1963 Dart 170 2 Door Post Resto
So, it has been quite a while since I have posted anything. Mainly because progress on the car completely stalled. Made my trip to my brothers to pick up the wifes new/old truck project. As a result, the usual time away from the car made it difficult to get motivated to get back at it. Mainly because I am at another hand sanding stage and I absolutely hate sanding, but it has to be done if I want a nice finish.
Anyway, I finally forced myself back out to the shop for a couple evenings, getting all the stuff that wasn't put away properly from the trailer rebuild and moved the painted panels to alongside the wall and covered them with new drop sheets. I moved the car back to the middle of the garage and uncovered it again for the first time in months. Hopefully tonight I can get out there, move the last couple items back to where they belong and finish the hand sanding on the high build and be ready to apply sealer, hopefully by the weekend.
Then, the plan is to hand sand the sealer lightly, paint/clear the inside and door jambs, as well as behind the grille and inside the trunk. Then reinstall all the panels, and put the suspension and drivetrain back in the car so I can get it back on its wheels. I plan to paint the car assembled so I dont get uneven paint, or have the metallic show different from panel to panel. Doing it this was even if my paint isn't perfect (which I highly expect it won't being my first full car) it will be consistent. I can wet sand and buff it out later if needed. Not going for a show car anyway, just a really nice driver.
I started looking at the "little things" that still needed to get done to put the drive train in and man does it add up quickly. Gots lots of small things to get done. Still have to rebuild the steering box, steering column and drive shaft. Clean up the steering linkages and install new boots. Then clean up the original (still super solid) exhaust pipe and install the new muffler. Also have to paint the dash and steering column. Oh well, one step at a time right?
Here's a couple of pictures of my distraction from the dart for the last couple months. Going to be fun getting it on the road next year hopefully. Super happy with the deal I got and the overall condition. On a side note, the trailer hauled great!! Couldn't have asked for better. Just have to clean/repaint the leading edges as all the roads up at my brother's place are gravel and it was super dry so it all got constantly sandblasted cleaning most of the paint off the front...lol.
So, it has been quite a while since I have posted anything. Mainly because progress on the car completely stalled. Made my trip to my brothers to pick up the wifes new/old truck project. As a result, the usual time away from the car made it difficult to get motivated to get back at it. Mainly because I am at another hand sanding stage and I absolutely hate sanding, but it has to be done if I want a nice finish.
Anyway, I finally forced myself back out to the shop for a couple evenings, getting all the stuff that wasn't put away properly from the trailer rebuild and moved the painted panels to alongside the wall and covered them with new drop sheets. I moved the car back to the middle of the garage and uncovered it again for the first time in months. Hopefully tonight I can get out there, move the last couple items back to where they belong and finish the hand sanding on the high build and be ready to apply sealer, hopefully by the weekend.
Then, the plan is to hand sand the sealer lightly, paint/clear the inside and door jambs, as well as behind the grille and inside the trunk. Then reinstall all the panels, and put the suspension and drivetrain back in the car so I can get it back on its wheels. I plan to paint the car assembled so I dont get uneven paint, or have the metallic show different from panel to panel. Doing it this was even if my paint isn't perfect (which I highly expect it won't being my first full car) it will be consistent. I can wet sand and buff it out later if needed. Not going for a show car anyway, just a really nice driver.
I started looking at the "little things" that still needed to get done to put the drive train in and man does it add up quickly. Gots lots of small things to get done. Still have to rebuild the steering box, steering column and drive shaft. Clean up the steering linkages and install new boots. Then clean up the original (still super solid) exhaust pipe and install the new muffler. Also have to paint the dash and steering column. Oh well, one step at a time right?
Here's a couple of pictures of my distraction from the dart for the last couple months. Going to be fun getting it on the road next year hopefully. Super happy with the deal I got and the overall condition. On a side note, the trailer hauled great!! Couldn't have asked for better. Just have to clean/repaint the leading edges as all the roads up at my brother's place are gravel and it was super dry so it all got constantly sandblasted cleaning most of the paint off the front...lol.