migsbig
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Hi all, new to this site, but been into Mopar for over 25 years, so a few of you may know me from other forums and swap meets. I have a 1978 Dodge Aspen V8 car that was barn stored when they stopped driving it in 1997 when the owner passed away. 318-4 auto, pw brake, factory black with burgundy red interior and looks to never been in an accident. A really clean CA car that has almost no rust except for a little starting on the lower rear quarters. Fast forward when I picked up the car a couple years back and had dropped it off at Magnum Force Racing for suspension upgrading. Recently had a full "Transformer" package done on the frontend which is a heavy duty custom crossmember, fabricated chrome-moly tubular upper control arms, powder coated blue k-member, heavy duty lower control arms, Swaybar package, 15:1 ratio power steering, double adjustable coil over shocks, 2in forged dropped Mopar spindles (1973+ large bearing type) small/big block motor mounts (later style hemi mounts car be used) and Wilwood hubs so it could be rolled around easily came out to $6,000 in parts alone. Since Magnum Force installed the front end and got it all right, that was another $2000 in installation. Then the Value of the car since it's soo clean and complete was another $2,000 making this a $10k project car. Sadly, with soo many cars in project form right now, decided to let this one go. for $5500. That pretty cheap for most of the hard work done. If someone wanted to, this suspension would fit 1966-74 B/E-body models and would just need the upper control arms changed and they could sell off the body to re-coupe some cost. Have not tried to start the 318 engine as I was going to install a 550hp engine, but its all there. Steers fine, rear brakes still hooked up so it can still use emergency brakes and transmission can still be shifted from the column to help stabilize it for transport and storage. So $5500 is what I'm starting at, not interested in any trades (though I am looking for 1971/1972 Roadrunner/Satellite project locally). I have a friend who does transport and can do west coast/Cali quotes for those that can not pickup in San Jose. Have pink slip. Rally wheels are not included and a set of ugly, mis-matched junky rollers will be on the car. Thanks for viewing.
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