Resurrecting Grandpa's Dinosaur - a rebuild story. (1963 Chrysler Imperial) by topdawag_mc4

3 minute(s) of a 137 minute read

1-9-2012

Thanks, hopefully so. We just need some funding to continue on that end of things.

In case anyone missed it in the last post, this is what 6.76 liters of '63 mopar iron sounds like after sitting for 20 years:

Made a quick timing adjustment after letting it run for a while yesterday, here is how it runs now:

To the other two who donated: thank you so very much. It means so much to have support from fellow auto enthusiasts. To clear things up, I'm the guy behind the camera, and Tommy (crunknastyvdubs) is who you're seeing in the videos.

For now, some miscellaneous photos.

This is what we were working on for a couple of hours at the shop Sunday after we found a stopping point on the Imperial

Action shot

Roller wheels that are going on the drivers side of the imperial (hopefully) since the drivers side tires wont really hold air

Close up of the carb on the Imperial. We'll be rebuilding it for reliability sake

Lil smoke.. Nothing to see here

Almost nonexistent at this point haha. As you see in episode 5, it's rusted out at various lengths of the car.

We'll cut it all off first. I think there are some side pipes sitting around somewhere at the shop, so we're most likely going that route. 

Possibly a propane flame thrower set up as one of the finishing touches to this project.

Haha, just exceed our donation needs and we'll pass it on. 

That's Tommy's dad's gasser project mentioned earlier in the thread. Floors are going in it very soon.