Pro Touring 68 Dart convertible

[anlauto]

Wow, those upgrades you have done to your property over the Summer look fantastic, certainly a "jack of all trades" ...I will NOT be showing this to my wife....she has a arms length list of things she wants done around here, that I've neglected for a while now....

You keep up the great work and we'll wait until the Winter for some automotive progress 

[HP_Cuda]

Darren

Nice job on the upgrades. I hear that even the railing on decks have gone up huge. I'm not looking forward to replacing my deck (expanding) just based on the cost right now.

Winters almost upon us so I'm sure you will be working on the Dart again soon.

B

[Mr Lee]

That is still a good sized deck, even after removing some of it.  I'd say you'll also appreciate that garage space. Looks like you did a good job.  Satisfying work if you ask me. I think you're gonna appreciate it a little more knowing that you did it yourself and did it right. 
I think the shutters look good too.
I think ya kinda forget how hard it was once it's all done and some time has passed.  Its time to enjoy it. 


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[YellowThumper]

Nice progress update. At least with something significant. Looks good.
Mine has become significant plumbing repairs. The non visual repairs.

[Burdar]

Finally a little progress on the Dart.  I've been waiting a long time for the wiper motor to get done.  It finally showed up a few weeks ago.  I didn't want the barrel plated in the factory yellow/gold zinc.  I asked that the barrel be done in black zinc instead.  He also used a black sealer on the wiring instead of red/orange per my request.  I like the look.


I got that installed and hooked up the linkages.  Then I worked on the distribution block and the brake lines.  The master cylinder is just there temporarily so I could see if the lines were going to work.(they are)  The master is a 15/16 bore unit from Dr Diff.  He modifies the back of the piston to accept the rubber pushrod lock.  Without it the pushrod could potentially fall out of the back of the master.  That wouldn't be good.  The heater box install was next.  It went easier than expected.  I remember fighting the Challenger box but this one went right in.








Just got the dash installed tonight.  The install went OK.  It fought us a little but we won in the end. It has been 9 years since the dash was in the car.

[Burdar]

The one snag in the dash install was that the brand new speedo cable broke.  Not sure what happened.  I hooked it up with the dash pulled away from the windshield.  I think it may have bound up when I rotated the dash up into place.  Looking at it from underneath, I could have hooked it up easily to the gauge cluster afterword.  Does anyone sell just this plastic piece or do I have to buy an entirely new cable?

[anlauto]

Dam, that dash looks beautiful sucks on the speedo cable, do you think a good epoxy would do the trick ?

[HP_Cuda]

I'd just buy a new cable. Epoxy will work for some time but it will eventually crack and give way being near a heat source.

[dodj]

I'd just buy a new cable. Epoxy will work for some time but it will eventually crack and give way being near a heat source.

Whats the heat source?

I'd attempt repair, but that's me. Not sure it's the Darren way though. 

[Jay Bee]

Any chance of crimping another metal clamp higher up would work   

[Burdar]

It was suggested that super glue would hold it.  I may try that.  Worst case is I have to buy a new cable.  I saw a trick where you add baking soda to super glue and it instantly turns into a hard plastic like substance.  I could add some glue around the outside crack(after the inside was glued) and sprinkle some baking soda on it.

[Burdar]

The mirrors, door handles ,door glass and vent windows are in.  The vent window frame does double duty as the front track for the glass.  The vent window and side window go in as an assembly.  I was dreading this but it actually went really well.  Dad came over and gave me a hand.


This morning I put the fender splash shields in place.  I had to loosen the two lower fender studs/nuts in order to get it slid in.  I also removed the upper rubber seal to make adjustments easier.  Once it was bolted in place, the upper rubber was reinstalled.


Then I started masking off the car to spray the undercoating.  It was my first time doing it.  I should have done more masking because I got some overspray around the UCA/shock mount area.  It is what it is I guess.  Since the undercoating gun didn't come with a bottle, I bought 1 bottle of 3M body shutz.  I used that as a base before spraying RestoRick's undercoating over the top.  I used about 35-40 psi for the 3M product.  One bottle did a meduim coat on 3 wheelwells.  The RestoRick undercoating is a lot thinner then the 3M stuff and just flew out of the gun at the above psi.  It basically laid out completely flat.  I lowered the psi to 20-25 and it laid out much nicer.  The rear wheelwells look good.  The back of the front wheelwells look good.  I'm a little light on the front section behind the headlight on the PS.  I haven't looked at the front section of the DS yet.  I might go back and spray a little more...or not.

[cudamadd]

Very nice job looks great 

[anlauto]

That's looks really good, looks like it leveled out nice 

[nsmall]

House and car are looking great my friend, you have an attention to detail.  My vote is for gorilla glue.  I always have good luck with any gorilla products.  Keep us updated over the winter as you make progress.