68 GT convertible project
I really wish I had a shop to work in but only have a small two stall garage right now. I needed to have my Ram inside during the winter so that meant cleaning and organizing the garage. I didn't have room to store the engine/K-member assembly separately so it needed to go under the Dart. This would give me a good chance to start mocking everything up so there would be no surprises after the car is painted. I bought some 1/8" angle iron an made a lifting bar to get the cherry picker out away from the car as much as possible.(the cherry picker's legs got in the way while removing the engine) The body weighs next to nothing so the 1/8" angle is more than enough to lift it. The problem comes when trying to lift the front end with the engine assembly in place. The 1/8" is at its limit so I bought some 1/4" angle that I'll use from now on.
I was originally going to convert to manual steering but decided against it. I didn't like the thought of the 24 to 1 ratio so I'll be going to a stage 3 Firm Feel box. For mock-up purposes, I cleaned up the stock box and mounted it to the K-member before the engine went in.
After buying the complete Pertronix distributor, I read on here that it won't fit in an A-body because it's too tall. That got me worried so I put the wiper motor in place and test fit the distributor. It's pretty close but should work fine with angled plug boots.
I really wish I had a shop to work in but only have a small two stall garage right now. I needed to have my Ram inside during the winter so that meant cleaning and organizing the garage. I didn't have room to store the engine/K-member assembly separately so it needed to go under the Dart. This would give me a good chance to start mocking everything up so there would be no surprises after the car is painted. I bought some 1/8" angle iron an made a lifting bar to get the cherry picker out away from the car as much as possible.(the cherry picker's legs got in the way while removing the engine) The body weighs next to nothing so the 1/8" angle is more than enough to lift it. The problem comes when trying to lift the front end with the engine assembly in place. The 1/8" is at its limit so I bought some 1/4" angle that I'll use from now on.
I was originally going to convert to manual steering but decided against it. I didn't like the thought of the 24 to 1 ratio so I'll be going to a stage 3 Firm Feel box. For mock-up purposes, I cleaned up the stock box and mounted it to the K-member before the engine went in.
After buying the complete Pertronix distributor, I read on here that it won't fit in an A-body because it's too tall. That got me worried so I put the wiper motor in place and test fit the distributor. It's pretty close but should work fine with angled plug boots.
