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Graveyard Carz Season 20 Episode 12
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00:00Hey everybody, Mark Worman, Graveyard Cars. I have a question for you.
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00:25Ha-ha!
00:27Mmm.
00:30Oh, give me a home
00:33Where the birds follow wrong
00:37Where the deer and the antelope play
00:44If you didn't have Mark Worman, you'd have to invent him.
00:52How did I get here?
00:53And the skies are not cloudy all day
00:59I have no idea why my dad is crazy.
01:08It's not easy being the number one maker.
01:13Mark hates everybody.
01:15He always has.
01:16They're coming to get you, Barbara.
01:42The car we're working on in this episode actually started life as a 73 Challenger.
01:50The ugly, frowny face that I talk about.
01:52This car was a used car that I bought.
01:55It's very complete.
01:56And really, it was not a terribly rusty car.
01:59But it was green with green guts and fairly undesirable in the collector world.
02:04So I ended up selling it to a gentleman as a restored 1971 model.
02:10Because all you have to do is change a few things on the car and all of a sudden, voila, you got a 71 appearing car.
02:15This car came to us from the Midwest.
02:17It had, like I mentioned, a little bit of rust, but it wasn't terrible.
02:21It did spend quite a bit of time in the metal shop just because we had to make some major changes to the body because it was going to receive a Hellcat.
02:29Now, when you see Shane working on the floor of this car, one of the problems I have with the six-speed Tremec transmission is it's so much bigger than the five-speed that in order to make it go in these cars, we have to raise the floor up.
02:44Well, when you raise the floor up, you change a lot of things.
02:47You change geometry.
02:48You're also loosening up a floor that would have been normally one piece.
02:51Now it's kind of welded and scabbed back together.
02:53I mean, I make it sound worse than it is.
02:55We do a nice job.
02:56But still, it's not as strong as one piece of metal would be.
02:58But you raise that center floor hump up.
03:01Now, all of a sudden, your shifter, your console, everything goes up more.
03:04It's very invasive.
03:06So this is why lately you see me promoting the Hell out of the five-speeds because they're much more nimble, smaller.
03:12You don't have to whack up the floor like that.
03:14But that's what you see Shane doing is putting in the provisions so that we can use the six-speed Tremec transmission and the console.
03:21This guy wanted a console in the car because this car is loaded.
03:24Now, after Shane was completely finished with all of the metal prep and making sure the lines were where they're supposed to be, making sure the gaps are what they're supposed to be, and, of course, the conversion to the floor, he kicked that over to Will for the jamming purposes.
03:41Remember, guys, this is an EV2 hemi orange, so it is a very light metallic.
03:45So it has to be a base coat, clear coat system.
03:48That's where Will took over.
03:49It's funny on this one, the jamming came out great, went smooth, Will did a good job on it.
04:14But when I reported back to the owner that the jam work was done and we're moving forward because I like to keep my people informed when we have something to inform them of, he said, I want to paint the bottom of the car the same color as the body.
04:26And that is a long conversation to have with somebody because I don't want to do it.
04:30Painting the bottom of a car to look as good as the exterior of the car would be like doing three paint jobs on a car because of all the nooks and the crannies.
04:38But anyway, I charged him a bundle to do it. I think it was $10,000 more to paint the bottom of the car.
04:44And it's not factory. Keep that in mind, too. It's not factory.
04:46But anyway, once I made the deal, it really wasn't my problem. Will had to take over.
04:51I can't tell you how much I hate when Mark tells me I have to paint the bottom of a car.
04:56They weren't meant to be painted, nor should they be painted.
04:59Do you know how hard it is to make the underside of a car look as good as the outside of the car?
05:03There are hundreds of nooks, crannies, reverse curves.
05:08You've got to get primer in there and you've got to hand sand every little spot.
05:12It takes forever to get it done.
05:15No matter how hard I work and do a great job, it'll never look as good as the outside of the car does.
05:20And why, you ask? Because it's not supposed to.
05:23I have five full working days just prepping the undercarriage of that car.
05:28So where we're at now is I've got it primed, sanded, wax and greased, tacked and blown, ready to go in the booth for paint.
05:37So the first thing we're going to do is, because we're treating it just like the outside of the car,
05:41is I'm going to seal it with DP90 because I did break through so I have some bare metal showing.
05:45So I'm going to apply that first.
05:58So after that's done, I start my color and it's a base clear.
06:03So if the outside of the car takes seven coats to cover, the inside, all those jams, take seven coats.
06:09So it's a process to make sure everything is covered just like the outside.
06:13So on the underside of this car, I have two sprayable gallons of base coat on the whole bottom of it,
06:18just so it matches the outside of the car.
06:20The nooks, the crannies, the reverse curves, the putting seven coats of color in every little area to match the outside takes forever.
06:28And it's a huge pain in the ass.
06:29And just for the record, paint nowadays, it's about $2,000 a gallon.
06:34So now that I have all the base coat applied, it's time to move on to the clear coat.
06:38I'll be using the PPG DCU 2002 clear coat.
06:41It's a true polyurethane clear.
