Doug's 65 Cyclone build

[Rootsy]

Looks awesome!

[Boss/Cyclone]

Looks better than new! Nice work.

[Lou's Comet]

Looks GREAT! Doug.

The Camber Mod is one of the things I regret not doing to mine.

The Brakes and front suspension look awesome, what wheels are you going to run? The reason I ask is I have the same brakes and I have 15x6 Cragars for the front and the spokes hit/rub the calipers. Needed to space the wheel about a 1/8" so it would spin. Going to look at the brake install again to make sure I didn't do anything wrong but looks like I may need to run some spacers.

Your car is coming along great, going to be really cool to get it on the ground with some wheels on it!

Lou

[Jims65cyclone]

That shore is purdy, Doug! The bottom looks as good as the top!

Jim

[DesertRat]

Lou, I used the CSRP kit for my brakes. I am thinking of using Cragar wheels but haven't made the decision yet. I have a cad program I use to choose the wheel size and backspace for selecting wheels. It worked well for me on my Barracuda. The strange thing is that CSRP says their kit works with the stock 14" wheels. I think the key is getting wheels with the correct backspace, some vendors you can specify the dimension you want. I had the rear wheels for my Barracuda custom built as it was the only way I could get the width and backspace that would fit with my tire size choice.

[SASSY]

Hey Rat CSRP may be using a Kelsey/Hayes style caliper and rotor like mine and yours look the same. I run 14x6 wheels and Granadas also had 14" wheels stock.

[Rootsy]

CSRP states that you have to use a 15” rim with their brakes depending on which swap you are doing. I did the 2.3 so 15” for me.

[DesertRat]

Yeah my kit is the .1 bought 3 years ago while I was doing demolition on the car.

[DesertRat]

My car is a roller again! I put the tires that came with the car on it to weight the suspension.

[Jims65cyclone]

Looking really good, Doug!

Jim

[DesertRat]

I set the car down off the rotisserie. I ran the front hard lines, had to buy a new front distribution block as I could not fine the original on my bag&tag collection. I decided to mock up the MC and connect all the lines so it was done. Gas tank install and brake/fuel line connections in rear of car are next for me.

[Joe Travers]

Clean work, Doug

Better than original, for sure.

Joe

[DesertRat]

I have a question for you guys with Classic Auto Air remodeled into your cars. Where did you mount the digital control box? I am building out my dash and have the evaporator mounted and I am following the instructions. There is no mention of a suggested place to mount the small box and it is next up i rotation. Thanks in advance for your help.
DR

[DesertRat]

Hey all------------Happy new year! I have hit the wall on my build in early December. I decided to take about 6 weeks off and enjoy the holidays and my family. It has been a great break and I am getting ready start back working on my build. Here are a couple photos showing where I am at currently. They are my dash install of the Classic Air evaporator and my classic new-to-me tachometer. Coming up for me is my installation of the wiring fuse box, the steering column and the gauge cluster and bezel.