Cleaned out my garage to make room for another car

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Got the rear bumper support back on tonight

Got home and leveled the bumper shocks and tightened up all of the bolts....then I got the bumper support bolted back on the made sure it was centered...tonight I am going to wet sand the bumper top filler and paint it tomorrow before the bad weather hits on Sunday...that's when it's 100% rain and then the coldest week headed our way....my new wheels should be on my front porch on Monday...

 

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This is the flexable plastic bumper filler

This is the piece I am going to paint tomorrow...I have the flex additive for the paint because it is a flexable plastic/rubber piece...I wet sanded it tonight with 600 wet/dry paper...once this is finished I can put the rear bumper back on....

 

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Got the rear bumper back on today....

Went to work today and got that flexable bumper filler painted...mind you that I was not in a clean paint booth so I got about six little pieces of trash in it but my painting skills are getting better...nice and shiney with no orange peel and no runs....I then met a friend of mine at his new house and borrowed his buffing contraption...I buffed and polished 25 stainless steel bumper bolts...after supper I got the bumper filler installed along with the rear bumper...no bad night time photos I just took on of the bolts I polished..tomorrow I will take some pics...

 

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A two hour road trip today....

My buddy Paul offered me his slightly used 275/60/15 BF Goodrich tires that used to be on his Charger...I told him thanks and I would be by to pick them up today...they are an hour dirve on the other side of town so I spent some time with them since I don't see him very often...OMFG they are big...they are a little past new and I will probably not use them but it was worth the trip and a chance to take a photo of one of them next to the car...it makes me real sick thinking that I can't use a tire like that on my Dart..

took a couple pics on the bumper and bumper filler and then when I got home I put the license back on

I then got a chance to wet sand the four remaining corner bumper fillers...the ones on the left are for the front bumper and the ones on the right are for the rear...hopefully going to paint next weekend...

 

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New wheels showed up this morning...I mocked one up for you so you can see what it looks like...new tires tomorrow...

 

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You learn something new everyday...a superpack clone

Here ya go....this looks like a standard R/T......
that would explain the decal I have across the deck lid...

and this is one with the superpak option......you learn something new everyday...

I have a call in to the previous owner.....now I think I have a superpack clone....that would also explain the cut chrome wheel well mouldings

 

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Got the two big tires mounted today...the smaller front ones were not in stock and will take 3 to 4 days...I went with 275/60/15 in the back and the front will be 205/60/15 that will make them the same tread width as the tires I had on before...I also like her ass up in the air...

the trim ring will go on after I put them on the car tonight

 

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Got the rear in the air tonight and the wheels on

Got the rear wheels on tonight...I like how they look alot and how well they fill up the entire wheel well...nice tall tires..1 1/2" taller than the AR 17" wheels and tires...a few gruddy night time pics for you all...

 

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Did some blasting and cleaning
Tonight I took the brackets off of the front spoiler..they were rusty and partway covered with under coating...I drilled out the rivets and used my die grinder and with some 3-M scuff pads to remove the rust...I then blasted my fender tag and then submerged it into the evaporust to remove the rust from the back and one spot in front..I then did some blasting on the other set of louvers I got...man oh man...4 different coats of paint...red then black then white then black again...it will take some time but they will turn out alright..right around the first opening you can see the dull black..that is the base plastic..other tires are in so tomorrow at lunch I will get them mounted and put them on tomorrow night..

 

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Got the front tires today...and got the brackets painted and put back on

It was only 40 degrees today but the heated painting area was great..I got the front spoiler brackets painted today..I also got the front tires mounted on the rims today but did not install them tonight because I did not have time to do the three car suffle...I got the brackets installed with backup washers...nice and tight...

front tires and wheels ready to go on tomorrow...the backs are 26.5" in height and the fronts are 24" in height..this outta keep the rear in the air

 

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Okay I did the three car shuffle tonight

Having two in the garage and two in the driveway makes for fun when serious work is needed on one car...moved wifeys out into the street...fired up the 440 Dart and backed it up...get the chills everytime I hear that beast...start up the Aspen and back it out and pull it into the center of the garage...first two pics are showing the tire size difference between the stock wheel and tire and the new P205/60/15...

now comes some shots of the front and entire car back down on the ground...the smaller tire up front takes some getting used to...

