1959 – BigBlockMopar

’59 Dodge Big Tire-fitment

January 12, 2014 BigBlockMopar 0

Tried some big tire-fitments on the ’59 Dodge today. I’ve got 2 pairs of tires I like to see ‘fitting’ under the car if possible. One pair are a set of 325/50 tires and the [more … ]

New arrival: ’59 Dodge Coronet

December 4, 2010 BigBlockMopar 4

A new project entered the garage recently in the form of a 1959 Dodge Coronet. I bought the car a year ago in the US but because a lot of it’s chrome was still at [more … ]

Custom bullet grille for the ’57 Chrysler

November 7, 2010 BigBlockMopar 0

Some time ago I bought 5 bullet-cones from Wirth Automotive and mounted them in the grille opening. I thought it looked ‘ok’ from an angle, but downright silly when viewed head-on. The bullets were just [more … ]

Dodge Dart Right-rear Fender rust repair

Rust issues on the Dodge Dart’s rightrear fender were getting pretty severe since last year, so the time had come to do something about it, as much as I hated it…! The damage was serious [more … ]
Black wheels for the Dart

The wheels on the Dart have been taking a beating about every winter when roadsalt collects and eats into their paintlayer. Overtime, the wheels had become ugly and shabby looking because of that. For a [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart Rust repair

The time had come to start fixing a number of rust issues on the Dart. First up was the passenger-side floorboard. The floorboard was already rusted and in bad shape when I bought the car [more … ]
Dodge Dart – DynoDay #4

Had the Dodge Dart on the chassis-dyno again last monday at Ludwig Performance in Hillegom, The Netherlands. This is DynoDay number 4 already! The very first DynoDay with the 318ci engine ‘managed’ a shameful 145hp [more … ]
A500 / 42RH OD-unit rebuild

After the transmission it was time to tackle the overdrive-unit. This unit is the 4th gear (overdrive) in the transmission, and has its own set of clutch plates. Overdrive can only be ‘selected’ with the [more … ]
A500 / 42RH Rebuild project

Finally received the transmission repairkit to start the planned rebuild of the A500/42RH transmission I had bought earlier. The A500 (or also known as 42RH) transmission is based on Chrysler’s ‘904’-smallblock transmission. The A500 has [more … ]
Mopar Nats 2018 in Herten, Germany

Here’s a nice video-compilation of the 2018 edition of the Mopar Nationals 2018 in Herten, Germany.
Radiator flushing with citric acid

A recent cooling issue with the 496ci stroker engine in the 1960 Chrysler New Yorker let me to investigate the cooling system a bit closer. The car would run hotter than normal and highway driving [more … ]
360ci Compression Test #3

The first attempt to do a cranking compression test on the 360ci engine resulted in varying values simply because it was too difficult to press the tester tightly against a sparkplug hole and crank the [more … ]
Frame rail damage

A few years ago I had noticed some cracks in the frame rails on the driverside and just a tiny crack at the rightside frame rails. Now during the 360-engine swap I noticed the rightside [more … ]