06:43I'm going to be applying two coats of clear as opposed to the normal four because we're not going to cut and buff the bottom of this.
06:49I know I complain about doing it because I hate it, and I hate the work that goes into it, and it's not meant to be.
06:55But once it's done, it actually does look really nice.
07:00Okay, so today is the day.
07:02This is our 1971 Challenger.
07:04It's going hemi-orange.
07:05I've already waxed and creased it.
07:07And of course, just like clockwork, as soon as I'm ready to start painting, inter-march.
07:12Hi, Willie.
07:13When Graveyard Cars returns.
07:19When do you want to set this up for the repaint?
07:22So yeah, you're telling him he's rubbish.
07:24He's no good.
07:25But at the same time, it's kind of done with a bit of a fun angle to it.
07:28So I'm going to grab Dylan, and we're going to try to get this in the car today.
07:31Dylan isn't at that stage.
07:33We're building quality cars.
07:35It takes quality amount of time to do it.
07:36I think it really just is the best scenario as far as learning how to build a car goes.
07:40I don't want him doing that, because that's how you can break things.
07:50Okay, so today is the day.
07:52This is our 1971 Challenger.
07:54It's going hemi-orange.
07:56I've already waxed and creased it.
07:58Hi, Willie.
08:00I've already got the wax and grease done.
08:02So at this point, you go through, tack and blow it.
08:04Get any little dust.
08:06I know you people at home think this is funny or helpful or whatever you think.
08:11But I can promise you, after 30 years of working for Mark, it's not helpful at all.
08:16I don't get this time back.
08:17I can be on my deathbed saying, hey, can I get that 14 minutes back?
08:21No, it's gone.
08:22Looking good, William.
08:25EV2.
08:27What color is it on a Dodge EV2?
08:29I always forget.
08:31So you guys at home, you know, if you get tired of Mark jumping in, stuff like that,
08:36Hey, this is why you get overspray in your engine performance right here because you have these little peek-a-boos.
08:40Peek-a-boo.
08:41Look, guys, I am just doing my job.
08:43I'm making sure that the cars come out perfect.
08:46That's my promise to the owners.
08:47That's what I try to do.
08:49Now, I happen to use my comedy, I think, in a positive way.
08:53So, yeah, you're telling him he's rubbish.
08:55He's no good.
08:55But at the same time, it's kind of done with a bit of a fun angle to it.
08:59Tell somebody they're a piece of crap.
09:01That's fine.
09:02But make him laugh when it's over.
09:05Whoa, man, hang one.
09:07How come you don't have the hood on, buddy?
09:09What's that?
09:10Are you going to do the hood separately?
09:11Yes.
09:12And the deck lid?
09:13Yeah.
09:14Remember that episode not too long ago where you were saying if you don't paint all of it at the same time on a metallic, it won't match?
09:20This is such a fine metallic, it's okay.
09:23Fine metallic?
09:24Yeah.
09:24Mark knows all this.
09:25He knows all about the metallics.
09:27This is just some way for him to make me look bad.
09:29The fact of the matter is, the metallic that's in the EV2 is very, very fine.
09:33Even if you put a light on it, it's super hard to see.
09:36It's not like air pressure or side tone is going to change anything on this paint job.
09:41And because of that, that's why I'm not painting everything together like I do on certain colors.
09:45Again, this is time I will not get back where I wish I could in my dying days.
09:51You guys see those two little holes right there?
09:53Yeah.
09:54Well, I'm not talking to you.
09:55I'm talking to my audience.
09:55They get a right hand outside Mirrors painting a bodyguard.
09:59Obviously the holes.
10:00Also, you see the holes along here and that's all belt moldings.
10:03We covered that season one, episode one.
10:05Those last two minutes, I could tell somebody I love them.
10:09Those last two minutes, I could tell somebody I hate them.
10:12Anyway, those are my last two minutes.
10:15Two minutes, I won't see again.
10:17When do you want to set this up for the repaint?
10:19Do you have a time in mind?
10:20That's a wrap.
10:26So finally, after all the silliness, Mark has left, I'm able to start painting.
10:32So the Hemi Orange EV2 PPG system that I'm getting ready to spray right now is a true base coat, clear coat system.
10:39So what you're seeing me do is just applying the base coat.
10:41It won't have any shine at all until I put the clear coat on.
10:45It takes about seven coats.
10:47Five more than likely, but I always like to do a couple extra just to ensure I have coverage.
10:51That's about two and a half gallon sprayable base coat I apply to the car.
10:56In recent years, because I'm getting older, it takes me about the whole day to base a car.
11:18So I'll spend the whole entire day getting seven coats laid out, let it sit, let it gas out, completely dry, come in the next day, and then I'll start my clear coat process with the DCU 2002.
11:30So the nice thing about getting the base coat done just in one day is I come in the next day, your eyes are fresh, it's early in the morning, and you can walk around the car, make sure you didn't miss anything, really look at the car, sign off on it, and then I'm able to start the clear coat process.
11:48Well, despite all of Mark's crap, we're finally done, the car came out perfect, it's ready to be undercoated and cut and buffed.
