Jason's Polara

[Stu]

I think it’s the combo of brush-it

Whatever it was, it looks great!

[Blue]

Engine back in and trying the tti headers for fit, so far so good…

[Blue]

Steering box back in after changing the pitman arm and seals. Upper arms re bushed with offset items in an attempt to gain some caster.

[Blue]

Front end assembled with all new bushes and ball joints, I’m using Challenger spindles to convert to disc brakes.

[Stu]

Is that a straight bolt in conversion?

[Blue]

Yes it is, you just need the right combination of parts.

[Blue]

Just need to find the dust caps and sort the brake hoses and that’s that bit done, the calipers are ‘73 Charger and the rest of it is Challenger.

[Blue]

Bottom column bush was mostly missing so I got a piece of nylon off eBay and Royden kindly spun me a new one up on his lathe.

[Stu]

That’s an excellent conversion, you learn something new every day.

Enjoying watching the progress, it’s an interesting build.

[Blue]

The Aeroquip Hoses I got with the calipers are not going to work in this application, I’ve ordered some banjo fittings that should fit in the tight space.

[Blue]

It’s tight but banjo bolts do the trick, we have brakes!

[Stu]

That is tight!

[Blue]

Added some 15” wheels on the front with tall tyres, chrome acorn nuts break it up a bit. Waiting for a handbrake cable, the exhaust system and a new set of plugs before I can finish. No doubt there will be the usual debugging to do once it’s mobile.

[Stu Twin]

Great work Blue, the plucked chicken is looking real good. Great colour combo, the black & blue. I imagine quite rare?

[ScottyDave]

That looks great