1962 Dodge Pheonix
Works in Progress
Tony writes:
Hello, I'm restoring a 1962 Dodge Pheonix. |
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Progress so far:
- mini tubbed
- relocated rear springs onto the chassis rails
- fitted a Dana 60, 3.54.1 lsd, full floating hubs, discs on rear with 35 spline axles, driveshaft has large 7290 unis
- custom made TRU Y headers, 1 3/4 inch primaries, 2 1/2 inch secondaries into a 3 inch collector
- fabricated a mandrel bent Max Wedge type exhaust system from mandrels, have 2 1/2 inch genie stainless mufflers and tailpipes.
- transmission is a B 727 pushbutton, 4 pinion planetaries front and rear, extra clutch fitted to forward drum, 5.0 kickdown lever with a stage 2 shift kit, 2500 rpm stall
- engine: 440 six pack, steel crank, 10.1 compression, street hemi cam, Edelbrock heads
- rack and pinion steering, 2 inch dropped spindles, Ford rotors with Charger calipers
- Dodge is lowered 5 inches all round
The Dodge is currently being converted to 4 door pillarless Dart 440.
I will forward more info and pics as project progreses.
Thanks, Tony!
Excellent project! Great job!
Gary H.
October 14, 2005