Mopar Car Of the Month March 2009:
My first name isn't Chip or Boyd. I'm just someone that works hard
for a dollar. I found this 1971 Dodge Demon in 1999. The car was a
mess!!!!! The whole front end was gone, the quarter panels were full
of bondo and the inside was totally gutted. I saw potential in the
parts that were in boxes to use to upgrade the drag car I had at
that time. I worked out a deal with the owner and towed the Demon
home that day. After I got home and checked all the boxes of parts,
I found the fender tag. I ran the numbers and found out it was a
hard-to-locate Demon Sizzler. At that point I decided this car
should be kept in tact as much as possible.
Since it couldn't be restored back to
original because of the missing parts, I decided to modify it to a
Pro Street Sizzlin Demon. After saving money to buy parts, the work
began. A friend gave me a 400 Magnum motor and a 727 automatic
transmission to use as my power plant. From there I started
building. I used the motor and transmission to do mock up for proper
alignment. I saved money and I spent money. There were many
frustrating times when it came to fitting parts and making
modifications with new parts and old parts going together. There
were times when I wanted to give up but as I saw progress being
made, like when I fabricated the wheel tubs to accommodate the 33"
tall 21 1/2" wide Mickey Thompson tires, I kept going.
I never wanted to pay professionals to
build this car for me. This was my project and I wanted the proud
feeling of doing the work myself. Seven years in the making, I now
have a 1971 Dodge Demon Sizzler Pro Street painted with 2000 Dodge
Intense Blue with factory stripes and decals. It has a 400 Magnum
stroked to a 451 with 563 horses. I installed the black vinyl top,
upholstery and carpet myself. I was the winning bidder on e-Bay for
the OEM snorkel hood scoop for the added touch to the hood. The body
is all genuine Mopar parts. There are no after-market pieces on this
body. The best part of the whole project is cruising down the road
with the AM radio on while I reminisce about how it looked the day I
towed it home AND how I proved my wife wrong because she thought I
would never get it finished!
This is want this Dodge
Demon looked like when I found it in 1999.
Bryan
McLaughlin - Shippensburg, PA
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