ckessel
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I looked at a 63 2 years ago as a possible driver replacement for my 04 dually. That thing was a turd despite what was advertised. Glad I eyeballed it ahead of time. Scored a 67 Deluxe a year ago that is a driver.
Voodoo Rising - A Build Thread
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Whenever I hear the name Voodoo, this guy comes to mind. My old biker buddy, and great friend for life, Voodoo. He’s a Mopar lover too!
Wishes for good luck on your great new project. Slow and steady wins the race!
Wishes for good luck on your great new project. Slow and steady wins the race!
Voodoo
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Back once again with a little progress. I have been working on pulling more parts off of Voodoo, some going into storage such as the steering wheel and door panels, others going straight in the trash like some of the crusty electronics from the engine bay.
The welders I have been talking with came and looked at the project, they seemed confident they could accomplish the method that was shared on the previous page here by @Dave6T4 which made me real happy! I'll be ordering the AMD floor pans as soon as I have completed the strip down. Not much left in the interior after the door panels, but I do have to grind the studs off of the seat tracks and gas pedal. They have become one with the floor unfortunately. I also received that Six Pack style air cleaner, and began mocking that up to see what is needed for it to work with the dual Edelbrocks on my 440.
I rested it on top of the motor for now just to check alignment, clearances and spacing. I'll be creating a flat aluminum plate with the carb spacing traced out from the existing air cleaner base. I am going to use a metal brake and bend the sides down to create a "box" with a lip that goes around the perimeter. I can then secure that to the existing base (after cutting a matching rectangle out of it) using rivets and some high temp RTV to seal it.
That plate will be wide enough to clear the accelerator pump linkages, but needed 1/4" risers as they are the highest points on the carbs. The risers I got are aluminum, and I was pretty happy with the quality. The Edelbrocks have some bulky "shoulders" so I had to machine away some notches on each of them for clearance.
The hole spacing for the carb studs is really close to the spacing for the lid. I am thinking I may actually be able to get away with using studs right from the carbs up through the lid, rather than a two part thing. Will mess with that as I get closer to completion. As for the air cleaner lid, I am going to be doing wrinkle black to match the valve covers. Should make for a tough looking motor sitting in that green engine bay. As always, more to come so stay tuned!
The welders I have been talking with came and looked at the project, they seemed confident they could accomplish the method that was shared on the previous page here by @Dave6T4 which made me real happy! I'll be ordering the AMD floor pans as soon as I have completed the strip down. Not much left in the interior after the door panels, but I do have to grind the studs off of the seat tracks and gas pedal. They have become one with the floor unfortunately. I also received that Six Pack style air cleaner, and began mocking that up to see what is needed for it to work with the dual Edelbrocks on my 440.
I rested it on top of the motor for now just to check alignment, clearances and spacing. I'll be creating a flat aluminum plate with the carb spacing traced out from the existing air cleaner base. I am going to use a metal brake and bend the sides down to create a "box" with a lip that goes around the perimeter. I can then secure that to the existing base (after cutting a matching rectangle out of it) using rivets and some high temp RTV to seal it.
That plate will be wide enough to clear the accelerator pump linkages, but needed 1/4" risers as they are the highest points on the carbs. The risers I got are aluminum, and I was pretty happy with the quality. The Edelbrocks have some bulky "shoulders" so I had to machine away some notches on each of them for clearance.
The hole spacing for the carb studs is really close to the spacing for the lid. I am thinking I may actually be able to get away with using studs right from the carbs up through the lid, rather than a two part thing. Will mess with that as I get closer to completion. As for the air cleaner lid, I am going to be doing wrinkle black to match the valve covers. Should make for a tough looking motor sitting in that green engine bay. As always, more to come so stay tuned!
Voodoo
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Back from vacation with a fresh tan, I finally got a good chunk of time in on the Charger. I now have most of the interior stripped out. All that remains are the interior components around the windshield and dash. I am not sure how the headliner works, if I am more likely to destroy it during removal, I may just roll the dice and leave it in place.
I did make a couple more fun discoveries while pulling everything apart. In one of the wiring channels on the drivers side, there was a good chunk of paint in pretty good shape. I figure it wouldnt hurt to keep this as a color reference when I eventually get the car re-painted, so I harvested it and bagged it for later
One other fun one! I traced a mystery wire from under the dash to the trunk area. I really thought it was to an 8 track player, seeing as I found that cassette earlier, but I was mistaken! Instead of cut off wires, I found that it came all the way back by the gas flap. This answers an earlier post's question about what that lock was for. I honestly presumed (without checking) that it was a lock mechanism for the flap itself. Turns out it was a keyed external killswitch for the car! Never seen anything like it honestly, but kind of cool. Other than having a 34" hole in the fender I will need to patch haha.
I am about to order the floor pans from AMD, with any luck I would love to have them in and coated/painted by early April. We will see if that actually happens. In the mean time, I am going to be pulling the locked up 383 and 4 speed for storage, then figuring out how to do the jack-stand-shenanigans in preparation for the floors.
I did make a couple more fun discoveries while pulling everything apart. In one of the wiring channels on the drivers side, there was a good chunk of paint in pretty good shape. I figure it wouldnt hurt to keep this as a color reference when I eventually get the car re-painted, so I harvested it and bagged it for later
One other fun one! I traced a mystery wire from under the dash to the trunk area. I really thought it was to an 8 track player, seeing as I found that cassette earlier, but I was mistaken! Instead of cut off wires, I found that it came all the way back by the gas flap. This answers an earlier post's question about what that lock was for. I honestly presumed (without checking) that it was a lock mechanism for the flap itself. Turns out it was a keyed external killswitch for the car! Never seen anything like it honestly, but kind of cool. Other than having a 34" hole in the fender I will need to patch haha.
I am about to order the floor pans from AMD, with any luck I would love to have them in and coated/painted by early April. We will see if that actually happens. In the mean time, I am going to be pulling the locked up 383 and 4 speed for storage, then figuring out how to do the jack-stand-shenanigans in preparation for the floors.
Looking good. Once you remove the front and rear upper windshield surrounds, the two galvanized side supports pop off and the headliner falls out. 1000 times easier than dealing with a standard headliner.
I was wondering how they would have made that lock secure the lid...
Btw- where does a floridan have to go to be on vacation??
I was wondering how they would have made that lock secure the lid...
Btw- where does a floridan have to go to be on vacation??
Voodoo
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Thank you for the note! Definitely going to remove it then, avoid the risk of burns from the welding.Looking good. Once you remove the front and rear upper windshield surrounds, the two galvanized side supports pop off and the headliner falls out. 1000 times easier than dealing with a standard headliner.
I was wondering how they would have made that lock secure the lid...
Btw- where does a floridan have to go to be on vacation??
Just took a cruise out in the Caribbean, nice easy way to unplug! 2.5 hr drive to Port Canaveral (that part is stressful haha) then walk right onto the ship, can't complain! The sand and palm trees are very familiar, but the bright blue water out there is unbeatable compared to our murky green.
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