1964 Dart Grüne Hölle Road Course/Track Day/AutoX Project
11/18/24:
I have not updated the thread here, because I have not done anything of note for well over a year. :( :(
Work, vacation, and family have been demanding my time as well as my pseudo Mechanical Restoration on the 1962 Valiant Wagon from October 2023 through June 2024.
Some things that happened before the dart was parked:
Roof Rack bars installed:
Driving the Kid around for various things, Ice Cream, Girl scouts, Band, etc...
Why have I parked the most fun to drive car in the fleet for 15+ months? well let's fire up the 'ol time machine to find out..
I went on a trip in July 2023 from Irwin, PA to Greenville, Ohio towing a U haul Single axle Box trailer with the Grüne Hölle Dart.
I left here 'Round about midnight, and drove through 1.5 Hours of torrential rain around the Dayton area before getting off of I70 for the county and state routes. I arrived at my destination just about at sunrise, at 5:45 AM.
I met up with forum user dadtruck for some slanted discussions and to pick up slanted parts, as well as the 'ol Mike Jeffery Flow bench, and Mike's "Book of Secrets" as John refers to it as.
On the way home outside of Columbus, Ohio I also picked up a Complete, but disassembled Slant 6 core engine from a FABO Forum member that needed it gone.
John and I Enjoyed cruising around the back roads of Ohio, and went to a nice car cruise on Saturday about 40 miles from John's house. The cruise was at the A.B Graham Memorial Center, which is an old Miami East School District Building turned community center and museum.
The car show was nice, but I really enjoyed the museum. There were a lot of AG artifacts that I would not have known about as I was not raised working on a farm as a youngin'.
After leaving the show and returning to John's house I felt something not right with the engine.
I started to head home before sundown. I pulled over in Fletcher, Ohio, on US Route 36, pulled the valve cover and adjusted the valves again. Within 5 miles a lobe was wiped. - I nursed it back home on 5 cylinders for ~270 Miles, stopping in metro Columbus around 9PM to put more slanted parts in the trailer.
I pretty much kept it in 4th gear, No 5th gear whilst towing a big, high box full of stuff. Fortunately the interstate from Columbus to here is mostly flat so that helped.
It was slow and annoying, but I made it home to park the car in July 2023.
I will be pulling the head or the engine soon to see what happened. Possibly the valve springs have too much open pressure for this cam, I never thought to check that stuff, but I will now. I have another copy of the cam, and I will change the oil pump too, as the standard volume one is no good for this combination.
before I start all of that, I began a little bit of cosmetic (re)restoration:
Hood and Valence properly painted at the body shop:
I spray bombed them a few years ago with Rust-oleum Professional, it held up well, but I had some $ so I figured I would get it done right.
The behind the grille / headlights area was never painted correctly either. I prepped and spray bombed those sections while it was apart.
I also plan on doing some work / welding / reinforcement to the Euro License plate frame. It's all made from scrap steel, actually 1981 Chrysler LeBaron Station Wagon Roof, it needs a bit of detail work so that will get done too!
'Till Next time.
11/18/24:
I have not updated the thread here, because I have not done anything of note for well over a year. :( :(
Work, vacation, and family have been demanding my time as well as my pseudo Mechanical Restoration on the 1962 Valiant Wagon from October 2023 through June 2024.
Some things that happened before the dart was parked:
Roof Rack bars installed:
Driving the Kid around for various things, Ice Cream, Girl scouts, Band, etc...
Why have I parked the most fun to drive car in the fleet for 15+ months? well let's fire up the 'ol time machine to find out..
I went on a trip in July 2023 from Irwin, PA to Greenville, Ohio towing a U haul Single axle Box trailer with the Grüne Hölle Dart.
I left here 'Round about midnight, and drove through 1.5 Hours of torrential rain around the Dayton area before getting off of I70 for the county and state routes. I arrived at my destination just about at sunrise, at 5:45 AM.
I met up with forum user dadtruck for some slanted discussions and to pick up slanted parts, as well as the 'ol Mike Jeffery Flow bench, and Mike's "Book of Secrets" as John refers to it as.
On the way home outside of Columbus, Ohio I also picked up a Complete, but disassembled Slant 6 core engine from a FABO Forum member that needed it gone.
John and I Enjoyed cruising around the back roads of Ohio, and went to a nice car cruise on Saturday about 40 miles from John's house. The cruise was at the A.B Graham Memorial Center, which is an old Miami East School District Building turned community center and museum.
The car show was nice, but I really enjoyed the museum. There were a lot of AG artifacts that I would not have known about as I was not raised working on a farm as a youngin'.
After leaving the show and returning to John's house I felt something not right with the engine.
I started to head home before sundown. I pulled over in Fletcher, Ohio, on US Route 36, pulled the valve cover and adjusted the valves again. Within 5 miles a lobe was wiped. - I nursed it back home on 5 cylinders for ~270 Miles, stopping in metro Columbus around 9PM to put more slanted parts in the trailer.
I pretty much kept it in 4th gear, No 5th gear whilst towing a big, high box full of stuff. Fortunately the interstate from Columbus to here is mostly flat so that helped.
It was slow and annoying, but I made it home to park the car in July 2023.
I will be pulling the head or the engine soon to see what happened. Possibly the valve springs have too much open pressure for this cam, I never thought to check that stuff, but I will now. I have another copy of the cam, and I will change the oil pump too, as the standard volume one is no good for this combination.
before I start all of that, I began a little bit of cosmetic (re)restoration:
Hood and Valence properly painted at the body shop:
I spray bombed them a few years ago with Rust-oleum Professional, it held up well, but I had some $ so I figured I would get it done right.
The behind the grille / headlights area was never painted correctly either. I prepped and spray bombed those sections while it was apart.
I also plan on doing some work / welding / reinforcement to the Euro License plate frame. It's all made from scrap steel, actually 1981 Chrysler LeBaron Station Wagon Roof, it needs a bit of detail work so that will get done too!
'Till Next time.