Looking to buy a General Lee? STAY AWAY FROM BK AUTO!! It's almost over!!!

[bakerhillpins]

Whoo hoo!       Can we say its all done now? 

Cool headlight shot.    I never gave it a thought before but the wide push bar ends up killing your high beams?

[jb666]

Whoo hoo!       Can we say its all done now? 

Cool headlight shot.    I never gave it a thought before but the wide push bar ends up killing your high beams?

hey yeah, you're right!! This is probably one of the only times the lights will actually be used... But never thought of it either!!
As for being done? ALLLLLLLLLLLLMOST, yes... The Painless wiring kit goes in Monday... That is the last remaining item on this car that BK touched... And I mean THE LAST.

[bakerhillpins]

Whoo hoo!       Can we say its all done now? 

Cool headlight shot.    I never gave it a thought before but the wide push bar ends up killing your high beams?

hey yeah, you're right!! This is probably one of the only times the lights will actually be used... But never thought of it either!!
As for being done? ALLLLLLLLLLLLMOST, yes... The Painless wiring kit goes in Monday... That is the last remaining item on this car that BK touched... And I mean THE LAST.

Excellent! Hope to be able to make it down your way for a car show and check it out sometime this year.    I don't know about everyone else but after keeping tabs on your saga even I am relieved to hear Monday should be the end! 

[jb666]

Whoo hoo!       Can we say its all done now? 

Cool headlight shot.    I never gave it a thought before but the wide push bar ends up killing your high beams?

hey yeah, you're right!! This is probably one of the only times the lights will actually be used... But never thought of it either!!
As for being done? ALLLLLLLLLLLLMOST, yes... The Painless wiring kit goes in Monday... That is the last remaining item on this car that BK touched... And I mean THE LAST.

Excellent! Hope to be able to make it down your way for a car show and check it out sometime this year.    I don't know about everyone else but after keeping tabs on your saga even I am relieved to hear Monday should be the end! 

You aren't kidding!

Hmmm... Maybe I'll buy an A-Team van next. 

[skip68]

I would love to see it in person fo sho.

[MoparManJim]

Guy's I don't mean to burst your bubble about the whole ending thing.. but don't you all know. When working with these old cars there is no end to them? 

[chargergirl]

But, NEVER SAY NEVER... All I know is I have this nice pointy hat on, as I sit in the corner of the room with my stool..... And realize what a complete and udder mistake this car has been since day one 
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You never know...the car could have been praying for someone like you to save him. Now your General is truly yours.

[WHITE AND RED 69]

Engine bay looks awesome! glad to see the car is on the road. enjoy 

[tan top]

Thank you, guys!!


Ok, The General has come home (deja vu!!).

For those of you who have been keeping up... The engine bay was, and was going to stay BLACK...



Well, the last month changed everything... Bad motor, empty engine bay, time to make it the way Ma Mopar intended it to be... Clean and ORANGE!!

Just a few quick shots I took... keeping in mind that none of the rubber is installed yet, I think the engine bay looks 100X better. To those of you that said PAINT IT ORANGE, I thank you! To Chuck, Blair and Paul who MADE IT ORANGE, I SAY THANK YOU 1,000X OVER! To Reid's, if you're watching, the car runs AWESOME ---> Thank you! And finally, to Jon @ Tube Chassis Designz for making this job look easy and doing a amazing work!! I know we're not done (Painless kit goes in on Monday after a long discussion about the one remaining BK item --- THE FUSE PANEL), but this car wouldn't be 1% of what it is with out your skills... yo da man!!

Ok, I'm done blubbering... Here goes...











Eyes wide open for the journey home (which darkness did join me on)





I'm happy to report that it doesn't smoke, sputter or miss a beat... Jon hadn't started the car since 10AM today.. He reached his arm in the window, hit the key and BOOM, as if it were fuel injected, it fired over and idled... Something this has never done!!

This weekend will be cool... 70 degree weather, sunshine and open roads... And I'm TAKING ADVANTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

engine bay body color & motor in awesome stuff good video , ! need more video Jeff!!

[jb666]

The wife and I are heading out for a cruise tomorrow... Tonight was prom night, so we didn't get to go to the show we were hoping to, but there's always next week!!!!

[mikepmcs]

You need some wheelie bars.   

[jb666]

You need some wheelie bars.   

Chuck's making me a set.... 

Well, today we cruised for about 3 hours in the car.. All I can say is WOW, the motor is running incredible.. It cruises perfectly smooth and is a pleasure to drive!!!

We started by heading down to the 'big' beach .. Then went by a few other hang-out spots... All in all it was a great day and I couldn't be happier with the car's performance!!

The trip ended back at Tube Chassis, where first thing tomorrow morning Jon is installing a full Painless setup... It's the icing on the cake..



I love this backdrop.. I used it for my Vette for years...... Boston skyline... Boats... Just gorgeous..



This, to me, is as close as I like to get to Boston... It actually looks NICE from  here!!





Either way, if today was any indication, it's going to be a GREAT SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[MoparManJim]

Man, I love your car  , nice photos bud. I been busy at the scale version most of the day. Photos coming later on for you all. But I love seeing the photos of the real thing though. 

[tan top]

GL s looking awesome !!    love the pictures ! that back drop is good

[mikepmcs]

You need some wheelie bars.   

Chuck's making me a set.... 

I have a set for you ready to go. Say the word.

[BombSquad]

I read about 30 pages and gave up.

All I can say is the result looks great! That's the nicest GL I've ever seen 

[jb666]

GL s looking awesome !!    love the pictures ! that back drop is good

Thank you. Aside from the Gladiator fight pit it's my favorite spot.

I read about 30 pages and gave up.

All I can say is the result looks great! That's the nicest GL I've ever seen 

Wow! Thank you very much.. Nice of you to say 

I was out the other day, visiting a friend at a local shop, and a guy pulled in with his kids. He asked "Can we take some pictures?". I said "Knock yourselves out!!". They were there for about 20 minutes. When leaving , he says "Wow, you do nice work!". My response had him, and the guys at the shop laughing.. I said "No I don't.. You wouldn't want to see MY work. My FRIENDS do nice work, and this is a reflection of it!". I am certainly not taking credit for any of it except for it's upkeep from here on out.

On another note, I was looking over my engine dyno charts this morning.. Pretty cool to have 540 ft/lbs torque at 4500 RPMS. 

[jb666]

What a week!! It's OVER! It's FINALLY OVER!

The new Painless Wiring setup, thanks to Jon, was not-so-painlessly installed... but it came out INCREDIBLE. No lie, I have NO wires visible under my hood except the plug wires.. I'll post a few pics later of the engine bay...

The wife and I headed to the first HUGE show in the General today. We got there an hour early and got (IMO) the best spot, in the grass... Here are a few shots... I'm celebrating today, as it truly is a great day and is the day I AM FINALLY ready to move on and leave all of this bullshit behind. Onward and upward... Time to enjoy life and not worry about the 10 years I lost during this project...













A couple of cool panoramic shots...







What a day to remember!!!!!! 

[Go Hogs Go]

The car really looks nice. Enjoy it!

[ChgrSteve67]

What no pics of the engine compartment ??

Now you need to work on your car show display props.
Small Moonshine crate in the back would be cool.
Hazard County license plate frame.

I'm glad your finally declaring victory with the car.
How long before your done dealing with BK?
Just throwing out some ideas for you.

Weren't you going to do a display with of some of the parts of the car that were taken off?

I think the story about how the car go to be the way it is today really lets people know how special that GL really is.

[jb666]

You are so right.. I AM putting together a nice display for the shows, but you've given me an even better idea (and don't worry, it doesn't involve dolls). 

As for the engine shots, I hadn't taken any, until today...

I can honestly say this has been the best weekend of my life. We cruised to 3 shows. Talked to tons of people, and best of all, we didn't come across ONE a-hole.. Usually you get the occasional "Why a General Lee? Why would you do this to a beloved Charger?!?!"... But not this weekend.. 

I love some of the questions... "Is this one of the originals??". NO  , would I be taking it to WAL MART if it was?? "are the doors welded shut like the original??". NO  , they weren't either! "Hey, you know there's metal flake in your paint??". NO SHIT?!?!?!?! I hadn't realized that!!    And the best one..... "There's overspray all over your car" (he was looking directly down on the front fender when the sun had gone down). I said nope, it's metal flake, it has a "pepper" appearance when you look straight down on it 

I'll post some shots of the engine compartment soon, I have a TON of pictures to go through.

[Tilar]

So Jeff, Is it going to make a trip to Carlisle this year?

[jb666]

So Jeff, Is it going to make a trip to Carlisle this year?

I've already talked to one of the sales reps (he owns 10 acres on his "ranch" in Carlisle) and he's extended an invite to stay at no charge.. you'll laugh, but I'm going to approach a buddy of mine with an enclosed trailer to bring it to Ed's house (rep) and drive to the show from there.. Not that I don't TRUST the car to make the trip, I just don't want to chance it..

So  yeah, I do believe I will be!!!

[Tilar]

Great, I'm anxious to see it. 

[jb666]

Thanks!!

First, I wanted to show a couple of pictures of the wiring that came out of the car.. Jon @ Tube Chassis Designz installed a full Painless wiring setup from the front to the rear.. What a MESS that came out.. Wires in the trunk with 30 splices. Open/exposed wires. Melted high beam switch wiring. And the hits keep coming!!































And this is only about 1/4 of the wires that I chose to take from his shop (the worst of them).



I'm sure some of you guys have seen wiring like this , especially out of a 40+ year old car.. .Just not out of a $90k restoration job... The fuse panel looks like it was under water.

if anyone wants OR NEEDS anything you see here, let me know, it's yours.