12:09Once it's done, I kick it over to assembly, the car is out of my hair, and so is Mark.
12:14We all know that Goodyear was the tire supplier for Chrysler in 1771.
12:21Did you know there was another supplier?
12:23Stay tuned, and after the break, I'll tell you which one.
12:26I've been selling parts since 1979, and while you can look up some information about them online, you're not going to find everything.
12:48That's why I'm here.
12:50I'm Tony D'Agostino from Tony's Mopar Parts in Harrington, Delaware.
12:54Welcome to Tony's Tech Tips.
13:09So I'm here with Dylan today.
13:11He's working with Brian in the final assembly on the cars, and I'm here to help him know which parts to pick when Brian tells him.
13:17Yeah, because I'm always running around trying to find parts for Brian, making sure, you know, I have all the correct parts, go with all these factory and correct cars.
13:24These two funny-looking small tires in front of us are space sailors.
13:28They were used on all the e-body convertibles and the e-bodies that had 15-inch wheels.
13:33The reason why, when the e-body convertible top is down, it goes into the trunk compartment area, and you don't have much room.
13:40And if you had a full-size spare, you'd really have hardly any room, you know?
13:44So they put this small tire in, so that way you'd have a little bit more trunk space, and it wouldn't interfere with the top when it was down.
13:50They also used them on the 15-inch wheel cars, because all the 15-inch wheel cars were 60 series, and they're a wider tire.
13:57So by having a big, wide tire in the trunk, even if it's not a convertible, would take up a lot of room in an already small trunk compartment.
14:04That's why they used these little tires called space savers, because they actually did save space and give you more room for luggage or what have you in the trunk.
14:11So when Brian comes to me and asks for a space saver spare, how do I know I'm grabbing the right one?
14:16Well, the first thing you're going to look for is the brand of the tire.
14:19And this is a weird thing.
14:21Even though Goodyear supplied the tires that go on the cars, on the space savers, they went to BF Goodrich.
14:27That's the only time that I know that they actually used BF Goodrich as a tire supplier.
14:31Just prior to the valve stem, there's a K2 over a 9.
14:35K stands for Kelsey Hayes.
14:36That's the wheel manufacturer.
14:37And that's sort of important, because there's a couple of decoding books out there that identify there's a motor wheel, which they're not.
14:43Motor wheel did not make these.
14:45Kelsey Hayes did.
14:46So that's what the K stands for.
14:47The 2 stands for the plant that it was made at.
14:51Kelsey Hayes at their second plant.
14:53And the 9 underneath means 1969.
14:56Now, just after the K29, there's two other digits immediately next to the valve stem.
15:02One, zero, which is a 10.
15:04That's going to mean the 10th month.
15:06So now we know we're in October of 69.
15:08Just past the valve stem is the day of the month that it was made.
15:12And in this case, it's a 2.3.
15:14We know now that this wheel was made October 23, 1969.
15:19There's also another couple of numbers after the day.
15:225.5.
15:23That's the width of the rim.
15:25So it's a five and a half inch wide rim.
15:26Another good identifier about these wheels, these wheels have a sixth hole.
15:30It might have something to do with the mounting of these tires onto the rim.
15:35I don't know, but that's just a guess.
15:37It also has a K29 stamped on it, which means the same thing.
15:41Kelsey Hayes wheel made it the second plant in 1969.
15:44And typically, for some reason, you'll always find the sixth hole across, furthest from the valve stem.
15:55That seems to be consistent.
15:56I don't know why.
15:57And a lot of times, on top of the K29, you'll see a white mark.
16:02For some reason, they put it on the wrong location on this wheel, but typically, it's on top of the K29.
16:07Yeah, I know I got one of these in my car.
16:09It looks nothing like this.
16:12Right.
16:12The modern ones are more rounded and ready to install.
16:16This needs to be inflated, and they're not going to stick you out on the road waiting for somebody to come by to inflate it.
16:23This is what came in the trunk of all the cars that had the space savers.
16:27It attached on top of the spare tire, was held in with this bracket, and this was the inflated bottle.
16:33And as crazy as it sounds, this even has a date on it.
16:36So this was made April 12, 1969, which is early, but they had to get them ready.
16:41And I believe these bottles were also used for other manufacturers.
16:45So when it got shipped to Chrysler, it could have been made earlier, then Chrysler put their little wrap on it here.
16:50And I believe these wraps are reproduced.
16:53Really?
16:54Yes.
16:54So that way people could detail their cars.
16:56Because it's a cool looking part in the trunk.
16:58And you know, on the jack instructions underneath the trunk, you know, you probably put them on the cars before you've seen them.
17:03It shows you where to locate these.
17:05Interesting.
17:05And on here, it even gives you instructions on how to use it and how to inflate the tire.
17:09Huh.
17:09That's really interesting.
17:10See, this one here has never been inflated.
17:13You can tell by the very tight gap.
17:15And also, it has the little thingy sticking out on the tires.
17:18Never hit the street.
17:19This one here has been inflated and run on before.
17:23Don't ask me how it got to be small again.
