Swingin' '73 Dart
That is a SWEET '75. I really like the white with black bumble-bee stripe.
Here are the tires I picked up yesterday for $40.
Don't you just love a smokin' deal?
I think something is missing here..but it looks like the tires are going to fit the wheel wells a little better than the 235/60-15's did.
I decided to paint the trunk today, despite it technically being too cold.The paint I'm using says to apply in 50-80 degree weather (that's F; 10-26C for our over-the-pond viewers) and it was high 40's today. Here is what I'm using:
I also have the catalyzer which I used at 8:1 today. The catalyzer makes the paint a little shinier and a little harder. I'm using FMF Gray.
And I decided to clean up the brake drums since I didn't want to put my pretty (I hope, I hope, I hope) powder-coated wheels against the rusty drums. A little work with the angle grinder with a stripping wheel and the drill with a wire brush and they look much better.
Pretty shiny steal.
I wiped the drums down with a little lacquer thinner to get the dust off. I mixed up my paint in a mixing cup and and started in the trunk. I found some little disposable roller with built in pan and tried it out. It worked OK, but I had to cut some in with a disposable chip brush.
Hey, that's looking better!
And then I used up the paint on the brake drums:
I may add a second coat to the trunk. I cannot decide if I should paint the whole trunk gray, get the same paint in red, or just leave the bottom of the wheel well gray and the rest of the trunk factory. If I do that, I have a couple of small spots I'll need to spot primer and paint. At any rate, it's looking a LOT nicer!
Has anyone either left the big lower plug out, or maybe put a small hole in it to let leakage out of the trunk? As bad as the things rust, I think leaving a drain would be a Good Idea (tm).
That is a SWEET '75. I really like the white with black bumble-bee stripe.
Here are the tires I picked up yesterday for $40.
Don't you just love a smokin' deal?
I think something is missing here..but it looks like the tires are going to fit the wheel wells a little better than the 235/60-15's did.
I decided to paint the trunk today, despite it technically being too cold.The paint I'm using says to apply in 50-80 degree weather (that's F; 10-26C for our over-the-pond viewers) and it was high 40's today. Here is what I'm using:
I also have the catalyzer which I used at 8:1 today. The catalyzer makes the paint a little shinier and a little harder. I'm using FMF Gray.
And I decided to clean up the brake drums since I didn't want to put my pretty (I hope, I hope, I hope) powder-coated wheels against the rusty drums. A little work with the angle grinder with a stripping wheel and the drill with a wire brush and they look much better.
Pretty shiny steal.
I wiped the drums down with a little lacquer thinner to get the dust off. I mixed up my paint in a mixing cup and and started in the trunk. I found some little disposable roller with built in pan and tried it out. It worked OK, but I had to cut some in with a disposable chip brush.
Hey, that's looking better!
And then I used up the paint on the brake drums:
I may add a second coat to the trunk. I cannot decide if I should paint the whole trunk gray, get the same paint in red, or just leave the bottom of the wheel well gray and the rest of the trunk factory. If I do that, I have a couple of small spots I'll need to spot primer and paint. At any rate, it's looking a LOT nicer!
Has anyone either left the big lower plug out, or maybe put a small hole in it to let leakage out of the trunk? As bad as the things rust, I think leaving a drain would be a Good Idea (tm).