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The Polara and I were on the Garage Dreams TV show Saturday night (Motor Trend Channel). They spent 5 hours here last January filming for a 10 minute segment. Another member of our club who owns a '57 Chevy sedan delivery was also on the show. I was not allowed to publicize this appearance...

For those of you who own a '64 Polara, you already know that hanging the stainless side trim can be expensive. The plastic hangers for the wide trim alone run between $150-$200, and that's if you can find them. Well, I'm not willing to pay that kind of money to mount my trim. After some...

OK, this one has me stumped. Turn the "lights" (headlights) on and the left side tail lights light up with both filaments. Right side single "tail light" filament lit. Checked voltage and the tail light line has 11 volts. Turn signal/brake line has basically 0 volts both right and left...

My build has always been under a tight budget and the finishing touches are no exception. Both bumpers on my '64 Polara have seen better days. After all they're 56 years old and not only was the chrome faded, there were a significant number of dents and areas that needed straightening. The...

Finally it's time to start re-installing the side trim on my '64 Polara. I'm too cheap to spend $200 for a bunch of plastic hangers for the 1 1/2" wide trim so I need to come up with an alternative. Any suggestions?

I've painted a few cars in my time and never used a booth. You can get a fantastic paint job in your driveway or garage just by being careful and keeping the area clean. The first car I painted in my garage was a 41 Pro Street show car. DuPont Chroma metallic base and Clear with Chromalusion...

I've been working on my '64 Polara now for just over 4 years and I'm now only a few months from getting this beast on the road. This has been a complete rotisserie rebuild/resto-mod with no one but me touching the car.... although my wife helped whenever I needed a second set of hands. Anyway...

Been practicing with my new industrial sewing machine. Actually learning how to use it since I've never done any sewing before. My '64 Polara isn't really a true Super Stock recreation because it already has a modified dash among other things, but it is true to the overall theme so a slightly...

Found this on the net and I'm wondering if this is an actual "barn find" or if it is a fake. The Ramchargers raced sedans from all the pictures and videos I've seen but their stickers show a hard top like this one. Did they race a hardtop at one point?? Anyone know??

Just looking for opinions here.... I'm toying with the idea of a "tribute" or retro NASCAR paint scheme on my '64 Polara. Either Jr. Johnson's #3 or David Pearson's #6 '64 Dodge. Cotton Owens has built a "recreation" of the David Pearson driven car already, that's why I'm leaning towards the...

My '64 has been going through a complete rotisserie rebuild for the last year and a half. Its a slow process since I'm doing all the work myself. Anyway last Friday it was time to breath some fire into the 440. Its pretty much a stock rebuild with just a few mods. 9:1 CR, M-1 dual plane...

The wife helped me install the new custom dash in the Polara yesterday. Took all of 5 minutes. Now I can get started finishing the wiring. One step closer to initial start.

Looking for ideas on what works. There really isn't a lot of room between the rad and water pump pulley and I'm just wondering what others have done to fit an electric fan. I have a new 16" Spal fan but I'm not sure it will fit and I'm not sure the popular Mercedes "C" model fan will fit...

Just looking for opinions. I know most Mopar people are "original" oriented. Nothing wrong with this at all, however sometimes being a little different can be a good thing. Not talking about doing the Chevy black under the hood or anything like that, but something a little creative like a...

I made the decision early on that I need AC in this car... (south central Texas) but I didn't want the lines running all over the engine compartment like the stock lines do. So.. I ran them a bit differently. I used a Bouchillion Performance compressor mount which locates the compressor low...

Just curious what people think about deleting the side trim on a '64 Polara. I'm not necessarily worried about total originality and haven't made up my mind if I like the look or not. However, I'm at the point where if I was to fill the holes and delete the side trim, now would be the time to...

Almost everyone has that one car they've seen that is or was the inspiration for their build. Post a pic of the car that has inspired your current build and lets see your progress. This is the car that just flipped my switch when I first saw it. Clean, simple, and aggressive... with a...

Along with a complete front end rebuild (bushings, ball joints etc.), I've finally completed the disk conversion. It's a Heinz 57 but all stock Mopar parts and was a simple bolt on procedure. '75 Dart spindles and caliper adapters '76 Dart manual brake master cylinder '76 Dart slider calipers...

I'm in the middle of rebuilding the front suspension on my Polara (factory 383 4 speed). Today I pressed out the upper "A" arm bushings and went to install the new ones I purchased from Rock Auto...... and the new ones are way too small. The ones I removed measured 1.88" long, and the taper...

Things are slowly coming together. Hope to have the 440 and 833 4 speed installed next month some time. Having some elective surgery later this month that will keep me down for a couple weeks and have work to do in the engine compartment before this can happen. For a full construction blog...