17:25But this one was used.
17:26It doesn't have the little thingy sticking out like this one does.
17:30And there's a big gap here.
17:31And that's how you can tell that it's been inflated.
17:34So this is really a version.
17:35It's been repainted.
17:37But it's never hit the street.
17:39That's really, really interesting and intricate.
17:43Okay.
17:43So I want to see if you've been paying attention.
17:45Okay.
17:45Show me what you learned from this wheel on the one in front of you.
17:52After the break.
17:53We're getting ready to put our Hellcat engine into this 1971 Dodge Challenger.
17:58It creates a whole different issue that we have to deal with.
18:01And that issue is fuel delivery.
18:04I don't know anything about fuel injection.
18:05Don't want to know.
18:06I'm perfectly happy being stuck in the 70s.
18:09Okay.
18:09But Brian, coming out of the teaching world, I'm glad he's doing this.
18:15He is not a good teacher.
18:17As long as he doesn't hear me say that out loud.
18:23I think this headliner might have been the third one that I've done at this point.
18:32I know I'm still pretty new to it.
18:33Marty, he's just been a great teacher throughout this entire process.
18:36He's been very patient.
18:38He's been very thorough with me.
18:39Go slow with it.
18:40Make sure I actually understand it.
18:41And I'm not just guessing on anything.
18:43So when we got the headliner, it had come in a box.
18:45It was very wrinkled, very creased.
18:47It ended up coming out nice because Marty did show me all the little tricks, the little
18:51techniques that you can do that can actually make those little creases come out to where
18:56it actually looks like it's supposed to.
18:57I told Marty that the next headliner we do, I would like to do it for the most part on my
19:01own, as long as he's there for supervision in case anything goes wrong.
19:06Any sort of mistake can be a pretty costly one.
19:08And I'd rather just do it right the first time.
19:12I know we're moving along pretty quick here on this car because we didn't capture every
19:16moment of the restoration.
19:18But we're up to the fuel system because a lot of you folks at home are trying to do this
19:22yourselves.
19:22And the first couple that we did, like the SEMA Cuda 2016, then we did the Hellcat for
19:28SEMA 17, those were a learning curve for us, a big learning curve.
19:32But now we've got a system in place that's working really well, and that's what I wanted
19:36to share with you.
19:37So keep in mind, this is a Hellcat, so it has a higher fuel pressure and volume delivery
19:41than a 392 would have.
19:43One of the first calls we make is Dale at ProTouring.
19:45He sells us the fuel tank, the pump, the regulators, everything that we need, even the couplers
19:50and the fittings.
19:51When you get into the world of this stuff, this fuel injection, you know I'm a Timex watch
19:56in a digital age.
19:57I don't know anything about fuel injection, don't want to know.
20:00I'm perfectly happy being stuck in the 70s, okay?
20:02But Brian, coming out of the teaching world, I'm glad he's doing this.
20:08He's got the brain for it.
20:10He's got the patience.
20:11Quite frankly, with my dad dying at 12, I don't see me ever being able to work on fuel
20:16injection.
20:17So today is an exciting day.
20:19We're getting ready to put our Hellcrate, our Hellcat engine, our 700 horsepower engine
20:23into this 1971 Dodge Challenger.
20:26Now, a lot of times you'll see us put the 392 Crate engines in, and that goes really well.
20:32With the Hellcat, it creates a whole different issue that we have to deal with, and that
20:37issues fuel delivery.
20:40When Mark came to me and said, hey, we're putting the Hellcat in this car, we reached
20:44out to our friends at the Pro Touring store, and they sent us everything we need to put
20:48a fuel system in this car to deliver 80 PSI to our Hellcat engine.
20:54So we have a tank that they sent us, and inside the tank, they've already installed a fuel pump,
21:03which will provide that 80 PSI for us.
21:05This fuel pump will allow us also to get our signal to our dash to get our fuel level.
21:10So it's all there.
21:11We'll have to wire that in once it's in the car.
21:14They also sent us this beauty.
21:17This is our fuel filter, which will be in line in the car.
21:20And right here, this is the regulator.
21:23This is the fuel regulator.
21:25So this is what keeps it at 80 PSI into that engine at all times.
21:28We're getting ready to put this on the car so we can get fuel with that engine.
21:32I'm pretty excited about it.
21:34The last piece of the puzzle will be our fuel lines.
21:36We have some stock fuel lines that we've modified a little bit on each end so that they'll
21:41work with this system.
21:42So I'm going to grab Dylan, and we're going to try to get this in the car today.
21:46One thing that we're asked quite often in social media is our brake lines and our fuel
21:49lines.
21:50We get those from inline, too.
21:51They have been phenomenal with us.
21:53They have worked with us on every car we've ever done in the last 15 years on television.
21:57That's a long time on TV, and it's a lot of cars, a couple hundred cars.
22:00Their systems are duplicate of the original OEM.
22:04The right bins, the right diameter, the right material.
22:07Those are important.
