VC Dodge ute

[Marty the trimmer]

Part #2

[Marty the trimmer]

The plenum is now painted inside and back together. Currently doing a skim of filler over the welds ready to get into primer soon.

[mopar63]

that plenums looking really good mate, awesome build.
 

[Marty the trimmer]

A quick update, I've spent the last three weekends block sanding the hood and setting it up. It's now gapped and sits flush with the plenum and guards. It's in it's first light coat of primer just to seal things up. Not great pics as it was sunset and taken with a flash, but I'll get better images this weekend.

[Marty the trimmer]

While the ute is to be just a drive car, I like to finish things as best I can. With the torsion bars & large factory hinges gone there

[Marty the trimmer]

I’ve been very busy the last few weeks with door modification. This is a sacrificial door bought just for testing ideas. These include, auto power windows for full length glass. Puddle lights, illuminated late model interior door handles. Illuminated exterior handles when alarm/central locking is deactivated. Many people complain these power window kits aren’t powerful enough. They are if they don’t have to fight friction from bad installation!

[Marty the trimmer]

part 2

[Marty the trimmer]

part 3

[mopar63]

Hey Marty, what gas struts did you use? thinking of doing the same to my 66 Barracuda,also could you measure your front screen height in the middle, just want to make sure my screen is same as stock val before I order a new seal,which I'm sure it is

cheers

like your electric window build !

[Marty the trimmer]

Great to find somebody's alive on this forum. Beginning to think I was the last man standing!! The rams I used were 530mm long 10mm shafts and 22mm main body with a opening force of 400N. That was for a fibreglass bonnet so I think 500N should be about right for a steel bonnet. The rams are cheap these days, it may take a couple of goes to find the right one!

[mopar63]

cheers for that, yep hoping a few more people start posting again, I'm about to start on my 66 Barracuda project,people went to facebook but too many groups there and you have to keep scrolling though posts to find anything

[Marty the trimmer]

will be interesting to see, are you starting a build page?

[mopar63]

yep , I will be , just building a  273 for it and sorting space for all the bits, then it's strip it down time

[Marty the trimmer]

This is just a test to see if I can post here still. Tried for months but items won't post!

[Marty the trimmer]

I've tried several times again to do an update but get a message that the pathway can't be empty! I presume that means the subject box, which has text in it! The other message I get is that the post has already been submitted, but it hasn't posted! I have written to you without response. What am I doing wrong as I'm doing exactly what I have from the start of my build page!