https://picasaweb.google.com/1088934...52224388626866


https://picasaweb.google.com/1088934...46400412973154


complete folders here for the 2 cars below. (the 1992 is all original except for the battery, and the 86 is the same except for the tires & battery). The 1992 has 18,000 miles and the 1986 has 59,000.


https://picasaweb.google.com/108893441414928105702/1992DaytonaIROCRT5200618000OriginalMiles#

https://picasaweb.google.com/108893441414928105702/86DodgeDaytonaTurboI#

 

Sat like this since November.......

Now I've got this sitting in the engine bay. Trust me it doesn't just look mean.

 

2 low mile Daytonas




https://picasaweb.google.com/108893441414928105702/1992DaytonaIROCRT5200618000OriginalMiles#

https://picasaweb.google.com/108893441414928105702/86DodgeDaytonaTurboI#

 

Couple more of my favorite toy.
Built 3.0 V6, A543 swap.
She's at 211k and just getting started.

 

Oh that is just sexy

 

Thanks,
It's a ton of fun. Gets a lot of looks on the street and at the shows.

 

Here's Bertha.

This is bertha

 

Been working on my latest addition, 1994 Plymouth Acclaim 2.5L/Auto (well was). This is the day I brought her home:


After screwing with the 4 cylinder for a couple months trying to sort cooling issues, I decided my van's old motor would be a better fit, so I set to work swapping wiring, refinishing engine bay, and throwing new gaskets/fresh paint on the engine:

Swapping wiring harnesses under hood.


Requires pulling wiring from behind the dash.


Which leads you to this.


Finally get it back together.


Wiring all in.


Engine Out.




Needed some color in my life.



Shiny new engine.


Dropping her in.


Trans bolted up.


Everything mounted.

This madness leads to more madness as we decide to go full custom outside as well:


So I laid down a base on the spare hood/fender I had.





Then my paint crew set to work making it "out of this world".




Then I added clear, installed them, and did some work on one of the SRT4 wheels I picked up.

Now it's 2 months later and she's back on jackstands as I've been trying to figure a limp mode issue, only to find the trans was junk from the start leading to most of my issues. Now I have a donor sitting in the driveway and I've started tearing into it again:

Donor


Taking things back apart.

Hoping to have her going in the next couple weeks. Once she's on the road I'll be refinishing the other 3 wheels, doing the rest of the body work, and shooting the rest of the car this color:

 

Left: 1986 LeBaron 2.2. Right: 1988 Aries 2.5 LE. Both near showroom and less than $800 wrapped up in both of them. Call me crazy but I like the aries a LOT better.