Wheelbase length problems on 70 cuda

[javakm70cuda]

I just looked at the pics & it is my car. 

I was getting nowhere with the ass that sold me the car, so this is great.

[ragtopdodge]

sorry, know nothing; just saw it on craigslist and thought I'd spread the word.

Before replacing any parts, have a frame shop check it out.  Bent frames are better than rusted out ones.

Good luck on the car; seemed to have cool options on it.

[mopardave]

if both door gaps at the bottom are closed. that means the frame has some sort of sway. And the front rails are pushed down which will give you that gapping issue..If the apron welds look stresses or pulled that confirms that. Check the bottom sides of both rail  at teh k frame area and you may find a kink.

[javakm70cuda]

Only the drivers side door gap is like this. Passenger side is straight with fender all the way up. This gap still tells me something is wrong though, doesnt it.

[javakm70cuda]

I am going to be put a front end suspension kit(moog) on car, was wondering if you would take it to an alignment shop first before placing the new parts on. I assume you would get it checked out first right, but maybe not.

['Cuda Hunter]

Take it to a frame shop first.

[Chryco Psycho]

 
 make sure the parts & frame are good before installing new parts

[UKcuda]

Only the drivers side door gap is like this. Passenger side is straight with fender all the way up. This gap still tells me something is wrong though, doesnt it.

Like CP said, the door gaps are often bad, it usually just means sloppy hinges (most common on driver side).  Open the door slightly and see if you can lift it at the back.

[javakm70cuda]

Ya, I do feel the drivers door lifting up on back door catch. I will find out tonight all about the history of the car. I tracked down the old owner email address off a post that ragtopchally posted. The car changed hands within 3 months twice. He said this;

" I am a life long mopar guy and owned that car for 15 years.  I can tell you everything you want to know about it and would be glad to do so."

The guy I bought the car off of will not even call me back. I swear he is a chevy guy!
He had no reason to not give me this guys phone number, because that is all I wanted. So thank goodness ragtopchally posted some info about the add posted by the other previous owner.

The day I went to pick up the car, I called him saying I would be there to pick it up in three hours. He said O.K I will be here. I get there & he *****es me out for not calling him, & he is so loaded he can hardly talk. At the time, the car was not running. So we had to use his truck to pull the car up on the Uhaul trailer. So after waiting for him to find the keys for his truck for 20 minutes. He calls me over to what I thought was to drive his truck over to the car to be towed up on the trailer. No, no. He calls me over to blow in his breathalyizer, so his truck would stay going. I will never forget a loaded man trying to explain to me how to blow in this thing. He says " you have to do this" He sticks his finger in his mouth (like a child sucking on there finger), & starts blowing on his finger vibrating his lips. Well I try it on the machine & it works. Get the truck over to the car & hooked up to tow the car up on trailer. His alarm starts going off on his truck. I had to run over & try to blow on this thing a certain way to make the alarm go off. It finally works after a couple of trys. We get the car on the trailer, & I had to the border after that. I was never so happy to leave a guys place. If you own a company selling classic cars, you should never act like this guy. I always seem to find the crazies!!!

Anyway, I am happy I going to find out what the deal is with this car. Then I will know what to do. They did remove the disc brakes on the car & put drums on for some reason. So maybe it was just not installed properly.

[UKcuda]

I didn't know there even were such things as breathalyser operated vehicles - surreal !

[ragtopdodge]

I didn't know there even were such things as breathalyser operated vehicles - surreal !

Some lady down the street from me had her car honking and honking.  We went over to see what was going on.  She showed the breathalyzer tube to my wife and said:  "I didn't drink enough for this car not to start!".

Alcoholics...menaces on the road.  Yet alcohol is legal and pot isn't.  Whatever.

[Aussie Challenger]

I have had several cars come into my workshops with these devises attached, they are a pain in the Ar**. They are programed to the resonance of you blowing, that is I have had to try and hum and blow at the same time, one car I couldn't get to start and had to wait for owner to come back.