22:08And because we try to stay in the spirit of originality and original equipment manufacturing
22:13OEM, we, in this case, like on the Challenger, we buy a factory 440 or 426 Hemi 3-8 fuel line
22:21delivery system with a quarter-inch return line, like we would if it was a 440 or Hemi.
22:24Then we change the ends out to be able to adapt onto the fuel filter, onto the fuel pump back
22:30at the tank.
22:31And it's something that we just do.
22:32We just do it automatically with every single car.
22:35So there's another inside tip if you're doing this at home.
22:38All right.
22:39So we want to try to get this filler neck up in that hole.
22:42Here, I'll take this side.
22:44Yeah, you got it?
22:45Mm-hmm.
22:46You just hold it right there, and we'll see if we can get the angles figured out here.
22:50There we go.
22:55Working with Brian has been great.
22:56Both him and Marty are just phenomenal teachers.
22:59I think with Brian coming out of the teaching world and coming into the assembly world, I
23:03think it really just is the best scenario for me as far as learning how to build a car goes.
23:08I think, ultimately, my goal as well as his and really anybody here at the shop's goal
23:12is for me to be able to put a car together on my own without anyone's supervision and ultimately
23:17just become the new Brian or become the new Mark if that's even possible.
23:21Let me get this grommet up through here.
23:24Okay.
23:25That's good.
23:26Okay.
23:27You still got her?
23:28Mm-hmm.
23:29Mm-hmm.
23:30I'm going to try to get the strap started.
23:33So, I know Brian and Marty are good teachers, but what about your pop?
23:36What about Will?
23:38Hell no.
23:39Not a chance.
23:41All this guy does all day long is rearrange my tools, grease up my tools so when I go to
23:47grab them, they just fly everywhere, and when I'm working on the ground, his favorite thing
23:51to do is to come over and step on my hair just so I can't move.
23:56So, no, to answer your question, he is not a good teacher, as long as he doesn't hear
24:01me say that out loud.
24:02How's everything look on your end?
24:04Good?
24:05So, we've got our tank in place now temporarily, which they're going to want to tighten these
24:09straps up.
24:10So, we're going to go ahead and get a wrench and give a few turns on those.
24:13Go ahead, Dylan, and just work these evenly a little bit until they get nice and snug.
24:18There you go.
24:23Oh, it'll be young and strong again.
24:27Now, Mark would just come out here with an impact, just fire that thing real quick, wouldn't
24:34he?
24:35Now, Brian's right.
24:36I would use an electric impact or ratchet, most likely a ratchet, an electric ratchet
24:40in this position.
24:41This is an experience of knowing how to run an electric gun.
24:43You can't just run it down all the way and bust the bolt off.
24:46Dylan isn't at that stage.
24:48But this is experience for Dylan in how to be diligent, how to not grab something and just
24:54go zip, zip, zip.
24:55This isn't NASCAR.
24:55We're building quality cars.
24:57It takes quality amount of time to do it.
24:59But yes, to answer that question, I most certainly, I have done it long enough and am experienced
25:05enough.
25:06I could use an impact on nearly every aspect of the car.
25:09But these guys, I don't want them doing that because that's how you can break things.
25:12All right, Dylan.
25:17Couldn't have done it without you.
25:19Thanks, buddy.
25:20No problem.
25:21All right.
25:22I'm going to move on to the front and I think that's a piece I can handle by myself.
25:26Okay.
25:27All right.
25:28Thank you, brother.
25:29Yep.
25:30All right.
25:31Our fuel tank is in.
25:32We're ready to move to the front of the car and get the filter and the regulator in place.
25:42In this episode of Tony's Tech Tips, we're going to talk about tires.
25:51These two funny looking small tires in front of us are space savers.
25:55Okay.
25:56So I want to see if you've been paying attention.
25:57Okay.
25:58Show me what you learned from this wheel on the one in front of you.
26:00Okay.
26:01So I learned that there's a K29 that's right next to the valve stem.
26:04And what does that mean?
26:05That means it was made at the Kelsey Hayes plant, the number two plant in 1969.
26:10Very good.
26:11What month was it made?
26:12This one says seven, so that would be July.
26:15That's correct.
26:16So we know July of 1969 already.
26:18And what day of the month?
26:19There's a one stamp, so I would imagine that'd be the first.
26:22Correct.
26:23How wide is this room?
26:24This says 5.5, so imagine a five and a half inch tire.
26:27Right.
26:28And that's what all the space savers were, five and a half inches.
26:30Mm-hmm.
26:31And what about the center part of them?
26:32The center part, there's the K29 right here, just like on the other one.
26:37So Kelsey Hayes, second plant, 1969.
26:40Yep.
26:41And then it has the same kind of hole that we're not really sure why.
26:44Right, but that small sixth hole.
26:46Mm-hmm.
26:47But it lines up directly across from the valve stem.
26:50Mm-hmm.
26:51One thing I noticed is this one doesn't have a white stamp.
26:52I don't see a white mark.
26:53This has been restored.
26:54Oh, gotcha.
26:55Somebody painted, that's why this is all nice and fresh paint, and this is 60-year-old paint.
26:58Gotcha.
26:59There's something else I didn't cover yet.
