69 Dart GT Conv. 340-6pak
Well Christmas is passed and things are slowly getting back to normal. I finally had sometime to work on the Dart. I started to tackle the much dreaded under dash wiring. Having purchased a new harness i laid it in under the dash frame and started to mount the fuse box and realized that it made more sense to put the forward parts back on the firewall instead of taking up more room by having the harness mounted, so, I new my driver side fresh air vent had been butchered by the previous owner by mounting a speaker to the door. They had also broken one of the mounting stud hole while doing this. I disassembled the vent by drilling the rivets that hold the door hinge on, glass beaded the door and hinge, welded the holes up, did the filler work on it and went on to the vent itself. I used a plastic 2 part weld to fix the broken hole. After a super good cleaning, I sanded, and painted both pieces. Since my car is far from original it didn't bother me to use common rivets to mount the door hinge to the vent. I detailed the outer striker plate and we're done. Once the gasket from DMT arrives, I'll mount it on the car and its on to the next, the foot washer pump.
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Well Christmas is passed and things are slowly getting back to normal. I finally had sometime to work on the Dart. I started to tackle the much dreaded under dash wiring. Having purchased a new harness i laid it in under the dash frame and started to mount the fuse box and realized that it made more sense to put the forward parts back on the firewall instead of taking up more room by having the harness mounted, so, I new my driver side fresh air vent had been butchered by the previous owner by mounting a speaker to the door. They had also broken one of the mounting stud hole while doing this. I disassembled the vent by drilling the rivets that hold the door hinge on, glass beaded the door and hinge, welded the holes up, did the filler work on it and went on to the vent itself. I used a plastic 2 part weld to fix the broken hole. After a super good cleaning, I sanded, and painted both pieces. Since my car is far from original it didn't bother me to use common rivets to mount the door hinge to the vent. I detailed the outer striker plate and we're done. Once the gasket from DMT arrives, I'll mount it on the car and its on to the next, the foot washer pump.
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