74 Cuda resto Mod/Pro Touring Build.

[kjwalters]

About a moth ago I had the opportunity to trade one of my welders for a Milling machine. I jumped at it, and went over it, converted it from 3 phase to 2 phase and added some extras I knew I would need. Well, today I spent the day machining some parts for the Cuda I was going to need for the custom console I am making; mainly the heater/Ac control panel, and also the front bezel for the Tablet/stereo I will be using. Here are a few shots. Tomorrow my buddy and myself will have about 5 hours to work on getting some other things done, so I will post more pics as soon as I have them.

[73440]

That's some nice work you have done with that nice Bridgeport !

[kjwalters]

More progress on the Cuda today. Man tomes flys when your working in the shop. Juan and I went in at 8am and 1pm came so fast we hardly got done anything we wanted to. But we did get some of the trim put on the car and also finished the amp and rear speaker install. All the wiring is done for the tablet/stereo now just have to hook up the power.

[Cudakiller70]

Nice! That's almost like cheating, I have a drill and a grinder. CNC milling machine for a welding machine, must of been a very nice weld machine....  Looks like you already know what your doing, very nice pieces. Great build too.

[kjwalters]

Nice! That's almost like cheating, I have a drill and a grinder. CNC milling machine for a welding machine, must of been a very nice weld machine....  Looks like you already know what your doing, very nice pieces. Great build too.

Thanks, but it is not a cnc it's a manual mill. So I have to do a little more work. One day I will have me a cnc lol.

[Cuda70-74]

Your project coming along nicely

[Cuda Cody]

Nice progress.     Keep up the good work.

[RUNCHARGER]

Great stuff, a milling machine would sure be fun.

[Chryco Psycho]

Good tools are awesome to have access to , cannot wait to see the results with the custom console & stereo face plate in place

[kjwalters]

Well, I finally got around to putting on the new wheels. Honestly, this is one of the things I look forward to most. There's just something about seeing your vision start to take shape before your eyes. 
The wheels look pretty amazing, exactly like I wanted. You cant fit another centimeter in the wheel wells they fit like a glove. I still would never use Bonspeed wheels again, but at least all the aggravation and crap I had to deal with turned out.  Here are a few pics.

[kjwalters]

More pics to come....stay tuned.

[thedodgeboys]

Some great details going on in this thread.

[kjwalters]

One of the more challenging things about this build is the center console. The dashes in these E-bodies are strange how the merge from metal to plastic. Things are not centered like you might think; This makes fabricating a console rather difficult, especially if you want to keep the original dash shape intact. Yeah I could have just cut up the dash and made life easier, but thats not what I wanted. The last couple days I have been working on the new console which will house the Tablet information center, the Ac/Heat controls and the front and rear air vents and window controls. Still got allot of work to do, but it's coming along. I will have some more pics in Monday or Tuesday.

[74CudaChief]

Who makes the conversion kit for the electric rear windows?

[kjwalters]

Who makes the conversion kit for the electric rear windows?

It's a universal kit you can get from AutoLoc.  It's the one with the long geared leads. These motors fit perfectly under the original interior panels if you mount them as I did. I will post some better pics in a couple days. These work excellent, however I totally rebuilt my window mechanisms, thoroughly cleaned the tracks and all re greased them.
Here is a pic of kit and parts.  The kit is cheap and has everything you need to get it up and running.