nunzio

hello well its only letting me send 3mb pics......all my chevy pics are 3. something....oh well.. reply to the flip hood...yes if it were done by a chump!! then the value of the car would go down no doubt ....but....this is not my first rodeo...just my first mopar!!!! ill be fabing a roll first then flip type front clip hinge....ill even have it on roller bearings, to a drop lock type system..... and i will then enjoy messin with the engine,with nothing in the way!! if 42 years as a mechanic/fabricator has tought me anything, just because you never did it before,does not mean you can't....learning till the day we die makes life worth living!!!! ho ya!!!

hello gents....well hears a pick....as you can see.....she is a shell....but that is how my 50 chevy coupe re-started her life!!! ill send out a pic or 2 of the chevy....blessings....nunz

hello all....well this stinkin winter is down shifting..and it's about time....long...ya i just had a wild goose trying to steel feed from the horses.....and i can see parts of the old 41 now.....yep the snow is 3 ft on the level with burms 6ft........though the winter was long...it was also productive.....i found every little script/hood ornament,rear lights,fr markers ect.....then i bought all new glass(did not have any)....and rubber for all the windows..boy ....there is alot of price difference building a chevy vs a ply......everything is gold if its for a mopar...but nun the less we are good!!...the last peace i needed was the complete grill ,including the sheet metal...low and behold...a gent on ebay was selling a real nice one....funny...he was advertising it as wall art...nice.....it is a beautiful grill!!! ..flew into ca and drove back home in the builder car...its mint!! hate to cut it all up but....we do what we have to...its a 76 dodge aspen 318....no rust....1200 miles in 24 hr..it did not miss a beat...it has a nice eddelbrock intake/carb/and headers....believe it or not i got oh about 18 mpg at avg speed of 65....not bad did not burn or leek any oil to boot!!.....iv'e been gnawing at the bit to get going on this prodj....oh ya...im going with a tilt front end ...it will be a stinker to find the perfect folcrom ..but thats fine....i just don't like working over the top of big fenders that have nice paint on them....plus..it only up's the value....well just thought i would share ......yes ill take pics before and during the build....oh and yes its a p11 no vent windows.....blessings......nunzio

thks andy..and john .the pic s are great.....i just came in from cleaning out the 41...there was oh about 30 lbs of old rotted pine needles leafs pine cones...and the sort...but there was a nice surprise!!..there was a perfect front running light lens and the dome light lens and trim !!....under the rotting mass...nice...thks nunzio...

thanks john..yes ill get some picks....

hello mopar people...i have some questions for those of you that hold mopar info close to your hearts and are willing to help the mopar impaired folks out there (me)...i worked on 100's as a young mech.....but the questions i have ,the answers i would have never known...this old coupe im digging into is darn good for sitting in the woods for 50 yr..about 95%....questions...talking about ply gills.. is 41 the only year for that style?? or is 40 and 42 the same or is the 2 dr sadan the same as well ??...talking about vent windows...same question....but can we look at dodge as well as they most likly used the same doors??......same question on the windshield divider ...please and thank you to any one who can help me out.....nunzio