65 Dart Wagon Conversion to a Sedan Delivery
I really don’t like rusty fasteners - especially exterior ones like the ones that secure the chrome taillight brackets screwed to the body that hold the actual taillights. Even though that bracket has a gasket to help seal the housing, they still manage to get rusty. Even though they’re not seen, I’ll know they’re rusty! The OEM 8x32 machine screws that secure the taillights to the aforementioned brackets aren’t much better in appearance. So I took one of each to Lowes and picked up some comparable sized stainless steel screws and machine bolts.
and swapped all the old hardware out. Did the same thing for the hardware securing the new backup lights below the taillights.
While on the stainless hardware, I installed nutserts where the 66 Barracuda fender-mounted turn signals are secured to the fenders and got them installed but not yet tied into the engine harness. I used #8-32 machine screws to secure the housings.
In preparation for installing the interior panels where the rear speakers will be mounted, installed and soldered new connectors to the speaker harness I previously constructed. Also, each rear speaker - a Pioneer 6x9 - needed a 1/8th inch mini-connector that none of the local stores carried. If they had, i would have just made the harnesses. So I found a mini-harness kit on-line that fit the bill. Each harness got connectors as well. It seems it’s all the little things that take up the time.
I really don’t like rusty fasteners - especially exterior ones like the ones that secure the chrome taillight brackets screwed to the body that hold the actual taillights. Even though that bracket has a gasket to help seal the housing, they still manage to get rusty. Even though they’re not seen, I’ll know they’re rusty! The OEM 8x32 machine screws that secure the taillights to the aforementioned brackets aren’t much better in appearance. So I took one of each to Lowes and picked up some comparable sized stainless steel screws and machine bolts.
and swapped all the old hardware out. Did the same thing for the hardware securing the new backup lights below the taillights.
While on the stainless hardware, I installed nutserts where the 66 Barracuda fender-mounted turn signals are secured to the fenders and got them installed but not yet tied into the engine harness. I used #8-32 machine screws to secure the housings.
In preparation for installing the interior panels where the rear speakers will be mounted, installed and soldered new connectors to the speaker harness I previously constructed. Also, each rear speaker - a Pioneer 6x9 - needed a 1/8th inch mini-connector that none of the local stores carried. If they had, i would have just made the harnesses. So I found a mini-harness kit on-line that fit the bill. Each harness got connectors as well. It seems it’s all the little things that take up the time.
