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Car seems to move around pretty well. Congrats on the successful run. David

Took a bit, but I found a way this panel would flow. Tricky shapes, but fun to make. Each of these plates will gain a useful amount of interior space. David

Working on improving the internal cowl drainage and gaining some interior room for air conditioning and ECUs and maybe eventually, people. It’ll drain at the side similar to original. David

It seems like a lot of tracks have an inspection process for their open days. That will likely satisfy what I want to use the car for. Final model for now. Bend tech isn’t the easiest program, but I have enough info to order material. David

Very clever tool. I'm committing that one to memory. Car is looking great! David

Working out ideas for the upper chassis. This is how I spent my time recovering from the flu. Thanks, Orlando. I’m looking for that sweet spot where beam strength and torsional rigidity, space for passengers (dogs), and light weight overlap one another. Everything is .065 wall 4130, 1-5/8 and...

Going from memory, $5800 before freight in late 2023. Mine are raw, so the cleared and buffed versions are a little more. Assembly video: David

It's going to take some figuring, but I will absolutely share results. David

That stance is perfect. Are you doing the nascar fender cut, or keeping the long body line intact? David

Thank you. The car is teaching me a lot. A childhood of assembling general lee models has paid off, and my welding project has finally turned into a charger. OE truck fit check, and everything is gapped pretty well with just minor fitting of the rear deck filler panel. Front fenders...

Thanks man. Seriously, that's the hardest panel repair I've ever done. An AMD door skin would have gone a lot faster, but it felt good to save this one. I got these AMD tubs about 95% done before I was burned out on them. Picking them back up, I used the planishing hammer to fine finish the...

Bit of a catch up. I thought this door rust repair project would take a weekend plus a weeknight or three. It took a month. The car must have set under a carport. The driver side is in excellent shape while this passenger side must have taken on some rain from being at the edge of coverage...

Yessir. It’s a sculpture for Seymour and in partnership with Miller Welders and SendCutSend. There’s a whole video we’re putting together to support that coincides with their 75th anniversary. They’ve been family owned from the start, and that’s pretty rare. I’ll be there for setup at Seymour’s...

Side firewalls are welded and blended, front firewalls are trimmed, fit, and cleco’d, and the flaming river rack delivers 33* of steering angle to the 305s. Lots of small progress adding up. Doing a side-project for SEMA, then back on this. David

Louvers can help relieve underhood heat, but you need a lot of them. Even then, they’re not extractors and their best function is as a high pressure release so hot air can normally flow from the radiator and down the transmission tunnel like normal. I have 114 louvers in this hood, and it helps...

That’s a great idea. I have a couple and will try that mod on one of the others. David

Firewall fabrication had a slight detour to closing off the front rocker of the unibody, and tying it to the frame. Little tasks like this are easy to put off, and I'm kind of bad about that. The driver side has that weird forward angle from the factory that doesn't match my frame plate, so...

Just an interesting (to me) piece of detail. Even with the deep engine setback (12.5” overall) this driveshaft is only 4.25” inches shorter than the original 52ish” one. Turns out, the factory 727 is about 3 or 4” longer than the magnum, the 8-3/4 rear end is around 4” or 5” longer from the...

The Rev0 transmission crossmember was 5lbs, and Rev1 is 2.6 lbs. Also, procrastinated rust repair, and QA1 driveshaft. And a start on the firewall. Lots of small things coming together. David

Transmission swap day! I pulled the TR6060 in favor of a T56 Magnum built by Tick Performance. It's their road race version, and has some nice additions; notably the billet front plate that uses a TR6060 internal pump and sprayer along with some internal upgrades that make it good for 750-800hp...