1966 Dart GT Slant 6

Thanks for the responses everyone. Yes it is still the single reservoir master cylinder. A dual cylinder is on the books, but we had already spent so much on the new drums, shoes, and auxiliary parts that getting another part wasn't on the list. I'll put it in as part of the next group of fixes I need to do. From what I've ready the conversion isn't a big deal.

The blue paint is nice. It looks like it was repainted at some point as there is a good amount flaking off. The under/original coat was still blue but the top/redone coat is a matte metallic blue. It was surprising that my wife wanted it since she absolutely hates blue. I think how original it was is what did it for her though.

The AC is nice to have, if it worked. Need to get it over to my brother-in-law's friend's AC shop to get it checked out and recharged with R12. Depending on how things go I'll probably look at converting it to the newer stuff in another year or two. One of the switches on the dash is stuck anyhow so I'm not even sure I could turn it on now if it was working. Only real downside of AC in this car is that the component are really in the way of things. The main compressor blocks the view to the timing marks on the dampener completely. I am planning to put a later model timing cover on when I replace the timing set so that I can actually check the timing properly. One of the hoses also goes right over the valve cover so doing a valve lash adjustment can be a pain in the rear. Heater hoses also go over it which are the biggest issue. Those need replacement so I am going to get some longer ones when I replace them so that I can route them better.

This is our third classic car, and really only the second that we've bought for real driving. Our first was my wife's father's 78 Ranchero (not technically a classic) that I drove as a daily driver for a few months. Once we started having issues with it we ended up getting a newer car and parked it for many years until I sold it. Our second was my 67 Ranchero which I had blinders on when we went to look at it. The 67 was always my favorite year and they are hard to find so when we found it I didn't really care what was wrong with it. It ran ok for about 2 months and then came the waterfall of issues. It's been 3 years since then and it finally rolled out of the driveway in Feb. With that we've been learning a lot of great, though hard, lessons about what to buy. Initially the idea of getting an all original car that hadn't been touched in 13+ years seemed like a great thing. We didn't think that it not being touched in 13+ years would mean that it was neglected for that time.

I have a few things left to do on the Ranchero and we are planning on selling it off and getting something else. There is a short list of cars that we're looking at but the "plan" at this point is to buy something as a shell and build it like we want to. That way we have fewer surprises and can make it as crazy or original as we want.