1972 Canadian H-Code 340 Dart Swinger Special Resto - Finally started!
Finally getting back to work on the Dart today, did some cabinet blasting lots of small stuff that needs to be cleaned up still including my original valve covers that I dug out of a box they've been hiding in for 35 years. Cleaned them up first by taking the paint off with some walnut shell in the cabinet then a soak in Evaporust for a couple of hours and they are nice and clean ready for a bit of primer and painting.
I've been wanting to get to work on my front and rear valances so got a start today. These things are pretty beat up, it looks like the front one ran into the rear one so its going to take 2 or 3 hours of metal massaging per valance to get them looking nice but thats a lot less then the three hundred plus each for new ones.
Start of with some hammer and dolly work then some pick and file to flatten out the previous repairs that were mostly filled with mud.
Helps to clamp or strap it down while working out the damage,
Came out a bit easier then I thought it would, with no structure impeding you on the backside its relatively easy work, still will need a skim of filler to make it nice but a lot less then came out.
Unfortunately the front one lost a few battles with pretty much everything it hit, onward and upward, but not tonight.
Finally getting back to work on the Dart today, did some cabinet blasting lots of small stuff that needs to be cleaned up still including my original valve covers that I dug out of a box they've been hiding in for 35 years. Cleaned them up first by taking the paint off with some walnut shell in the cabinet then a soak in Evaporust for a couple of hours and they are nice and clean ready for a bit of primer and painting.
I've been wanting to get to work on my front and rear valances so got a start today. These things are pretty beat up, it looks like the front one ran into the rear one so its going to take 2 or 3 hours of metal massaging per valance to get them looking nice but thats a lot less then the three hundred plus each for new ones.
Start of with some hammer and dolly work then some pick and file to flatten out the previous repairs that were mostly filled with mud.
Helps to clamp or strap it down while working out the damage,
Came out a bit easier then I thought it would, with no structure impeding you on the backside its relatively easy work, still will need a skim of filler to make it nice but a lot less then came out.
Unfortunately the front one lost a few battles with pretty much everything it hit, onward and upward, but not tonight.