Racing – BigBlockMopar

Hurst Racing Tires on the ’60-NY

February 6, 2011 BigBlockMopar 0

Mounted the Hurst racing Tires on the ’60 New Yorker today. I wonder how they will hold up.

Vintage style Hurst Whitewall pie-crust Racing Tires with Astro Supremes on 1960 Chrysler NewYorker

Vintage style Hurst Racing Tires on Astro Supremes

August 21, 2010 BigBlockMopar 0

Here are some pic of the Vintage style Hurst Racing whitewall Tires mounted on a set of Astro Supreme wheels. I think this captures the old style dragtire and cool look very well. The wheels [more … ]

Hurst Racing Tires Dragradials

March 26, 2010 BigBlockMopar 0

For the ’60 Chrysler I had some special dragradials made by Hurst Racing Tires in California. They use a brand new tire on which they vulcanise a vintage style tireshape in a soft rubbercompound, perfectly [more … ]

1986 Bally Midway Motordome pinball machine

Just sharing some pics of the 1986 Motordome pinball machine made by Bally Midway I’ve already had for many years.
Merry Christmas and A Happy NewYear!
Autumn photos with the 1957 Chrysler Windsor custom

As a follow-up on the previous photo-day out with 1960 Chrysler New Yorker, I decided to take out the 1957 Chrysler as well for some nice autumn color pics. Still, the leaves on the trees [more … ]
To the Drive-In Cinema with the ’57 Chrysler

A group of people recently organised a number of Drive-In Cinema-events on the premises of a local Gin distillery called ‘Nolet Distillery’, located in the town of Schiedam. The location is also the site of [more … ]
Autumn photos with the 1960 Chrysler NewYorker

Me and a friend took the ’60 Chrysler NewYorker out for a trip to locate and take some typical autumn-style photos. We were a bit too early for the real autumn colors, but with a [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 … ]