27:01We already discussed it's a BF Goodrich tire, but we didn't go into the size of it.
27:05Now, you have an earlier rim in front of you.
27:07Mm-hmm.
27:08It was made in July of 69.
27:09Mine was made the end of October, October 23rd, 69.
27:13Your tire size is a 775-14.
27:17That's a different format that was used than the later tires, which is, in this case, an F78-14.
27:25Early in the model year, they started off with this type format, 775-14.
27:30Mm-hmm.
27:31Later on, we're guessing sometime around December and January, you started finding these in
27:37the cars more.
27:38Now, obviously, this wheel was produced at the end of October.
27:41By the time it got made and shipped to the plant and installed in the cars, it may not
27:45have been until December, but we do know for sure that all the AARs and TAs that always
27:50had these, because they always had 15-inch wheels on them, always had the later type
27:54format, the F78-14.
27:55Do you think you understand everything we covered?
27:57I was going to ask about this.
27:59I haven't seen one of these before.
28:01Good question.
28:02That's original, believe it or not.
28:03It's white, and it has a little Schrader tool on the end of it.
28:07They're only found on Space Saver tires.
28:09Don't know why, but that's just the way it was.
28:13Yeah, could you maybe show me how to inflate one of these?
28:16You don't want to inflate it.
28:17Oh.
28:18Do you know why?
28:19No.
28:20You'd be ruining the value of it, and the value is pretty high on these.
28:24Really?
28:25Like $2,000?
28:27That is quite high.
28:28Right.
28:29This is another few hundred.
28:30This is all original stuff that's really rare, because most of these were thrown out.
28:34I mean, who really wants this in their trunk?
28:37You know, if you're driving, you're on the side of the road, then you have to worry about
28:40a bottle.
28:41So throughout the years, most people just got rid of them.
28:43They're very difficult to find today, and very desirable to find in this condition.
28:48This still has a value, but this is cream of the crop, being that it hasn't been inflated.
28:53I'm sorry I asked.
28:55No, it's a good question.
28:57But that's something we're not going to demonstrate, and I don't think anybody will.
29:00Well, I'm very glad that I now know that.
29:03Thank you for not inflating it.
29:04That would have been $2,000 that Mark would have...
29:07Flipped out over.
29:08Yeah.
29:09That's everything you need to know about these Space Saver tires.
29:12Now you know what to look for for the correct one for your car.
29:16And thanks for watching Tony's Tech Tips.
29:30Still to come.
29:31This is a filter with a regulator.
29:34So it was a military design to begin with.
29:36Wow, I wonder if the manufacturer ever put a Hellcat in one of these, if it wouldn't look just like that.
29:41We'll be ready to plumb this to the engine pretty soon and fire this thing up.
29:45Are you ready then?
29:46I'm ready.
29:47I didn't want to work with Doug.
29:48I kind of had no way.
29:49It was a lack of alternative.
29:51Whoop-tah!
29:52You see what I go through?
29:57Okay, so I'm getting ready to install this little guy.
30:03This is a filter with a regulator.
30:06And I built this little piece with all the parts supplied from the Pro Touring Store.
30:10I really like these AN fittings, which stands for Army Navy, by the way.
30:15They make putting these things together an absolute breeze.
30:18They take one off and show you.
30:20So it was a military design to begin with.
30:23And it really makes connecting lines together easy.
30:30As I had mentioned, it's Dale Schwartz at Pro Touring.
30:33They're able to send us everything, the connections, the clamps, everything but the fuel lines.
30:39I'm sure if we wanted those, they'd send those too.
30:41But when they send us out a system like what you see him putting in now, we adapt our OEM mentality to it.
30:47Obviously, there wasn't a fuel filter and a return on a factory car.
30:51But Brian put thread setters in the frame rail so he could use a bolt and not have to worry about something on the backside of it.
30:58That's exactly the way the factory would do it.
31:00So it's a serviceable part.
31:02And you have to have all the things clicking together to be able to turn one out that's this sanitary.
31:07To look at it and say, wow, I wonder if the manufacturer ever put a Hellcat in one of these if it wouldn't look just like that.
31:13That's our goal. That's our objective.
31:15And I think we're achieving it every time.
31:17So all I have left to do now is get my fuel lines into the car.
31:23And then, of course, I'll have to make all the connections and tighten up all the fittings and make sure everything's ready to go for fuel to deliver through it.
31:30But next step is getting those hard lines into the car.
31:33I'm going to start with a 3 1⁄8 inch fuel line, which is basically how we deliver the fuel from our fuel tank to our engine.
31:42So I'm going to start by working this way through this cross member.
31:52And then I've got nothing to hold up the back end of this line right now, so I'm just going to tape it in place for right now.
32:03OK, that's approximately where that's going to bolt in.
32:08So now we're going to go ahead and get the second fuel line.
32:12This is called a return line.
32:13This is a 1⁄4 inch, so it's a little less than half the size of the other one.
32:17And if there's any excess fuel in the system while the engine's running, the regulator will shoot that fuel back to the fuel tank through this line.
32:25And it wants to lay right next to the other one here.
