Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure

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Offline wally426ci

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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #165 on: December 08, 2008 - 04:51:37 PM »
Hey Greg, make sure that wiper motor will work with your wiring harness, it looks like a 72 and up motor...... Keep rollin man! wait until it runs on its own power, you put on a big  :bigsmile:

I stopped on mine for 6 months once, i was fed up, but i sure was happy when i came home and my father welded the other quarter on while i was away.. 

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that re-motivated me, you'll get there buddy!  :wave:
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #166 on: December 08, 2008 - 05:04:17 PM »
Hey Greg, make sure that wiper motor will work with your wiring harness, it looks like a 72 and up motor

Hmmm...I was wondering if that was the case, that it wasn't original but a transplant from another car.  That would explain the twisted pairs.  There's was a lot of that type of thing in this car - look at the transmission installation.  Anyway, I'm rewiring the whole car, so I'll make it work.  I got in on that Ron Francis group buy several months ago.

I should go drive one, someone's for sale car.  I've never actually driven one or even ridden in one.  (Someone pushing mine around the driveway while I steer it doesn't count!  :roflsmiley:)
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #167 on: December 08, 2008 - 09:14:27 PM »
  (Someone pushing mine around the driveway while I steer it doesn't count!  :roflsmiley:)

 :smilielol: :smilielol:

keep the fire burning buddy i am going on 7 years with my car  :faint: it was in boxes when i got it also.  :2thumbs:
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #168 on: December 08, 2008 - 10:46:34 PM »
:smilielol: :smilielol:

keep the fire burning buddy i am going on 7 years with my car  :faint: it was in boxes when i got it also.  :2thumbs:

Seven?  Rookie!  I've had mine over 15!  :smilielol:
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #169 on: December 09, 2008 - 01:45:40 AM »
Jeez - I get all twitchy if it isn't done in 1 year.  Could not imagine owning one for 15!  Longest I've ever had a project was 4 years. I guess I'm still a rokie too  :cheers:
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #170 on: May 03, 2009 - 11:41:30 PM »
Well, after not posting anything in almost five months, I suppose it's about time I posted a little update. 

I haven't hardly touched it since December - just a little puttering here and there, nothing to report.  Today, I actually did something.  :working:  I bought a pair of steelies with decent rubber a year ago at the junkyard.  They've been sitting in the back yard ever since.  I was cleaning up that area to put in our vegetable garden today and figured I should clean up the wheels, paint them BLACK for a little rat-rod look and put 'em on the car.  For the time being, I mounted one on the front and one on the rear because I have to replace one of the front tires (dry rot.)  I'll finish the other two next week.





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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #171 on: May 04, 2009 - 09:11:36 AM »
Very cool, Greg!  :thumbsup: I can imagine those with dog dish hubcaps....  :grinyes:
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #172 on: May 04, 2009 - 12:34:34 PM »
hey greg,
that looks cool... i love steelies. adding some dog dishes would finish it up real nice though....  :woohoo:
soooo..... now you`ve got a nice start again,  get some real work done...  :poopoke:  :biggrin:
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #173 on: May 04, 2009 - 10:22:26 PM »
i saw in the last pic the engine was out and on the bench, looking rebuilt and waiting to go back in. installed by the guy in the hardhat.


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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #174 on: May 05, 2009 - 12:50:06 AM »
i saw in the last pic the engine was out and on the bench, looking rebuilt and waiting to go back in. installed by the guy in the hardhat.


 :2thumbs:

 :roflsmiley:  :roflsmiley:  :bigsmile:  Yeah...it's got a HEMI!   :roflsmiley:
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #175 on: May 05, 2009 - 03:48:51 AM »
Hey Greg, if this is what you get done doing gardening in the vegetable patch..... I can not wait to see what you get done when you are making the stew :drool: :2thumbs: Should be one spicy Big Block :bigsmile:
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #176 on: May 15, 2009 - 02:34:41 AM »
I know this will bring out a few angry villagers  :villagers:, but if the owner of this car (http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/1171665254.html) is interested in a trade, I'll trade him straight across.  I'd like to have a nice little cruiser I can slowly work on fixing up and still afford to drive.

Be sure to check out the Photobucket link: http://s677.photobucket.com/albums/vv134/225duster/Duster/ .

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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #177 on: May 15, 2009 - 03:22:34 AM »
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 :bigsmile:  kidding......  :aarg:


looks like a nice car ,  she `s got the looks....  :2thumbs:   
are those seat original?   they look exactly like the older bmw seats...
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #178 on: May 15, 2009 - 07:16:20 AM »
Wow.  Your E-body can probably trade for 2 or 3 of those a-bodies.

Remember, his car could be just like yours underneath.  But yours is a Challenger.

You could always make yours a dependable driver with A/C, if that's what you want.
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Re: Greg's Hemi Orange Adventure
« Reply #179 on: May 15, 2009 - 07:19:29 AM »
I understand the need to drive something but Greg you'l lbe giving up an R/T Challenger for a /6 Duster.  You sure you really want to do that?
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