Slow, Driving Rustoration 1972 Dart
Well... I haven't done much since about a year ago. I sold my house and moved 200 miles. 25 years of stuff took a long time to move plus had a lot to do to get the house on the market.
We've been here now for about 5 months and the housing market is crazy so I had nowhere to do any real work. I have a tiny garage but it is packed with stuff from the move. We have a house finally lined up to buy, just waiting for a tenant to move out. The new place has a slightly bigger garage and a big enough lot to eventually put a shop in.
I did take the dart out of the garage to wash it after I moved my travel trailer out of the way. I drove the dart up here loaded down with parts and still got 15 MPG with no issues. The transmission I rebuilt last year seems to be doing great. Today I finally set the kickdown linkage properly and my shifts are much nicer now! Hopefully I didn't hurt it too much driving it a little out of adjustment. I adjusted the intermediate rod about 3/8" to get my 3rd gear shift to hit harder.
My next small project is making a fold center console armrest with cupholders, cellphone holders, and usb chargers. It will be about 5.25" longer than original to come up even with the seat backs. I bought a spare and I'm using that one to hack into the custom one then I'm going to get both of them reupholstered when I get the seat done. That will happen once we move to the new place.
Anyway here's a picture fresh and wet out of the car wash a few weeks ago.
Here is my annual facebook April Fools Joke
Well... I haven't done much since about a year ago. I sold my house and moved 200 miles. 25 years of stuff took a long time to move plus had a lot to do to get the house on the market.
We've been here now for about 5 months and the housing market is crazy so I had nowhere to do any real work. I have a tiny garage but it is packed with stuff from the move. We have a house finally lined up to buy, just waiting for a tenant to move out. The new place has a slightly bigger garage and a big enough lot to eventually put a shop in.
I did take the dart out of the garage to wash it after I moved my travel trailer out of the way. I drove the dart up here loaded down with parts and still got 15 MPG with no issues. The transmission I rebuilt last year seems to be doing great. Today I finally set the kickdown linkage properly and my shifts are much nicer now! Hopefully I didn't hurt it too much driving it a little out of adjustment. I adjusted the intermediate rod about 3/8" to get my 3rd gear shift to hit harder.
My next small project is making a fold center console armrest with cupholders, cellphone holders, and usb chargers. It will be about 5.25" longer than original to come up even with the seat backs. I bought a spare and I'm using that one to hack into the custom one then I'm going to get both of them reupholstered when I get the seat done. That will happen once we move to the new place.
Anyway here's a picture fresh and wet out of the car wash a few weeks ago.
Here is my annual facebook April Fools Joke