Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
The parts arrived from member d5667 a few days ago. I hadn't had a chance to look at them because we had our hands full with the work on the Charger and Roadrunner. Don came through with flying colors! Everything looked every bit as good as he said. I can't express enough how grateful I am to him for spending the time to dig through his stockpile for the things I needed. I hope to someday be able to repay him with some of my excess inventory.
The jack was painted blue but it has an aluminum body. As I stripped the paint off of it I thought maybe I should polish it instead of painting it black. I don't ever plan on actually using it but I needed to replace my original one that had the body shattered.
The glove box latch was pristine but I hit it with the buffer just to give it a bit more shine.
The door handles are not pitted. I'm really surprised because most of them that old that I've seen are.
The J-bolt and retaining nut had a light coat of corrosion but the wire wheel cleaned them right up. I don't think they were originally supposed to be painted. - But whatever anti-rust coating was on them had long since worn away. A little black paint and they look as good as new.
These may not seem like major components but finding the missing small parts is sometimes the most difficult. Thanks Don!!!
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The parts arrived from member d5667 a few days ago. I hadn't had a chance to look at them because we had our hands full with the work on the Charger and Roadrunner. Don came through with flying colors! Everything looked every bit as good as he said. I can't express enough how grateful I am to him for spending the time to dig through his stockpile for the things I needed. I hope to someday be able to repay him with some of my excess inventory.
The jack was painted blue but it has an aluminum body. As I stripped the paint off of it I thought maybe I should polish it instead of painting it black. I don't ever plan on actually using it but I needed to replace my original one that had the body shattered.
The glove box latch was pristine but I hit it with the buffer just to give it a bit more shine.
The door handles are not pitted. I'm really surprised because most of them that old that I've seen are.
The J-bolt and retaining nut had a light coat of corrosion but the wire wheel cleaned them right up. I don't think they were originally supposed to be painted. - But whatever anti-rust coating was on them had long since worn away. A little black paint and they look as good as new.
These may not seem like major components but finding the missing small parts is sometimes the most difficult. Thanks Don!!!
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