10ft of the cornerstone airtight was tough. Anyways, got the task done so here's some pics that chronicle the latter part of my Sunday:

[68Timber]

Subbed for the rest, awesome build.

[Desperado454]

Originally Posted by BRUISER

Subbed for the rest, awesome build.

Thanks man!

Doors are bolted back on, will try to line em up tomorrow:

[Dieselwrencher]

Originally Posted by Desperado454

Thanks guys!
Right arm, thanks man! In the pic is an h2e that I bought from the same guy I got the hx35 from...can never have enough turbos i figure. An early hemi mounted with twins would be just about the coolest thing going...question is what would you put it in?

I'm putting the 354 in my 40 Ford. IDK if I'll do the turbos yet or not. The engine is all stock. I'd hate to blow the HG's right out of the gate. I guess I could just gate the chargers way down and have the turbos just for looks.

[Desperado454]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

That is so freaking awesome on that dresser! I loved that man!

Nice! Glad to know I'm not the only one who enjoyed that...and it's pretty clear 354's are nearly as plentiful nor cheap as smogger 350's, so I can understand the hesitance about putting the screws to it. Wouldn't mind seeing some pics of the car and engine though!

[Desperado454]

With the doors aligned to standard that these trucks provide, which is what it is, it was time to fit the fenders and finish the inner fender raising job on the driver side. I was dreading this since the passenger side seemed like a never ending cycle of cut, weld, grind, repeat. I was also was holding off because the fender was rotten in some ugly places, but the search to find another was plagued by no one on craigslist returning my calls or messages. I ended up deciding to just fix the fender I had which turned out okay I guess. Used another fender that I had around back to fix the bottom and made a sheet metal patch to repair the wheel opening area. Also got a start on raising the inner fender flange...here's some pics of where I'm at:

Aligned somewhat:


Not fun:



Fender bottom...you know you're grasping at straws when you have to patch the patch!

Old:

New:


Inner fender raising...drivers side:


Last pic:

[Dieselwrencher]

That is so freaking awesome on that dresser! I loved that man!

[canadian trucker]

Looks great

Want to do the body work on my truck when you are done?

Keep it up

[Desperado454]

Just about finished with the inner fenders and aligning the fenders themselves...just a few more welds, a little more grinding, then some sanding and painting. Will be glad to have it done.

[canadian trucker]

any updates?

[Desperado454]

Originally Posted by canadian trucker

any updates?

I haven't made much progress but I can give you an update of where I'm at: Both fenders are now smoothed and basically ready for an epoxy/clear coat, and the inners have been massaged and beaten to the point where they are just about ready for the same finish. Some pics I took:

Fender bottom welded up:


Each side sans well:



Aerial mock up:


Hope to have this painted soon...next thing to tackle will be the fuel system

[355bullet]

awesome build!

[canadian trucker]

That look so cool with the shaved firewall, smothed fenders and TWINS under the hood.

[Desperado454]

Originally Posted by 355bullet

awesome build!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by canadian trucker

That look so cool with the shaved firewall, smothed fenders and TWINS under the hood.

Thanks man!

Finally painted...here's some pics of how it turned out:




While that stuff dried I picked away at a few things:


I'll try to get some pics of everything back together up soon.

[Desperado454]

And it's all back together. Glad this part is over with

[Desperado454]

[68Timber]

Looks great!

[canadian trucker]

So clean.