New torsion bars from Sway-A-Way
Recently I ordered a pair of new 1.08″ diameter torsion bars from Sway-A-Way for my ’73 Dodge Dart. These are to replace the current 1″ diameter torsion bars from Just Suspension. The 1″ bars are [more … ]
Cars
The Perfect Garage-helper?
I think I found myself a perfect garage-help to hold the laptop while I’m tuning my MegaSquirt … setup on the car… ):o)
Autumn had set in
Autumn had really set in, which I tried to capture with this photo of leaves and raindrops on the trunk and rear fender of the ’60 Chrysler New Yorker and a row of trees with [more … ]
1973 Dodge Dart trunk and hood paint
Now the roof was sealed and painted, it was time to paint the rest of the horizontal panels on the car. The existing dull paint was sanded lightly and degreased thoroughly before a layer of [more … ]
1973 Dart Painted roof
After the primer had settled and dried, the roof got painted gloss black. Because of the nice, vinyl-like structure of the primer, the finish of the roof in black was to my liking. The roof [more … ]
Dodge Dart exterior maintenance
I opted to wrap the sides of the Dart with vinylwrap. But in order to do this ‘neatly’, the sheetmetal had to be straightened a bit and any bumps and dips smoothed out. One thing [more … ]
Daily driver-duty: 1960 Chrysler New Yorker
As my regular daily driver, the ’73 Dodge Dart, is in the garage for its vinlytop removal and roof-maintainance, I resorted to using my next-best daily driver-candidate, the 1960 Chrysler New Yorker. So for over [more … ]
1973 Dodge / Plymouth – Technical Service Bulletin – Upper Control Arm fix
Attached images show a Technical Service Bulletin put out by the Chrysler Motors Corporation in 1973 that should fix the Upper Control Arm mounting, if any cracks are visible. The fix consists of welding gussets [more … ]
Scrapers carmeeting at Rozenburg
The Scrapers carclub organised a nice little car-meeting at the land’s end at Rozenburg. This unique location is being almost completely surrounded by water. I brought along my 1960 Chrysler NewYorker to the meeting.
1957 Chrysler – Tire failure
During a trip to the “King Cruise” car-meeting, I got a sense there was something wrong on the 1957 Chrysler I was driving. It felt like a wheel was ‘getting’ out of balance and I [more … ]
2019 Kustom Kulture Forever – Herten, Germany
Me and a friend of mine decided to visit the 2019 Kustom Kulture weekend in Herten, Germany. The weather was perfect for the 2hr trip to Germany, so we loaded up my ’57 Chrysler and [more … ]
Tracktime on Circuit Zandvoort
Last sunday I was finally able to spend some time on a racecircuit with my ’73 Dart. The track is at the Dutch city of Zandvoort. The tracktime event was a 20 minute event that [more … ]
Autumn photos with the 1957 Chrysler Windsor custom
As a follow-up on the previous photo-day out with 1960 Chrysler New Yorker, I decided to take out the 1957 Chrysler as well for some nice autumn color pics. Still, the leaves on the trees [more … ]
To the Drive-In Cinema with the ’57 Chrysler
A group of people recently organised a number of Drive-In Cinema-events on the premises of a local Gin distillery called ‘Nolet Distillery’, located in the town of Schiedam. The location is also the site of [more … ]
Autumn photos with the 1960 Chrysler NewYorker
Me and a friend took the ’60 Chrysler NewYorker out for a trip to locate and take some typical autumn-style photos. We were a bit too early for the real autumn colors, but with a [more … ]