HEMI install from the bottom

[Meep-Meep]

So I made this body lifting fixture and a cart to hold the K member with the engine and tranny installed and it worked great! Only hang up was making clearance to get the cross member in but otherwise it couldn't have been a better fit, and I didn't need a saw to remove the cart once the K was bolted up! Whew! You will notice the angle of the cart frame vs. the car sub frame is almost exact when I set the body down to the limit of the engine crane. This is not by accident and the result was an easy start to all four K member bolts. I did the whole job myself and it took about an hour, which included having to remove the steering column and fighting with the tail shaft. I may lower the rear part of the cart to aid in cross member installation but other than that I'm very pleased.

 

[Meep-Meep]

More pics of the install.

 

[HitIt]

nice work! I want to try that someday.

 

[Propwash]

Nice rig Meep. Looks like she dropped up/in "Like Butta........."

 

[Meep-Meep]

Nice rig Meep. Looks like she dropped up/in "Like Butta........."

Dude, it was so easy I was standing there for a few minutes thinking what I did wrong.

 

[moparstuart]

nice to see you finally got my Hemi installed

 

[Propwash]

Dude, it was so easy I was standing there for a few minutes thinking what I did wrong.

LOL........:thinker:

 

[Meep-Meep]

nice to see you finally got my Hemi installed

Yeah, so when are you coming to get it? :3gears:

 

[moparstuart]

soon as i get the 69 rr out of storage to trade:icon_flower:

 

[detmatt1]

Meeps already has a '69 Runner!
Nice work buddy, very impressive!

 

[moparstuart]

Meeps already has a '69 Runner!
Nice work buddy, very impressive!

yeah but my car it its close step brother bastard twin LOL

and you can never have enough road runners

 

[696pack]

Once you do it that way you will never do one from the top again. You don't have to worry about working over fenders or scratching up a freshly painted engine compartment.

 

[Meep-Meep]

Once you do it that way you will never do one from the top again. You don't have to worry about working over fenders or scratching up a freshly painted engine compartment.

Once this was done I thought the exact same thing. Geez, I can swap the 472 HEMI into the Road Runner or the green Belvedere on a weekend! Maybe invent Velcro fasteners for the K member and swap it during lunch!!! Oooooh, I think I'm on to something. And all these years I've been doing it the herd way.

 

[Meep-Meep]

yeah but my car it its close step brother bastard twin LOL

and you can never have enough road runners

So true! Trade you a dry 71 Ranchero plus cash!! You can use it to haul MoPar parts!

 

[shag766]

new tricks

So true! Trade you a dry 71 Ranchero plus cash!! You can use it to haul MoPar parts!

good one meep. i thought about doing it that way but its hard to teach an old dog new tricks. next time i will give it more thought.
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this ranchero for sale, give me some more info. i have a bud
that might be very interested. rick

 

[Meep-Meep]

good one meep. i thought about doing it that way but its hard to teach an old dog new tricks. next time i will give it more thought.
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this ranchero for sale, give me some more info. i have a bud
that might be very interested. rick

The Ranchero is a CA black plate car. 351C 4V, C6, factory A/C, P/S, PDB, 9", tonneau cover, recent seat upholstery, hideaways. The engine appears to have been rebuilt (or had some work done to it) before I bought it and runs fine. I can give you the run down of what I did when I got it, which was basically undoing what the previous owner did and fixing some things that needed fixing. I did a lot of work on this car with the intention to keep it but the reason I'm selling it is I ended up with my deceased buddies 67 390 4 spd Ranchero and I don't need two Rancheros. Since I love the 70 / 71 Torinos I will eventually get a factory red 70 fastback Torino to add to the collection, and just so you know I will trade up to a good 70 but it must be a 70, red and a 4 spd.

 

[Meep-Meep]

Oh, here's a pic shortly after I put on the TT d's

 

[moparstuart]

So true! Trade you a dry 71 Ranchero plus cash!! You can use it to haul MoPar parts!

Hemi trade please remember who turned you on to it :icon_flower:

 

[Gpuller]

Meep
Scuse me for asking a silly question. Is that your Charger your dropping over that Hemi? If so where might I find more pics of it??

 

[moparstuart]

Meep
Scuse me for asking a silly question. Is that your Charger your dropping over that Hemi? If so where might I find more pics of it??

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