Articles by BigBlockMopar
New arrival: ’59 Dodge Coronet
A new project entered the garage recently in the form of a 1959 Dodge Coronet. I bought the car a year ago in the US but because a lot of it’s chrome was still at [more … ]
Bigblock Mopar Cambearing tool
Decided to make myself a cambearing tool. I took a round of aluminium and used the lathe to turn sections of it to the proper diameter for the different cambearings that are present in a [more … ]
Stroker motor assembly
Started working on my next stroker motor project. Below is a mockup of the crank and the aluminium maincaps. Some minor clearancing needs to be done in the block for the rod-bolts to clear the [more … ]
Custom bullet grille for the ’57 Chrysler
Some time ago I bought 5 bullet-cones from Wirth Automotive and mounted them in the grille opening. I thought it looked ‘ok’ from an angle, but downright silly when viewed head-on. The bullets were just [more … ]
Vintage style Hurst Racing Tires on Astro Supremes
Here are some pic of the Vintage style Hurst Racing whitewall Tires mounted on a set of Astro Supreme wheels. I think this captures the old style dragtire and cool look very well. The wheels [more … ]
Mopar Nationals, Herten Germany
With some friends I went to the Mopar Nationals meeting in Herten Germany with my 1960 Chrysler NewYorker on the 31st of July. The meeting was great with lots of cool Mopars around. Later that [more … ]
Long Ram intake manifolds
I scored a set of Long ram intake manifolds recently. Since the long rams on the ’60 NewYorker seem to work very nicely, I couldn’t resist not to buy this set for another project.
1967 Charger has been sold
The ’67 Dodge Charger has been sold! At some point in time it occured to me that I’ve had this car in my possession for over 10 years already, and practicly never did anything to [more … ]
Vintage Chrysler Fenderskirts
I received a pair of fenderskirts from a good fellow from Florida recently. I wanted to know how they would look on the ’57 Chrysler. I think they’re allright once they’ve been painted and mounted [more … ]
Mopar camshaft stool
What to do with 4 bigblock Mopar camshafts and a spare flexplate? Well make a stool out of it ofcourse!
1960 Chrysler NewYorker – Dragracing
In August 2008 I drove the 1960 Chrysler New Yorker 2 hours to the dragstrip in the town of Drachten, located in the North of the Netherlands. Was a bit curious at what the 496ci [more … ]
SaturdayNightCruise April 2010
Last saturday evening we had our first US-car meeting of the year here in town, so I was able to bring the ’57 Chrysler for it’s first meeting-outing. A friend from the east of the [more … ]