1974 Dart Swinger VS. The Evils Of Rust!
It's been way too long since I have had anything to update and have been showing serious symptoms Dart withdrawal...
The past few months have been hectic! Since my current job was getting me nowhere, I spent all summer unsuccessfully searching for a new one. When it came time to register for the fall semester I decided to take 4 classes, which is a heavier load than I usually take, and pause the job search until school was out. So, I was working 5 days a week and going to school 4 when I got a call from one of the companies that I was interested in. Since I didn't have much experience in what they were hiring for, they wanted to bring me on for a month to see if I was worthy... There was no way I could quit my current job to try out for a chance at a new one; but I really liked the company and decided to take that on as well. I spent all of October working 2 jobs and and taking 4 classes.... not much fun. At the end of the month my hard work payed off and the new company hired me on full time. My school work got a little behind durring that time so I spent all of November and the first half of December playing catch up at school. After countless pots of coffee, I made it through and things have finally started to slow down enough that I can resume some of the work on my Dart. Enough about me...Lets get to the car!
Since winter in Missouri really sucks and I have a small garage, I won't be doing any more body work until things start to warm up again. I brought the dash inside the basement and have began to restore it. There were a bunch of small rust holes in the bottom of the dash frame that I couldn't patch with new metal. I sanded off all of the rust that I could and used a rust converter on the places that I couldn't get to. To take care of the holes I put down a layer of fiberglass on the inside, and filled them from the outside with bondo. Using the fiberglass allowed me to keep the thickness of the bondo down so this should prevent any cracking. Here are some pics of what has been done so far:
It's been way too long since I have had anything to update and have been showing serious symptoms Dart withdrawal...
The past few months have been hectic! Since my current job was getting me nowhere, I spent all summer unsuccessfully searching for a new one. When it came time to register for the fall semester I decided to take 4 classes, which is a heavier load than I usually take, and pause the job search until school was out. So, I was working 5 days a week and going to school 4 when I got a call from one of the companies that I was interested in. Since I didn't have much experience in what they were hiring for, they wanted to bring me on for a month to see if I was worthy... There was no way I could quit my current job to try out for a chance at a new one; but I really liked the company and decided to take that on as well. I spent all of October working 2 jobs and and taking 4 classes.... not much fun. At the end of the month my hard work payed off and the new company hired me on full time. My school work got a little behind durring that time so I spent all of November and the first half of December playing catch up at school. After countless pots of coffee, I made it through and things have finally started to slow down enough that I can resume some of the work on my Dart. Enough about me...Lets get to the car!
Since winter in Missouri really sucks and I have a small garage, I won't be doing any more body work until things start to warm up again. I brought the dash inside the basement and have began to restore it. There were a bunch of small rust holes in the bottom of the dash frame that I couldn't patch with new metal. I sanded off all of the rust that I could and used a rust converter on the places that I couldn't get to. To take care of the holes I put down a layer of fiberglass on the inside, and filled them from the outside with bondo. Using the fiberglass allowed me to keep the thickness of the bondo down so this should prevent any cracking. Here are some pics of what has been done so far:
