There seems to be some discoloration on the front floor, must come from the camera flash as it is not visible on the car. The shifter linkage is only partly installed. The insulation pieces come from a kit with no instruction manual so it took some trying and guessing to line up the mounting holes and fit all pieces correctly.
News on the enginefront. The bigblock is coming together fine, a little bit of headwork was necessary to accomodate the thicker pushrods. The heads will be painted in hemiorange as well.
Special spacers between the aluminum roller tip rocker arms had to be crafted to keep the rockers lined up correctly.
After I don't know how long, the 'Cuda is standing on its own feet again. (I think the wheels came off sometime around may last year.) Both axles are now in place, I guess you could call it a rolling chassis, even though some of the sheetmetal is still at large. The preliminary wheels mounted at the moment are the orignial 14 inch Magnums the car was delivered with back in 1970. Wouldn't look too bad actually, if they only had some fat rubber on them and not the skinny tires they are wearing. The new fuel line is in place as well.
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Installing the gas line was more of a challenge. It comes in one prebent piece but had to be massaged a little to fit well.
I started assembling the rear axle. First things first, the renovated leaf springs are bolted to the forward mounting position. These springs are among the parts I would not have restrored a second time. It would have cost just as much or even less to buy new ones...
It's kind of a pain to tighten the screws behind the torque plate