32:28So we'll tape it into place real quick as well.
32:31Just like having an extra set of hands in the back.
32:35Now I can go ahead and start putting some clamps in place.
32:38I went ahead and marked the lines when I pre-fit these lines a while back so that I can remember exactly where to put my clamps.
32:45So hopefully that'll work out well today.
32:47Let's find out.
32:52I've got one starter in the front.
32:54I want to get one in the back so that each end is supported right now.
33:01The inline tube also provides us with all of the block-offs.
33:06Let's see, the disc brake proportioning valve, the hold-off valves, the downstream valves.
33:10All these different valves that these systems require, they make them, brand new ones.
33:14In the old days, we used to clean up, rebuild, reseal, and then lather, rinse, and repeat that five times trying to find one that didn't leak.
33:21These are really a good system that they make.
33:24So again, order everything you can from them because it's going to be new and it's going to be rough because of the original.
33:29Now I'm going to come back up here and put another clamp in on the front side.
33:33All right, so now I just, I need to lower the car down to get this last clamp in place.
33:45I need to bring it down about a foot or so.
33:47So now we've got our lines in place.
33:53All I have left to do is make the final connections on both ends.
33:57So I'll connect the rubber hoses to AN fittings we talked about.
34:00Make sure everything's tight, double check everything, and we'll be ready to plumb this to the engine pretty soon and fire this thing up.
34:06Once Brian had wrapped up the fuel system on the car and it was really ready to go to the next stage, the next stage is installing the drivetrain.
34:23Installing the Hellcat, the six speed, the Dana rear end.
34:26Now for that, I wanted to work with Doug.
34:28I didn't want to work with Doug.
34:29I kind of had no, it was a lack of alternatives.
34:32I love Doug, but you know he's goofy.
34:35Are you ready then?
34:39I'm ready.
34:40Okay, we're going to go in.
34:41Let's do it.
34:42Now we have already fit this once or twice, right, Douglas?
34:46Here's my hole.
34:47I draw an imaginary line down.
34:49Let's come back a little bit.
34:51Maybe in that range.
34:53I kind of like, that's a good starting point.
34:56All right, here we go.
34:58Now the lift, the platform lift that you see us using, it's an OTC.
35:02It's a good piece of equipment.
35:04I think it has a 2,500 pound capacity.
35:07We're using it a lot around here, especially on the drivetrains now.
35:10You've seen us use forklifts in the past, which we've done too.
35:14There's, every application is different.
35:16But in this case, your tolerances are so tight, so tight, between the valve covers and the headers and the body itself, that you can't afford to have a little teetering from a forklift, a little bit of sway in the fork.
35:29So with this lift, we're able to lock it down.
35:32We can change the pitch of it if we need to, which is very important too.
35:35But it keeps us from being able to move around and bump into the aprons.
35:39We don't want to have to repaint the inside of an engine compartment because of a mistake.
35:43So that's why you see us using that.
35:46Boy, that's close.
35:47Now, I believe that this engine has to go up a ways, over to the left, up and back over to the right.
35:55Is that true?
35:56Yes.
35:57Okay.
35:58So we've got to go past where we want it right now.
36:00Right there?
36:01Right there.
36:09Back a little?
36:10To the passenger side?
36:12Just a little, yeah.
36:13Okay.
36:14Okay.
36:15As I mentioned just a little bit ago, these are a very tight fit.
36:27So there's very small movements that we're doing.
36:29May not look like much on camera when you guys are watching at home.
36:32But a little nudge here or a little crank there of the pitch makes all the difference.
36:37And it's a matter of that little crank here, pivot there, roll, adjust.
36:42As you walk it in there, you've got TTI headers, which are beautiful, but they sure want to interfere with things.
36:49You have your Magnum Force front suspension that you have to worry about.
36:52There's a lot of pieces that have to line up.
36:55However, when you do finally have it lined up in that perfect position, it should go in without damaging anything.
37:02It's just that a lot of times you have to slide it over to one side or the other, go up, slide it over, back up.
37:07Kind of like you're weaseling it into position.
37:11Again, our goal is this hole here and this hole here.
37:15So I don't know how lined up they look there, but...
37:18Close.
37:19To me, they're close.
37:20Yep.
37:21They're getting there.
37:22Okay, I'm very, very close right there.
37:32A gnat's rectum.
37:33Is that what they call it?
37:34A gnat's rectum?
37:35A gnat?
37:36A gnat is a real tiny little insect.
37:38Yeah.
37:39So you assume its rectum is even smaller.
37:41I've never even thought about something like that more.
37:44Okay, this side needs to go back some.
37:45So does this side.
37:47Okay, so straight back?
37:48Yeah.
37:52Okay.
37:59I gotta come back a hair here.
38:01If you want, we can go ahead and peg this one.
38:04Okay.
38:06There it is, right there.
38:07Got it.
38:08Just about.
38:12Okay.
38:13Here's our K-member bolts.
38:15We're still using factory K-member bolts.
38:17Why'd you get an old one?
38:19We get brand new ones.
38:20Why is this an old one?
