It's HEMI time !!! Compliments of NJSteve

[njsteve]

2 4 7 24 27 42.

I had those numbers in a dream in 1994. Haven't worked for me yet, maybe they'll work for you guys.

[KevinW]

Steve, If your Hemi is going back to the 70s (ala Christine!), then you need a blue hood

Congrats on the find!

[njsteve]

It will also need the "Rat Roaster" intake, too, with the carbs sticking through the hacksawed holes in the original hood!

[scuncio]

Wow! Even weirder than the time when I had just boarded a plane in Phoenix and my ex-girlfriend sat down in the seat next to me! That was a quiet flight. I guess you have the good kind of Karma....

[Mr70]

Don't ever have that horseshoe removed from your a-- Steve.

[DarrenX33]

That's really up there..

[njsteve]

I spent the past few days cleaning the old rims. They are not in the best of shape, they are rather "patina-fied" as most Cragars are. Since I can't seem to find anyone that will rechrome them, I figured I'll just run them as is. I used a lot of Simichrome and cleaned up the chrome (where I could find it) as much as possible and then masked off the center lug nut areas and sprayed them flat black. Works for me. So I guess I am returning her to her "Rat Rod" beginnings.

Here's the extent of the masking and spraying. Not too high-tech:



Oh, in case anyone is wondering: The original 1970 vintage center cap is on the right. Note the heavier design and thicker walls. The cap on the left is the later 1970/80s cap (made in Taiwan -it figures)...





The other way to tell the old style from the new is that the old style has a slightly thicker font to the letters and no circled "R" trademark under the name. THere is also a noticeable difference to the background "wrinkled" area.





The finished set: