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My right wiper pivot was completely froze up from corrosion and shot to hell. I located another, cleaned it I added a grease fitting a lubed it up. Now it’s right as rain.

Painted my new brake calipers. Also got in my new rotors. Slowly coming along

Tie rods, tie rod adjusters, idler arm, pitman arm, center link, steering gear, all installed now.

Finally got a chance to get back to work on her. This is today’s progress.

Hopefully I can have her looking like this next year

Cleaned off more of the front end. Got in the new cross drilled rotors, new timken bearings and inner seals. Waiting on the new pitman arm and getting the front end assembled maybe over the holidays or right after the New Year. In the mean time my computer drawing of how she will look is coming...

Now I'm working on the front end. After this maybe work on the windows

So while waiting on a few parts to get here I decided to do a digital rendering of Lizzie. That way I can try out different color body and wheels, make a few changes and basically draw her up the way I want her to look. Here's a few screen shots:

Got some parts in ,Not all of them, one still on backorder, but I did get a good start today. Left Side torsion bar, control arm, strut rod, and new steering gear in. Tomorrow I tackle the right side. The new torsion bars are 1.03"

A few shots of the removal. I still have the steering unit to come out but it’s a whole lot easier to get to with everything gone. The current one sound and feels like tiny rocks grinding when you pivot the pitman arm.

Front suspension is out. The torsion bars were stubborn. But being I was removing the LCA’s I figured I would remove the fastener holding the LCA in place, a few hits on the LCA should loosen the torsion bar. Until I saw the right engine mount was so worn that it was resting on the LCA spindle...

I keep PB Blaster on hand for all occasions

On the other hand this cheap $5 magnetic light from harbor freight is one of the best $5 investments ever

Ok so the toughest challenge I’ve had in quite a while was removing the front fasteners on the strut rods. 40+ yrs of corrosion and grime made them a MF B*TCH!

I've heard the same, they feel sturdy and 11/16" rod diameter vs the OE 9/16".

Her current status

Heres a shot of her fender tag. In 76 A31 was the designation for the Dart Lite.

Looking forward to it

Preview of parts to go on. Upper and lower control arms, idler arm, ball joints, tie rods and adjusters, torsion bars, cam bolt kit, shocks, various bushings and new manual steering gear unit

The original springs were 4-leaf. Over time the rear began to sag, and one day there was a noticeable difference in ride height on the right side, after inspecting I found one of the leaves had broken. There was an 1 1/2" difference in ride heightfrom right to left. I got in new springs (6-leaf)...

So critters like to gather when it sits too long.

That’s pretty fascinating stuff! I always like hearing about different encounters and stories people have run into over the years

3?? How did you manage that? I’ve only seen one ther Dart Lite besides mine ( in person) in 40 yrs

Definitely no chopping here. Everything that is being done to it can easily be put back to original. Not that it matters for me considering the history I have with this car, because unless something drastic happens I plan to never sell it. My 19 y/o daughter said to me “when you kick the bucket...

Got some, but all info is appreciated. Thanks

one of the tank strap j-bolts refused to leave

To be honest, the sending unit quit working around '94, so if it doesnt worked well it won't be out of the ordinary. :rofl:

I did compare them, them seemed similar and seated pretty well.

The amazing part is she survived me driving her when I was a teenager.

She got a new sending unit as well