1931 Dodge Hot Rod - DH6 Street Rod, BBC

Drivetrain:

Engine:

Rebuilt 396ci BBC bored to 402ci

Rebuilt Rectangular port heads with roller rockers & roller cam, ball milled chromed aluminum tall valve covers and chromed aluminum breathers

Edelbrock Victor Ram 2-R Intake with rebuilt dual Holley 660cfm Center Squirt Carburetors with Carb spacer plates – Carbs were ported/polished and rebuilt.

Brand new clutch, flywheel, and slave cylinder (stainless braided line)

Brand new Wilwood master cylinder and pedal assembly

Brand new - Chrome alternator, distributor, coil, spark plus wires, water pump, chrome air cleaners, air filters, GM Mini starter, etc.

Brand new, custom-built copper radiator – 4-core; and Brand new Zirgo electric fan, Brand-new Aluminum Catch canister

Brand new remote mounted chrome high-flow fuel filter, high flow chrome fuel pump, Stainless steel hard-bent fuel lines, Edelbrock aluminum fuel splitter

Hooker Headers – Ceramic-Coated inside and out, Stainless Steel 2.5” exhaust tubing, Stainless steel V-Band clamps, Stainless steel Porter mufflers – 2.5” from collector back, dual exhaust

Transmission:

Rebuilt Muncie M-21 4-spd, 26-spline input, 32-spline output, (1970-1974, casting #3925661) with Hall Effect Speedometer component added

Hurst shifter and shifter assembly

Balanced driveshaft with Spicer U-Joints

Rear:

Rebuilt Ford 9” ‘big-brake’ rear, 3.31:1 gear ratio – Disc brake Conversion with rear parking brakes

Brakes/Wheels:

Pedal/Masters:

Brand new Wilwood 5.1:1 Pedal/Master Cylinder assembly – one master cylinder for front and one master cylinder for rear brakes

Stainless braided lines for connecting areas from hard lines to calipers and for rear movement (5 lines total)

Brakes:

Front Disc Brakes

Brand new rotors and material, replacement calipers, stainless braided lines

Rear Disc Brakes

Brand new Currie rotors and other material, replacement calipers, stainless braided lines

Lokar Parking brake assembly

Wheels/Tires:

Stock original 1931 Dodge DH6 wheels powdercoated black

Original, hard-to-find ‘DB’ hubcaps

Firestone 550/600 whitewall tires

Chassis/Suspension/Steering:

Stock frame – boxed and smoothed with new steel added for strength and adaptability. Rear frame was chopped to achieve the frame drop, front frame has suicide spring perch. All mounts and steel is all brand new.

Rear:

Adjustable Pro-Comp coilover shocks and 3-link with heim joints throughout

Front Axle:

Smoothed stock axle with brand new friction shocks and Teflon shock material. Brand new leaf spring is powdercoated and setup in transverse-leaf style and works excellent

Rebuilt reversed Corvair steering box, brand new knuckles and u-joints, brand new heim joints, brand new steering bars (powdercoated), etc.

Brand new, chrome steering column with GM electrical connection – turn signals, hazards, etc.

Paint/Body:

Paint color is Passion Red (2-stage), a GM color, and is carried throughout the entire body, grille shell, headlights, and engine (engine is single stage).

All metal painted parts have been sandblasted, epoxy primered (3 coats), primered (3 coats), painted (3 coats), and cleared (6 coats).

Frame and engine are single stage though and have 3 coats each.

Body has been chopped 4” and channeled 7”; grille has been sectioned 8”

Undercarriage is rhino-lined over epoxy primer to prevent rusting of any kind and deaden road noise

Interior insulation is sprayed in over epoxy primer to prevent rust and deaden road noise

Firewall is new sheet metal to give the clean, flat appearance. Cowl vents are non-functional but are removable as access points for master cylinders and battery if needed. Floor is brand new sheet metal and steel frame.

Maple Wood on perimeter of top – stained in a cherry stain and polyurethane.

Misc. other:

Electrical

Battery – New Optima red-top, purchased July2015, installed Nov2015.

American Autowire wiring harness kit

Key start, turn signals, hazards, headlights, hard-wired battery maintainer connection, battery shutoff connector, stereo

RetroSound Stereo, Speakers, and iPod/iPhone aux connection

Ooogah Horn

Interior

RetroSound Stereo with iPod/iPhone aux connection

Two 6x9 Speakers

Autometer Gauges

3-1/8” – Speedometer (Hall effect electronic) and Tachometer

2-1/16” – Fuel Level, Oil Pressure, Voltage, Water Temperature

Chrome steering column, chrome steering wheel, chrome horn button

All door handles/window cranks have been meticulously re-chromed, all windshield components have been meticulously re-chromed as well, and windshield frame is brand new.

Custom door panels, seats, shifter/parking brake covers, and interior panels – all soft vinyl (look/feels like leather).

Custom trimmed Carpet throughout

Front seat buckets are custom ‘bomber-style’ seats with a twist. They are also painted in the same passion red color as the body. Front belts are aircraft style (stainless), rear belts are standard style

Brand new glass in front windows, rear glass, rear side windows. There are no windows in rear doors (have Plexi-glass pop-out partial windows though), front windshield is Lexan.

Exterior

Door handles have been meticulously re-chromed

Flip out windshield, chrome windshield frame, hinge, and hardware

Beautifully chromed hood/grille ornament

ISSUES: Obviously no vehicle is ever perfect – here are the small issues that exist with the car

Inner door sills rub between lower inside door and door sills causing small blemishes to paint. Pictures of this can be provided, but the imperfection is small and does not affect form/fit

Lexan Windshield has very minor scratches which need to be buffed out