1974 Plymouth Valiant Scamp - Restoration is a strong word

CFD244 said

Great project. I like your approach of not going down the restoration rabbit hole. A nice safe driver, I'll take any day. :thumbsup:

Keep the progress and pics coming.

BTW.......Senders can be re-built (the new senders will need a meter match device for accuracy but even then?....) if not too bad, and save the original lock ring......The re-pop rings are notoriously bad (too thin).

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Thank you! Yes, I'll save all the existing parts for now. It's quite possible the existing lock ring isn't original, but I'll see in a few days. The sender is absolutely caked in rust. I thought about letting it soak in evaporust, but decided replacing all of it seemed wiser.

I forgot to mention in the original post, although this is my first Mopar, I'm in my mid-50s and have owned and worked on a '67 Mustang, '72 Monte Carlo, and '69 GTO in my younger days. In the early 2000's I had a '69 Buick Skylark convertible. For the last 10 years, I've been driving and wrenching on a 2002 BMW 325i.