October 1 and the Dart rolled in. Some pics, a picture is worth a thousand words...
The Dart was winched onto the hoist, where it would now sit for disassembly and the winter. Being tight for space, when the Dart is not being worked on it will be raised and the Camaro will be kept underneath. Fortunately, my garage is long enough that the Camaro rolls ahead and down with the Dart.
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Being a handy guy, I built this 4 post hoist about 17 years ago. Then about 8 years back I fab'd up a rotisserie that would attach to it. Here is the Dart, mounted.
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At the start of this job I didn't think I would bother setting up the rotisserie. Boy am I glad that I did... And I hit the centre balance point just about perfect.
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When not working on the Dart it goes up and out of the way.
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Once the suspension was out from under I got to work on the K frame. Removing about 20 lbs of dirt and grease, and motor mount brackets. An engine plate will be used when it comes to that time. There will be more mods made to the K frame down the road.
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Due to years and years of a leaking windshield while sitting, the front floor boards ended up with rot. There was so much undercoating on this car that the rot was from the inside out. Here you can see where a couple of patch panels went into place. Remember this rolled in on Oct 1, 18, so yeah, I'm getting after it.
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A picture of the bottom with the panels in place. The undercoating is coming off with a propane torch and scraper, little by little. No deadline... notice, the rockers are excellent.
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With the undercoating gone, there is a mint mint floor, not a single dent! You can see that I've started working on frame connectors. It worked best to make the connectors out of 2 X 3 and installed horizontally. The rear floor pans are cut and the top of the connector protrudes in by about 3/8", hardly noticeable.
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Both frame connectors are now installed and undercoating has been removed to the diff area.
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My template for my spring boxes. Yes the springs are getting moved in board. The boxes will be home made. I have a plan...
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