38:21That's beautiful.
38:22Well, it's got pitting in it.
38:25It does not.
38:26I don't understand the mentality here.
38:28If we have everything new in stock, why not go in there and get one of the brand new AMK National K-member bolts?
38:34It's a replica of the original.
38:36It's got the black phosphate on.
38:37It's a beautiful thing.
38:38If this was a Hemikuda that we just finished, the white one with the blue top on it, we did use a lot of original fasteners and replated them.
38:44That's just for nostalgia purposes and bragging rights.
38:47But a 71 Challenger never left the factory with a 707 horsepower Hellcat engine.
38:52The point is, they were laying right in front of him and that's why he grabbed them.
38:56Okay.
38:57You got that?
38:58I got the front one.
38:59I got the front one.
39:00Okay.
39:01Okay.
39:02Is there a break in the record?
39:04Is there a scratch?
39:05Go to the back and take the butt end towards the passenger side.
39:09I'll see if I can get this lined up.
39:16I need to get a pogo mark.
39:21Okay.
39:22And raise up the back a little.
39:24And I got my front one in, Douglas.
39:27Oh, nice work.
39:28Yep.
39:29I got her.
39:30Okay.
39:31I need a little bit more to the back.
39:38Fantastic.
39:39Fantastic.
39:40Fantastic.
39:41Fantastic.
39:42Okay.
39:43Sweet.
39:45Well, we got the drive train in without damaging anything around it.
39:52That's awesome.
39:53The most technical and hard part of the job where you really can do the most damage and
39:58go backwards is complete and happy to report.
40:01Came out great.
40:02That one's up.
40:05Now, are we going down with this thing?
40:07Yeah.
40:08We're going down in an elevator.
40:09Name of the band.
40:10Push on the other side.
40:11I am going to.
40:12I still have one foot.
40:13Well, I don't know what you're going to do.
40:14I don't have two feet.
40:15I have one foot.
40:16Well, I'm going to rock it.
40:17I never know what you're going to do.
40:18I'm going to rock it.
40:19Well, you're rocking it.
40:20Okay.
40:21I don't know what your problem is, sir.
40:23I just get nervous.
40:24Yeah.
40:25Well, don't we all?
40:26So the next thing we're going to do is connect the upper control arms to the lower control
40:32arms, which are via the spindle.
40:36So this is the spindle.
40:38And the hole right here is what accepts the upper control arm ball joint.
40:45One thing to point out here is the size of the lower control arms on the Magnum Force
40:49suspension and the upper control arms, which have a ton of adjustment.
40:52So normally you get like a half a degree of caster out of these things.
40:56A caster is what makes your steering wheel correct when you let go of it.
40:59Going down the road, go through a corner, you let go of it, how quickly it corrects and how the car handles.
41:04With his adjustable upper control arms, we can get as much as five degrees of positive caster.
41:09You wouldn't want that.
41:10But you can certainly do what we do, which is get two and a half to three degrees of positive caster on every one of these.
41:16And you would be surprised how these cars handle and track when you set it up like that.
41:20So we're going to raise the lower control arm and spindle up into place to go on that stud right there.
41:31How are we looking?
41:32Getting there.
41:33Okay.
41:34Slowly, slowly.
41:37Okay.
41:38Looking good.
41:42Got it, Alice?
41:44Alice?
41:45Flism, flasm, flisu.
41:47What does that mean?
41:48Flism, flasm, flisu?
41:50Yeah.
41:51I don't know.
41:52What does air mean?
41:53Air?
41:54What does water mean?
41:55Why is the sky blue?
41:56Why is water wet?
41:59I don't know what it means.
42:01Crazy people rarely know what they say.
42:03Okay.
42:04Okay.
42:05We got that connected.
42:06All right.
42:07Let's go over here and connect this one.
42:10We're pretty much done with all of the front suspension.
42:13Brian did a great job putting the rear suspension in it.
42:16So from here, we can just finish plumbing the car and assembling it.
42:19Okay.
42:20Okay.
42:21We did it.
42:22What do we got left?
42:23Just tighten them down?
42:24I already did it.
42:26Already tight?
42:27Yeah.
42:28All right, guys.
42:29Nobody was expecting us to finish the car in this episode.
42:31No, this is a two part.
42:32We've only done it a couple of times.
42:33So the next time you see this car, next week, you're going to see one of the most magnificent
42:39cars we have ever done come to full life.
42:43707 horsepower, Elk crate engine, six speed Tremec transmission, EV2 Hemi orange, V6K fluorescent orange stripes, and houndstooth orange and black interior.
42:58You'll never see another one like it.
43:00I promise.
43:01Stay tuned next week.
43:02Season finale.
43:03Looks good.
43:04Got the engine and transmission in it.
43:06I would button this up by saying flizm, flosm, whoop-tah!
43:13You see what I go through?
43:15I say, just say flizoo.
43:16It's that simple.
43:17Just say flizoo.
43:18But he doesn't say flizoo.
43:19He says that too.
43:20What did he just say?
43:21Why would you say that?
43:23Just looking at him.
43:24Cut!
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