Follow my 1967 Dodge Dart Restoration
Firstly, thank you everybody for the nice comments and complements. They are much appreciated. I'm building this car for my self, so I try to make everything exactly how I picture it and would like to keep this car forever, even if I move back to Namibia.
This month I moved the car into the workshop and started working on the front end.
I stripped everything off the front end and started cleaning up the engine bay.
I had to do a little bit of fabrication to correct the bent and stretched radiator mount.
The next step was prepping and painting the engine bay. I had some Monterey blue paint mixed. Paint code PPG 0031.
The color came out really nice and I'm happy with the results. Next, I did the brakes. It needed a new main cylinder. The rear brakes still looked really good, so I decided to leave them, but the front brakes had to be replaced with all new parts and lines. Eventually I would like to install disk brakes, but for now, the 11 inch Roadrunner drum brakes will be adequate.
Now the engine bay is ready for the engine to be built in. Hopefully I will do that in the next week or two. I also need to cut the transmission tunnel open and fabricate a new transmission cross member to mount the T56 transmission.
Firstly, thank you everybody for the nice comments and complements. They are much appreciated. I'm building this car for my self, so I try to make everything exactly how I picture it and would like to keep this car forever, even if I move back to Namibia.
This month I moved the car into the workshop and started working on the front end.
I stripped everything off the front end and started cleaning up the engine bay.
I had to do a little bit of fabrication to correct the bent and stretched radiator mount.
The next step was prepping and painting the engine bay. I had some Monterey blue paint mixed. Paint code PPG 0031.
The color came out really nice and I'm happy with the results. Next, I did the brakes. It needed a new main cylinder. The rear brakes still looked really good, so I decided to leave them, but the front brakes had to be replaced with all new parts and lines. Eventually I would like to install disk brakes, but for now, the 11 inch Roadrunner drum brakes will be adequate.
Now the engine bay is ready for the engine to be built in. Hopefully I will do that in the next week or two. I also need to cut the transmission tunnel open and fabricate a new transmission cross member to mount the T56 transmission.
