73 Engine Compartment progress pics and ?'s

[Beer]

Had some time to work on the 73 today, after warming up the garage from 15° I managed to do the following:





Set up the battery. Its a NAPA and I took the liberty of making some decals for it.





Where does the Ground wire go? I got one going to the drivers side head...where does the body ground go?


Installed the Radiator pics...the objective for the day...









I am a bit confused on the overflow bottle...is below right? Pics of it installed on other 73's would be appreciated

[bordin34]

Looks good, that is where my overflow bottle is. It should be held on with three bolts or studs.

[tan top]

     engine bay looks nice   

[Foreman72]

beer man i've been following this project...this thing is commin out fantastic...this gut is my 318 inspiration...can't wait till mine is done...SB power haha...that battery idea is cool...i like it...hey what do u have for ignition stuff in there?

[Beer]

hey what do u have for ignition stuff in there?

Chrome Mopar Performance ECU (good to 8000 RPM), Mopar Performance Coil

[histoy]

Small ground wire attaches to the radiator support right in front of the battery.   There's a rectangular opening in the support on my '71.   Just above the opening there's a nut welded to the support with a 1/4" hole.  That's where the ground wire is attached.

[Beer]

Thanks history found it 

Master cylinder may go in today...

Ineed pics of proportioner by the master cyl and horn/water bottle area 

[firefighter3931]

Lookin good Jim ! 

Nice touch with the battery labels 



Ron

[mikepmcs]

Lookin good Jim ! 
Nice touch with the battery labels 

I agree, the whole deal looks incredible and so clean.  Nice touch with the additional plug for this site.

[Beer]

Hey Mike,

Its all gotta come back out when it goes back to the body shop...your invited for the reinstallation party Spring/Summer when the body is done.  I will provide the Beer/Pizza, as well as try and talk ya into trying work offshore. 

[73TXRallye440]

Had some time to work on the 73 today, after warming up the garage from 15° I managed to do the following:





Set up the battery. Its a NAPA and I took the liberty of making some decals for it.





Where does the Ground wire go? I got one going to the drivers side head...where does the body ground go?


Installed the Radiator pics...the objective for the day...









I am a bit confused on the overflow bottle...is below right? Pics of it installed on other 73's would be appreciated

Hey where did you get that K&N top? what size filter is that?

[mikepmcs]

Hey Mike,

Its all gotta come back out when it goes back to the body shop...your invited for the reinstallation party Spring/Summer when the body is done.  I will provide the Beer/Pizza, as well as try and talk ya into trying work offshore. 

What body shop are you using anyway? I'd be happy to come down this spring/summer, thanks for the invite.  Let me see if I can't get this VA gig , it looks pretty promising.  Funny thing is, the travel for me is what is semi holding me back. I'm only comfortable on military transport, I know that's ridiculous but hey, I'm working on it.

[Beer]

Hey where did you get that K&N top? what size filter is that?

Summit racing, I think its a 14" x 3"  not so sure it will clear my hood.

[Beer]

What body shop are you using anyway?

Stretch It in Livermore falls.

[mikepmcs]

I didn't know Steve did complete body work? I thought he just made millions pulling frames for body shops that can't make it happen themselves because the owner's son is too stubborn and too fried to even try.    Not hanging out there anymore BTW.  Quality was not something I enjoyed attaching my name to.

[4aThrill]

sweet lookin engine bay  just one thing the hose clamps you might wanna change don't know if thats on your list or not.