Cleaned out my garage to make room for another car

[rumblefish360]

DANG!

Nice car, very nice.

 

[bremereric]

Painted it the same....3 good coats of VHT black epoxy...everything down here rusts in a hurry.....and it is very chemical resistant...

 

[bremereric]

Pretty much done now and ready to go on...don't know what the green blotch is on the lower left..it's some kind of spray paint....

 

[bremereric]

Put 58 miles on her today....let the wife have first try..OMG

First of all I am 6 foot tall and my wife is only 5 foot 3 inches...with the seat all the way forward I will fabricate some wooden blocks and hold them on with some rubber bands or something else...we tried it twice and she stalled it three times...after that we went to Sonic and then a nice winding country road drive...I told her two watch and practice on her foot control...anyways it was 85 degrees and beautiful...I took the eyebrows off and used some synthetic rubing compond to clean up the headlight bezels...

sorry about the hairy chest and man boobs in the reflection...

 

[bremereric]

Took out the driver's side alignment access plate

I call it the alignment access plate because it gives you access to the following...

It was damaged by the brake fluid coming out of the mast cylinder...the top rails were rusted along with rust on the covers gasket...I sanded the rust off the top and scraped it off the gasket with a razor blade..it's not leaking anymore...

All stripped of paint....

and painted again with the same gloss VHT epoxy paint...I swear by that paint...good thing is no primer needed on bare metal..

 

[rumblefish360]

My eyes my eyes! ugh Ahh ugh my eyes.... LOL!

Now seriously.... that VHT paint holds up to the brake fluid?

 

[bremereric]

DANG!

Nice car, very nice.

I hope to get 75% of my thread copied over tonight...It's comming along...and thanks

 

[bremereric]

My eyes my eyes! ugh Ahh ugh my eyes.... LOL!

Now seriously.... that VHT paint holds up to the brake fluid?

When I pull it back out...I am going to take the guts out and use the factory grey Por 15 on it..it will give it back the cast grey look..

 

[Alleyoop2]

By far one of the coolest cars on the planet, bremereric!

 

[bremereric]

By far one of the coolest cars on the planet, bremereric!

Thanks glad your aboard...this will be a booming site before long..Eric

 

[bremereric]

Removed the rear cover....was a 2.94 and now is a 3.55

Cover was glued on with silicone...had to use a pry bar to get it to budge....scraped most of the silicone off and then used the proven MEK with a scotch brite pad and wah la it's all off there now...letting it drip until tomorrow night and if it is stopped I will put the new rear cover on...with the right stuff..

 

[bremereric]

Got three more things done tonight...

Got the new hood bumpers from Metrol Super soft...11 bucks for both of them...the old ones were cracked..the new ones come with the Mopar symbol and the part number...

The rear end cover is done...right stuff to the rescue again..let it dry tonight and fill it tomorrow night with some Lucas rear end gear oil this time..

Got the alignment cover plate installed tonight...

 

[bremereric]

These are the quarter window verticle louvers that I am getting..

back side....

 

[bremereric]

Rear is done...pumped three quarts of Castrol Hypoy C 85W140

Used my new little cheap pump to pump in three quarts of Castrol Hypoy C 85W140 gear oil in the rear...no leaks...

The rear is done...​

 

[bremereric]

Started on the positive battery cable and the wiring on the driver's side

Before pictures....

This is some after shots...still not complete but has to look better..

 

[bremereric]

A little more wiring work tonight

Started the wire loom after I rolled the Aspen back on the other side...if you start something one way then you need to keep it the same all over...I cut and capped some unused wires and made some new connections for the electric choke..should be able to finish it up tomorrow night...great cool front headed here and due on Friday evening can't wait...

 

[bremereric]

Got some new presents today..for myself...my Birthday is getting closer

Scored a 4 barrel stock air cleaner off of e-bay...two lids 400 or 360...the 360 is in better shape..looks like I will go back to cold air intake..I have another car to rob it off of..and can use the plate on it...25 bucks

new upper and lower hoses...the original ones are still one there....will save them but I will feel safer with the new ones...new high pressure powersteering hose...

Orielly's reman 8 blade impellar water pump...

 

[bremereric]

Got most of the wiring complete tonight...

Installed a new ignition coil today..the old one was old and nasty looking...finished cleaning up the wiring with exception to the area right behind the brake booster...will get it done when I remove the brake booster..got the new spark plug wires routed and was able to keep number 5 and 7 boots off of the header...fire in the hole tomorrow night to make sure everything works..

 

[bremereric]

Got some more parts today...

Of course my wife hates when more parts show up...I do not hide anything from her but she thinks I waste time and money on my cars...I told her again to think of them as investments...well most of the resent gaskets from Summit showed up today...along with some new leaf springs...the car has some 33 year old ones and it has some air shocks on the rear..I am not a fan of air shocks so new heavy duty leaf springs and some good gas shocks...I started her up tonight...sounded bad at first...had number 5 and seven crossed at the distributor...switched them and it was good to go...everything still works..

 

[bremereric]

Got some bling and worked on the air cleaner...

this is the cover I chose to strip and repaint...the 318 decals will look good....

the cover all stripped and ready for paint....

I cut the stove pipe connection off of the air cleaner and ran out of paint stripper but will get it done tomorrow...

got these original chrome Mopar Performance small block valve cover today...will run them for now and probably sand then with 400 grit and paint them Mopar Blue when I pull the engine...

of course I will get the old breather painted to match the air cleaner....​