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    2022 Sunbust Mopar show, anyone here going?

    It’s this weekend August 21 at Frontier park in Graham. I will have the black 68 Barracuda. Would like to plan some upcoming ‘power cruises’ around the less traveled roads if anyone is interested. Thanks Nates68
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    Confused what to do with a 5.9L serpentine setup

    7k905 is what the belt has marked.
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    Confused what to do with a 5.9L serpentine setup

    will take a look tonight
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    Confused what to do with a 5.9L serpentine setup

    It’s pretty close but it would have to take a bracket failing or something major for it to hit, plus the rubber cover makes it look closer. I was concerned the weld would pull apart but it was fine. I have used the same technique on header clearance issues, looks cleaner than the sledgehammer...
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    Confused what to do with a 5.9L serpentine setup

    On that valve cover, a socket hit with a hammer made a nice u shape spot for clearance. I have the same ones, just put a thick rubber boot over the connector as well.
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    ‘A’ Family Affair: 67 Dart and 68 Valiant restorations

    Stay tuned, it’s about to get more interesting, and this time it’s not my fault... it’s Fe2O3.
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    ‘A’ Family Affair: 67 Dart and 68 Valiant restorations

    So we pulled the rocker shaft off and cleaned it up, cleaned the oil passage that flows up from the rear most rocker bolt (it was sludged up) and put some straight pushrods in. And guess what? The compression is around 150 on all cylinders. Gave it a tune up and runs good!
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    ‘A’ Family Affair: 67 Dart and 68 Valiant restorations

    Checked compression and a few cylinders were hardly reading, dang! Pulled valve cover and some of the valves were stuck open and the pushrods were a nice ‘S’ shape. So lesson learned, I should have pulled cover prior to cranking and oiled everything up and checked for stuck valves, I was too...
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    ‘A’ Family Affair: 67 Dart and 68 Valiant restorations

    Now that the car is white again we thought ‘hey let’s see if it will start’ It only sat for 27 years (previous post said 20 but I was guessing, last tabs are from 93). Hooked up a temporary gas tank, got some oil flowing and got some good backfires! It was trying but needs a tune up badly.
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    ‘A’ Family Affair: 67 Dart and 68 Valiant restorations

    So usually the first thing we do to a project car around here is pressure wash and degrease. This thing was filthy...
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    ‘A’ Family Affair: 67 Dart and 68 Valiant restorations

    I had talked to the seller and even did a video call. It was an estate sale so car had sat in a barn next to house for 20 years (yes a real barn find). We made a plan to meet, yes! I was finally getting another Valiant. But then the next day I was texted that another family member had others...
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    ‘A’ Family Affair: 67 Dart and 68 Valiant restorations

    Moving on to our other project, the 68 Valiant! I really thought it was going to be sold out from under us but persistence paid off. Here’s the story: About 12 years ago I picked up a decent 69 Valiant 2 door, it sat in our driveway while I worked on my 68 Barracuda and remodeled our previous...
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    ‘A’ Family Affair: 67 Dart and 68 Valiant restorations

    The bumpers were rusty and dented. 67 rear bumpers are impossible to find. We got them straight (with some persuasion from fire!). Dart bumpers have lots of weird angles contours. Sanded them well and sprayed epoxy. Will paint a metallic silver or charcoal.
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    ‘A’ Family Affair: 67 Dart and 68 Valiant restorations

    I prefer the look of single stage on solid colors (non metallic) and it’s easy to repair if there is damage. Also, I hate dealing with clear coat issues as the paint ages (peeling, blisters, etc).
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