1965 Dodge Dart Charger

Thanks for the kind words 340_dart_power.

Today I continued with the bolts for the K-frame. I will be done with them tomorrow.

The door striker is worse. They are worn out on the upper side so I need to get new ones. I will dig into that tomorrow. The spacer for the fan is shot too. I need a new one. Does anyone know how to get the shine in aluminium without rubbing the parts? Any help is very appriciated.

The rear end is another story. After bending it through the doors and get it over a large stainless steel zink I started to clean it with just a scraper. It peels off real easy but I need to get some more good cleaning stuff. Found some tabs and paint splots. Under the grease on the pinion carrier bumper I found out that they were not painted. I took off two bolts and under is the result how is was from the beginning. The process must have been as follows;

After they were stamped in a press they were put in a sand stone shaker to get rid of all the sharp edges. After that the bumper was added.

I will clean my support tomorrow to get in sand stoned later this week. The bolts seems to have been black phosphated.

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