The Brick, 1972 Dodge Dart Custom

Well, new driveshaft is done. I somehow bent the shaft getting it to the driveshaft shop, but AZ Driveshaft hooked me up with some beautiful work. If you are in AZ, they are the people to go to to get driveshaft work done. The fantastic lady that owned the place actually remembered me after 10 years!

Spent Friday night plinking around trying to get the torsion bars adjusted right.....what a nightmare. For every inch I would adjust it down, the front end would drop 2. But I did get it started up, drove it to test out the brakes, and they worked great, without major adjustment!

I had to go back over today to get the front end re-adjusted. Cranked it back up 4 inches so that it would settle down 2 inches. Got it sitting pretty nice, put another eyeball alignment on it to get the camber really close and then took off to the local Pep Boys (only a block away) to get it in for the alignment.

Was told by the service manager that they could not align that old of a car because their computers did not have the alignment specs in it......He suggested that I head over to a place called Network Auto Service to get it aligned. I called over there and their old car guru is off on the weekends. He had just finished a front end refresh on a 1970 SuperBird......so I guess if he is good enough to work on a very expensive rare car like that, then he can work on my Dart :)

Jammed over there to drop it off and was surprised to see a person I hadn't spoken to in 3 years. The manager is a guy that had previously owned a pizza joint that was next door to my old business! I always knew he was a car guy, as we would hang out front of his Pizza place, and over some cold beverages, discuss what cars we had worked on, and what we had done with our cars in the day. He is setting me up, and hooking me up on the price to boot.

So all you Phoenix Area FABO guys, if you are looking for someplace to handle driveshafts, Arizona Driveshaft is the place. Family owned and operated and a great place. Same thing for Network Auto Service! Both have been in business in AZ for over 20 years. Both are in Mesa, and they like old cars, even Mopars!

Here is a pic of the Brick with the front end all adjusted to my desired ride height. It's a pretty weeny picture, but I am on my mother in laws computer, so I have limited tools to work with.....I will probably post a bigger pic and one of the drive shaft tonight when I get home.