Nitrocide595
Well-Known Member
21 years old and still in College, but I picked this car up from Queens, NY a few weeks ago. It had been sitting in a garage for 30 years and I was the first one to move it out since it was parked. 2 of the 4 drums were frozen but once we freed them up, it rolled right out.
I have an entire file in Microsoft Onenote for this car, sorting parts, prices, and this infamous to-do list that seems to only be getting longer, but I knew what I signed up for when I bought it. I'll be asking questions and looking around too for some ideas. So far, this is the priority list I have, subject to change and movement. Body work first, drivetrain later.
1) Body work
a. Remove Gas Tank (DONE)
b. Scrape off Under coating
c. Stiffen frame
i. Subframe connectors
ii. Torque Boxes
d. Mini- Tub
e. Fenders
f. Quarters
g. Spray lizard skin under car and inside on floor, one side sound deadener, one side insulation
2) Pull Motor (slant 6)
a. Label All Wires
b. Pull out all components and prep engine bay for paint
3) Paint
a. PLASTIDIP?
b. Paint engine bay with heat resistant black?
c. lime green Factory Vinyl on black paint
4) Rear
a. Axles
b. Diff
c. 4 link kit
d. disk brakes
5) Transmission
a. Automatic 727 RB
b. Manual Valve Body
c. Shifter
6) Interior
a. Racing Seats
b. Custom Gauge cluster (sunpro?)
c. Radio
7) Finish 440
a. Paint parts
b. Mounts, wiring, etc
c. AlterKtion front kit?
d. Exhaust
I'm open to suggestions and ideas all the time, so feel free to give me a heads up if you come up with a better idea because I'm sure there's plenty of people out there who know better than me ;)
As far as pictures go, most of them are too large to upload to the forum, so here's the link to my photobucket. Pretty much every picture related to the car is there, including all the crap I found when I cleaned it out... there were a loooooooot of beer bottle caps... lol
http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/69DartGT/library/
I have an entire file in Microsoft Onenote for this car, sorting parts, prices, and this infamous to-do list that seems to only be getting longer, but I knew what I signed up for when I bought it. I'll be asking questions and looking around too for some ideas. So far, this is the priority list I have, subject to change and movement. Body work first, drivetrain later.
1) Body work
a. Remove Gas Tank (DONE)
b. Scrape off Under coating
c. Stiffen frame
i. Subframe connectors
ii. Torque Boxes
d. Mini- Tub
e. Fenders
f. Quarters
g. Spray lizard skin under car and inside on floor, one side sound deadener, one side insulation
2) Pull Motor (slant 6)
a. Label All Wires
b. Pull out all components and prep engine bay for paint
3) Paint
a. PLASTIDIP?
b. Paint engine bay with heat resistant black?
c. lime green Factory Vinyl on black paint
4) Rear
a. Axles
b. Diff
c. 4 link kit
d. disk brakes
5) Transmission
a. Automatic 727 RB
b. Manual Valve Body
c. Shifter
6) Interior
a. Racing Seats
b. Custom Gauge cluster (sunpro?)
c. Radio
7) Finish 440
a. Paint parts
b. Mounts, wiring, etc
c. AlterKtion front kit?
d. Exhaust
I'm open to suggestions and ideas all the time, so feel free to give me a heads up if you come up with a better idea because I'm sure there's plenty of people out there who know better than me ;)
As far as pictures go, most of them are too large to upload to the forum, so here's the link to my photobucket. Pretty much every picture related to the car is there, including all the crap I found when I cleaned it out... there were a loooooooot of beer bottle caps... lol
http://s1264.photobucket.com/user/69DartGT/library/