Okay while I had it up in the air I took two pic of the rubber pucks the engineers designed for these cars...feels like a boat cresting a wave and veering to the right or left when you roll over a hump on the freeway...

 

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This is just for shared information

Anyone out there wants a new three piece front spoiler...here ya go....Jim's Auto Parts sell's a similiar one but it's 90 bucks more...

http://fpap.com/catalog.htm

1976-77F-Body Three Piece Front Spoiler FP160 $199.00 ea.

 

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Inline Tube

Inline tube has a couple of offerings for F-Bodys...I am going to call them on Monday before ordering the front brake lines to make sure they are right before I order them...I am going to send the ones in from the brake master cylinder to the proportioning valve to have them make new ones for it...

View Part 1976 - 80 Roadrunner / Volare Front Brake Line Set Stainless OEM
PRB7801 Power Disc Front Brake Line Set $110.00 $75.00


http://www.inlinetube.com/

 

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Successful paint day

Finally got to use the big paint booth at work...it has a huge exhaust system followed by a dev-a-bliss make up air unit with heater..I heated it up to 80 degrees and was I actually sweated while painting...but boy oh boy did it make a difference....no trash in what I painted today..

hung up and ready for paint...

done with the paint and letting them dry...

Painted my fender tag...both sides so it will not rust again..

finished product...the rear bumper is complete now....

The two front bumper corner fillers are also done..none of the front will go back on until the engine compartment is painted....motor and tranny out by the end of this month...

Then after dinner I wet sanded the front spoiler and used to JB Weld to fix a crack on the backside....taped up the brackets and it will go to paint tomorrow...

 

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Nasty and rainy outside...nice and toasty inside

Went to work today and used the big spray booth again...front spoiler is done...

before....

and after....

 

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Got some of the front cleaned of the undercoating

Used that ZEP Big Orange....elbow grease...plastic scraper...scuff pad and small wire brush to clean the drivers side of the undercoating...I guess the rough black stuff left over is the stuff the factory sprayed on the front...not sure what to do now....will get the other side cleaned and them make up my mind...

 

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Made up my mind of what to do

I took the engine compartment brace bars off tonight...they have bad paint runs on them and the undersides are not painted...they along with the valve covers are going to blasting tomorrow...last minute message that something is going to be blasted tomorrow...try to get something in the booth every time they do...I then cleaned some more of the undercoating off the other side but did not get done..I am going to mechanically remove as much paint from the front and then soda blast the rest...I will then prime the whole front with white primer and then paint it white when I do the engine compartment...after that I will tape off a section and do the grill blackout with satin epoxy...

heres the crap I am removing...just in case you forgot...

this is what it should look like

and this is what I got done tonight..still have to finish the very left side

and this is what is going to blasting tomorrow

 

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It's all gone

Finished getting the undercoating off the other side and did some house cleaning in the garage...got rid of the plastic and cardboard I had underneath the front end...got tired of the orange smell..

 

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See some clean metal up front

Used about 10 of those Ryloc twist on pads to strip paint and such off the front of the radiator support...got all the flat surfaces done on the driver's side...all the places I didn't get or attempt to get will be candidates for the soda blaster...hoping to finish up the other side tomorrow night and blast on Saturday..it's going to be sunny and 60 degrees...nice

 

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Some more clean metal

About 12 more of those Ryloc discs and the other side and the top right and left sides are done...tomorrow it is going to be 60 degrees and sunny...I will do a tape line and tape off alot of holes leading into the engine compartment before I blast the front with my soda blaster..

I also got my parts back from blasting today...whenever they blast sometihng at work I always try to get something for them to do...I will have to sand down a couple spots with 400 grit before painting...