Headrests

Not being able to simply recover the headrests, I went and bought some vinyl spray, gloss black from Advance Auto store. The Dukes series sprayed the whole interior sometimes in their cars, a little spray on the headrests won't hurt it. The second photo was taken right after I sprayed them once. I went over them a second time. I thought about not putting the headrests back on, but I really like them on there.

The Wife's Part in this... seats

Aside from helping with the financial pit to support such a build, my wife was nominated by yours truly to get the seats back to looking good. I purchased the original tan seats from eBay a couple years ago. They sat in my parents basement forever until last month. She pulled out the 40 year old hog rings and stripped the original seat covers made right here in Michigan off. On the back of the original seat covers it read May 1969, MI.
The new seat covers came from Dante's Mopar parts store online. The seats are actually made from Legendary Auto, which are Mopar supported and exact reproductions. Everything down to the buttons are real, not sewn on like some I have seen. These new covers fought hard and had to be stretched with a lot of effort. It was tough in some spots, but man did momma do a good job. Now she can ride in the car for her duties!!!

My cousin Larry has been the master mind behind the engine compartment, tranny lines, and everything else that resides around the hood department and under the car. 440 cubic inches of power waiting to stretch its legs....

Console Sticker

The top part of the console has seen better days, but with Paddock Parts I was able to get the new "wood" sticker made for the console. That sticker costs $30!!! And we had to cut it to make it work with the new shifter.

Carpet

With a lot of the focus being on the engine lately, my dad started the carpet layout and cutting holes in the areas where we need them to fit around the shifter, gas pedal, bright lights pedal, etc... It does make it nice to be in the car on carpet rather than that cold hard floor.

Holley Carb

 

 In the beginning all the talk was about Edlebrock.  As time went by and I went through various chats and started listening to the old school guys about power, my attention was shifted to Holley.  My first search was to find an old school Holley Street Dominator, and with the help of eBay I found one gently used.  Then, being someone who likes to match as best I could, I want to set a Holly carb on a Holley intake.  My cousin Larry always spoke highly of the Holley Truck Avenger he has on his Jeep, so I looked into the Holley Street Avenger for my car.  After collecting and saving change, along with monthly allowances from my love, I purchased a 670 Holley Street Avenger.  And since I was in the ordering mood I ordered my Mopar air filter too. I had to match the valve covers and the air filter.......  right?

Looks like you need something to cool you off

I've been window shopping radiators.  I know with an old muscle car the radiator is one of the main components to keeping her alive and away from the backyard musuem.  Radiators can cost a pretty penny for a good one, so I was in no rush.  Then my cousin Larry started talking about how he had a custom 5 core racing radiator built for his Ram Charger.  We just joked around about it at first, but the next thing I know we have a tape measure in hand and numbers are being tossed around.  Could it work? 
The radiator has been quietly sitting in his Ram Charger for a bit.  The Ram Charger calls its home the forest where it was parked this last summer.  It looks rough, but it has all the goodies with a 360 under the hood that will crank over without hesitation.  So we went to investigate.
After a pee incident, a couple cigars, and running the numbers again twice over, we removed the radiator and it headed for its new home in Rusty.