Yeah, I know....I blame the ADD....

ok, I'm willing to sell Jelly in favor of this....It's just the epitamy of '50s atomic funk

It's been sitting since '76 and has a hole by #5. It has a slant six for now, and a push putton auto

I got it running and was lauging at the crank journal slapping the rod and smacking it into the starter....I will put the 318 into it!

hey mikey. excuse me sir .... but ummmmm is that not a 1961 dodge pioneer or something off a sort...we had them over here as dodge phoenix...my mate loves them and his nick name for that model is the elephant ears....lol

because of the reversed fins

any luck on the chev stuff,prices etc and is there any more junk yard pics....he he he

cheers

teza40

australia

sure in AUSTRALIA they were called a dodge phoenix..

here they were all darts, the dart seneca was the cheap one (biscayne), then the dart pioneer (bel-air) and the dart phoenix (impala).....you know;....regional differences?

there is so much mud and ice and snow,; it will be QUITE a while before we can get out there for sure. Though we are going to try on sunday with a 4wd.

I got very stuck last time I was there

ok no probs,don't hurry in the shitty weather conditions

cheers

teza

I've been talking to Kristy about what color to paint it and she says; "it doesn't matter what color you paint it; it will always be ugly..."

I think I'm gonna name it "fugly"

I actually got it running under its own power today; I tied the rod to the intake to keep the journal from smacking it, rigged up a gas can tank, and put some aired up tires on it. I discovered the left rear spring has 3 out of 4 leaves broken on it.

I started it up; no oil pressure though it was full of oil, pushed the "reverse" button, and promptly backed it into the '65 bonneville that was parked behind it. Then I pushed the 'drive" button, and drove it onto the pathway where it stopped. I floored it, but all I got was revvs. Getting out; I saw the tires spinning at idle, and I tried to help it, but it was VERY stuck.

By now the Bearings were screeching and screaming for mecy, so I yanked the hot wire and killed it.

It's gonna have to sit there until the thaw....... :P

Did I mention that it's been there since '76?

Holy crap I was but a twinkle in my old man's eye in 76.... this car has been sitting in the same spot for two years longer than my entire life.

it's home!!

Bad pic; I know, but it's -3*F with the windchill so that's all you get.

Jesus.... -3 ... I don't suppose there's a regular and instantaeneous heatwave that arrives at the beginning of march every year cos I'm gunna be in Chicago in a few weeks and thats even further north.... I was born and raised in the tropics.... *shudder*

you don't want a Chicago heatwave!

it *should* warm up by then, they usually get MUCH worse weather, but this year it's been pretty mild

P.S. Chicago is only about 5hrs north of us.......

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dug all the ratshit out of it today, seats, jumped up and down on the trunklid, got the driver's door glass to work.

I noticed the domelight works......yay!

got bored at work....

after a long hiatus; I got some work done on Fugly.

Pulled the dead and otherwise useless slant sick out and spent today cleaning the engine compartment with Castrol Superclean. This stuff will eat paint if left on too long!

I then scrubbed it with a red Scotch Brite pad and cleaned everything well.

I mixed up some Nason Fast-Dry in a Preval sprayer and Viola!

wow, that looks shmick. almost like new. Great work.

Yeah it looks great! What power plant are you planning for this? Straight six or go the V8?

1990 Dodge Van 318 EFI (will run carb for now) and '65 Fury pushbutton 727.

I might have to move to Washington state soon, so it needs to be under it's own power before I leave.

This is the '65 Plymouth FuryI I will use as a donor car. It runs and drives so well, I feel guilty cutting it up.

Man.... I love that fury/phoenix.... I miss my old one. Sofa d'wheels :lolcry: