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Too busy, or at least that's my story I've been really busy also, which is no excuse. Much of my internet time is now spent using the smartphone. Is there an app for this? I have to transfer pictures to the computer or squint a lot to try to post directly from my phone. I know all of my...

Fabrication Awesome! Making parts is where the challenge and fun is! [cl 440shorty

I have the opportunity to save a 1955 Willys Jeep from the shredder. It is very rusty, but has a Maryland title and VIN plate. Would anyone here be interested in it? There are probably some good parts on it, but the engine is long gone. 440shorty

Time with the family Exactly. Yesterday,when my daughter Ally came home from school, we put new rear hatch struts on her Jeep Grand Cherokee, and replaced the "lighting module," which is the fancy expensive flasher these new rigs take. Took some disassembly to get to it, too. First time we...

Transmission crossmember So more of the aluminum rectangular tubing looks like the perfect fit for this. Even the Dodge speedometer cable fits. Loosening the engine mount bolts let me get the engine straight, too. 440shorty

I am finally off of evening shift, and back on midnight shift again. I will have more time to hang out on here and maybe contribute now and then. I also will have time to work on my junk every day now! Evening shift was not good for the schedule, and it was difficult to use the phone to get on...

Buick As are all Buick engines, the straight 8 is an OHV design. My grandfather had them back then, and loved them. Lots of power for the time. I have seen some (in magazines) used in land speed cars, with headers and multiple carbs. Either way, it should be fun. 440shorty

Engine, mounted And there it is - a little forward compared to the Dodge, I think, but still enough room for everything. I tried the original transmission crossmember, upside down and on the bottom of the frame C channel, but it looks like it won't work. The engine is also not quite parallel to...

on the map Done. Any other Marylanders here? 440shorty

snowmageddon I pushed the little S10 project into the shop under the Dodge truck just before the storm hit on Friday, then spent the rest of the weekend at work losing a battle with the snow. I guess the shop is jammed up until the snow melts. 440shorty

looking good The van looks good. I was also thinking about doing the Power Tour this year. 440shorty

Making engine mount brackets So the Pontiac style mounts look like they will work, and line up with the Dodge crossmember pads. Next step is to make a template of the bolt pattern of each side of the frame pads, then see how that will line up. As it turns out, one bolt in the passenger side...

mild build The 403 will be fine, because I am not going to can it up. I have a bunch of good leftover parts from other builds, including a mild cam that worked well with a stock computer in an 81 Delta 88, a hogged out aluminum factory A4 intake, and a Q-Jet off another 403. I have a pair of...

More Power Really? The absolute core of Hot Rodding is taking out a perfectly "good" running engine and replacing it with something much more powerful. Sorry Dodge lovers, but the 318 isn't going to cut it. I don't have any Dodge engines at all. The 403 may be the mock-up engine, as I also...

make it fit So i did what many others have already done. Mocked up the Olds engine with mounts, and used wooden blocks to see how it would fit. The first attempt with finished 2x4 blocks and forward mounted Olds style mounts put the engine too low and too far back.

too much to do My list looks familiar: 1. going all out on this Dodge truck in the shop so I can get something else done. 2. Keep the dailys running. My daughter's Jeep needs a heater core, for example. 3. Get either the Dodge or the wagon ready for the strip. 4. Take my daughter to the drag...

EngineSwap ...so I sold the Dodge 318 engine and A998 Transmission, then bought an Olds 403 out of a wrecked 15th Anniversary Trans-Am, and swung it into the engine bay to see how it might fit. [S

Plans Well, first up I got the 318 engine running, and it runs great. It actually is a reman, and the transmission was rebuilt, too. The brakes were sketchy at best, but with a little coolant overflow tank plumbed to the fuel pump, I was able to drive it in and out of the shop. So a friend of...

Welcome back! I've just wandered in myself. Merry Christmas, too! 440shorty

More before pics ...and here are a couple of pics of it at my shop where it has been sitting until this year... It is a 2wd with a 318/A998/ 8.25 light duty driveline. All those aftermarket wagon wheels are rusted out, and the tires are bad. It would not run because there is a rust hole...