1969 Dart GT Convertible

Crap more than a month has passed since I last posted. Life sometimes gets in the way, had a few days out of town, etc but have been sweating my AZ off in the hot summer heat. I decided to send the transmission out to be freshened up since I had no history with it and I figured my time could be spent doing something more constructive. I expected it to be a week or so and I wasn't in a hurry........7 weeks later....UGH. Reverse gear was chewed up and needed replacing. It came back a day before I went out of town. I have a steel Mcleod 18 pound steel flywheel coming along with a new clutch and pressure plate and all new hardware to install it. Once I got the trans back I couldn't get the shifter into reverse. The lever actuated ok, but the shifter was not working correctly. So the shifter came apart got cleaned, and rebuilt. The thing is smooooooooth now.

While I was waiting for the transmission I found the original wiper motor, took it apart, repaired a mess of wires, and while I didn't get it plated per original it sure does look good and work quietly.

I also took apart and cleaned the top pump it wasn't too bad considering the top had not been up or down in at least 20 years. Need to get a new seal for the pump. Any idea if that is just an "O" ring??

I also had a good original east coast dash pad with just a few minor cracks, so I had a local guy add 1/4"layer of foam and recover it. Once I got that back (ironically also a day before vacation) I was able to install it and put the dash back into the car one final time. Then it was onto installing the wiring harnesses.

Other small odd jobs been done too, blasting and painting bumper brackets, sorting through all the stainless and grab the buffer out of storage to polish all the trim, made the bracket for the slave cylinder, etc...

I think once the flywheel and clutch etc get here I should have the engine/transmission/k-member assembly in the car.

note some of the pics were too large to load so you'll have to do with just these for now.

Enjoy!!!