The red on red 1970 Cuda project

[cudamadd]

Fantastic video great car thank you 

[anlauto]

So the car is "finished"    Yea...right, they're never finished 

[YellowThumper]

Thanks for posting up the vids.
Built yourself a solid one for the driving pleasure.
Any specific outing plans for it next summer?

[Wayne]

So the car is "finished"    Yea...right, they're never finished 

oh thats for sure...I already ordered the Dapper oe look led lights on black friday, probably wait and install those in spring though.  I want to put a stereo in the car, I have new door panels I bought from Cody a year ago waiting to go in, I put a nice scratch on the header panel last spring which I want to fix and its a painful reminder of a bad day lol and more little things....def. never done

Thanks for posting up the vids.
Built yourself a solid one for the driving pleasure.
Any specific outing plans for it next summer?

I plan to do a few of the Detroit Region auto X events next year.  I have ran that series in the past with newer cars....so that is a goal to do with this car.  There are a couple of smaller road courses within 20 min. of me that I have been on before and would love to get the car on as well, just for fun.  But thats a much bigger risk as well....we'll see how things go. I have concerns about oil starvation with extended high rpm driving....could always add a oil accumulator but we'll see.   

Thought it would be fun to drive across the state to some events / show like the https://gilmorecarmuseum.org/events/mopars-at-the-red-barns-2
but my car is def. not a show car and I hate people picking it apart...the body is a 10ft er for sure. But it would be fun to drive and video all that I thought. 

Would like to get to the Holley Moparty event too....although the last couple years it has always landed on a weekend my son has a big sporting event so hasn't worked out.  Would be fun to drive the car to that and again video it all...but a little nervous about road tripping that far to be honest.  I don't have a trailer either so hauling the car anywhere is not a option at the moment.   

[Ebody Edgar]

Nice car, excellent craftsmanship, great attention to the details.
I would like to know the sizes of the rims/tires and make tires.
I am not interested in watching your video to try to find the answer.
It is alleged I have been to the road course more than several times. A 4 square tire set up allows the car to rotate thru the radius of the turn effectively & the car drives/rides better on 4 square.  I'm fine with your choices just sharing lot's of experience. If you do track the car an accusump will prevent push-rod cup wear and valve spring fatiguing then fracturing.  The rocker arm oiling is is 1st place that looses oil when the gauge heads towards zero in the turns under heavy braking. I found out the hard way.

[Wayne]

Nice car, excellent craftsmanship, great attention to the details.
I would like to know the sizes of the rims/tires and make tires.
I am not interested in watching your video to try to find the answer.
It is alleged I have been to the road course more than several times. A 4 square tire set up allows the car to rotate thru the radius of the turn effectively & the car drives/rides better on 4 square.  I'm fine with your choices just sharing lot's of experience. If you do track the car an accusump will prevent push-rod cup wear and valve spring fatiguing then fracturing.  The rocker arm oiling is is 1st place that looses oil when the gauge heads towards zero in the turns under heavy braking. I found out the hard way.

Thanks I appreciate it! 

Front is 18 x 9.5 with 275 35 18
Rear is 18 x 11 with 295 40 18

I know a lot of auto x guys try and run a square set up.  I thought I would be better off with more tire in the rear for traction but honestly the car is not built solely for the track.  I am ok if its not optimized for the track but I hope to dial it in to where its very good on track. 

I will have to think where I could put a accusump where its out of the way.  I really don't want right right in the middle of the engine bay.  trying to keep the engine bay very clean/simple.
i appreciate the feedback. 

[Ebody Edgar]

Autocross/drag racing is child's-play...road course separates the men from the boys.
Nothing like a bad ass V8 howling at the moon like a wolf for minutes not seconds

[Wayne]

The car is stored and now I have time to think about a few small projects this winter. 
A year ago I was able to score a set of Metro Red door panels for my car from Cuda Cody...just happened to be on FB right when he posted and I was first to respond.  Feel really fortunate on this one.  I haven't even opened the box until now as I had plenty of other projects this past year. 

They look so nice!  I made a comparison video of these compared to the ones that were in the car.  There were original door panels but not for this car as they were died.  I always thought they were too dark and you can really see the difference of these vs the new ones. 

I am going to try and die the front kick panels to match....thankfully legendary had a set of red armrests...last set and shipped me those.  So that's what I will be working on the next few weeks. 

Getting the interior looking better!

[anlauto]

Great Video Wayne....The black panels are likely newer, that's why they have less clips along the bottom.
For red paint, I would try Herbs Paints 

[Wayne]

Thanks Al I appreciate it.   Have a can of Herbs that I tried on the covers fir my Sun visors but it was more orange. 

When I was talking to legendary last week he said he had 1 set of red armrests in stock .... So I jumped on that.   They came in today and I couldn't believe how far off they are from my door panels.   This is so frustrating.  I have tried all 3 shades from sem and the one from herbs... I can't get a great match to these panels. 

Have to think about this one...,

[anlauto]

These cars were never "All one shade" of red from the factory....vinyl would be different from plastic, from metal etc....but that really sucks that it so far off...maybe have it custom mixed and put into a spray bomb ?

[Wayne]

My doors didn't have the moisture barrier on them....was going to just install some 6 mil film but saw that Dynamat has a custom door kit for E-bodies and thought I would give that a try.  Have always wanted to try / use their product.  Being custom cut really saved on installation time.  I had to make a small adjustment for my crank arm in the Dynamat but it was easy to trim.  Everything else lined up great.  It comes with material strips for the outer skin too.  Being winter I have driven the car yet but just opening and closing the door and banging on the inner door it sounds so solid now.  Really impressed. 

Made another video reviewing the product and of the installation.

[anlauto]

Another good video Wayne, but I do have a couple of comments this time....

First, there are reproduction vapor barriers available through Performance Car Graphics, and have been available for years: https://www.performancecargraphics.com/Door_Stuff/Moisture_Barrier.htm

Secondly, not sure if you addressed in the video, but the reason you had to trim the window crank hole, is because you bought the "challenger" set, as per your picture of the website at the beginning, and Challenger and Cudas have different window crank locations.

[Wayne]

Hey Alan glad you enjoyed it.  I did a search for the vapor barrier and nothing came up for me.... I hate making errors in my videos.  I certainly don't claim to be an expert.  I will as a note to the video description. The Dynamat only has one kit though for the ebodies. 

[anlauto]

Please don't take it as criticism, more as "fact checking"   There's so much incorrect information on people's YouTube videos, that you would hate to be steering people in the wrong direction....
I went on Dynamat's website just now and although the door kit is not "really" mislabeled, it does say it's for a Challenger E Body, and doesn't mention Cuda, Interestingly enough, the rear parcel shelf is labeled Challenger/Cuda E Body, which would be wrong because they have two different shapes
https://www.dynamatstore.com/index.php?l=product_list&c=9

The idea of the kits is great, I do wonder how it prices out per sq/ft against their bulk kits