1. Bodywork:
   • replaced the grill
   • replaced the passenger side fender
   • replaced both bumpers
   • new hood, trunk, and door bumpers
   • quarter panels cut out and replaced due to rot (Chrysler B-bodies are infamous for this.)
   • replaced the passenger side door due to an idiot's car rolling back into it
   • the paint and its scheme
   • new trunk floor welded in
   • new trunk floor mat
   • new trunk weatherstripping
   • replaced the vinyl roof

2. Interior:
   • new carpet
   • new console carpet
   • new package tray (rear deck)
   • Sony AM/FM/cassette radio
   • Sony speakers
   • new antenna

3. Mechanicals:
   • replaced the 318 with a 440
     1. which has been bored .030" over
     2. aluminum pistons
     3. "Hemi" grind cam--220 degrees duration at 50 mils and .484" lift
     4. Moroso low restriction air cleaner
     5. Holley 650cfm double-pumper carb
     6. Edlebrock Performer two plane intake manifold
     7. Mopar Performance black crinkle finish valve covers
     8. thermostatic fan
     9. Flo-cooler water pump
     10. High volume oil pump
     11. seperate oil cooler
     12. new fuel sending unit (as fast as this car guzzles gas, knowing how much is left in the tank comes in just a bit handy)
     13. new gas tank (Bought from www.egastanks.com. It's an exact match to the original.)
   • completely new exhaust
     1. Mopar HP exhaust manifolds
     2. 2.25" pipe, including a crosstube
     3. Flow Master mufflers
   • brakes
     1. new drums
     2. new wheel cylinders
     3. new brake hoses
   • 727 automatic transmission
     1. completely rebuilt with shift kit so the tires chirp with nearly every shift
     2. TCI "Break-A-Way" torque converter with 2500rpm stall
     3. seperate transmission fluid cooler
   • rebuilt 8 3/4" Sure-grip rear axle with 3.91 gears
   • wheels
     1. American Racing Equipment 15" Vector style (Yes, they're like the General Lee, but they go extremely well with the black vinyl roof)
     2. 225/70-15 rubber in the front
     3. 255/60-15 in the back
   • Suspension/Steering
     1. new steering gear box with its own power steering fluid cooler
     2. heavy duty R/T torsion bars
     3. replaced the K-frame
     4. new ball joints (twice)
     5. new upper control bushings
     6. new lower control bushings
     7. new sway bar bushings

4. Electricals:
   • new headlight harness
   • new headlights
   • new engine harness
   • Mopar Performance lightweight starter
   • Mallory electronic ignition
   • Accell coil
   • 8mm sparkplug wires
   • new rear light harness
   • new back up light harness

When you own a muscle car for as long as I have, you come up with plenty of ways to blow your cash. And I wouldn't give it up for anything.

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