My first muscle car build thread (lots of pics)
Rained a bunch yesterday, lots of lightning and thunder. I was not working outside in those conditions. Today I had some trouble getting going and dad wanted me to take my rear tires off. He recently lowered his chevy truck and we have a set of 4 of these tires so he is putting them all on the truck. He is going to buy me the me the same brand as the front for the rear. Which is great i love those pepboys futura super sports. Tire size in the rear will remain 275/60/15.
anyway i spent an hour or two swapping tires by hand. wore me out a bit. I finally got going on the dart. I ripped the power brake setup off. Then i got the column out and took the pedal assembly off.
I also found out The drivers side frame rail by the K frame has a rot hole in it. Sucks but, we will plate it and move on. It's not like this is a factory restoration.
Also since I need a new master cylinder anyway I was considering going with manual brakes. It just seems like it will be better that way, brake feel, looks, ease of access to the engine bay. So i found out all i need is a master and the brake rod. I looked mancini has a new brake rod for 40 bucks. Then i was looking a bit in classifieds. Then I had an AHA moment and ran downstairs and looked in the box of 4 speed stuff I have. There in the box was the manual brake rod!!!! SCORE!!! So all i need is the master to convert to manual brakes. I am also hoping to sell the power brake stuff and make a few bucks!
Its difficult to look at the car in this state. Really at this moment it's just a rolling shell. I really can't wait to get this damn thing back together!!!
Rained a bunch yesterday, lots of lightning and thunder. I was not working outside in those conditions. Today I had some trouble getting going and dad wanted me to take my rear tires off. He recently lowered his chevy truck and we have a set of 4 of these tires so he is putting them all on the truck. He is going to buy me the me the same brand as the front for the rear. Which is great i love those pepboys futura super sports. Tire size in the rear will remain 275/60/15.
anyway i spent an hour or two swapping tires by hand. wore me out a bit. I finally got going on the dart. I ripped the power brake setup off. Then i got the column out and took the pedal assembly off.
I also found out The drivers side frame rail by the K frame has a rot hole in it. Sucks but, we will plate it and move on. It's not like this is a factory restoration.
Also since I need a new master cylinder anyway I was considering going with manual brakes. It just seems like it will be better that way, brake feel, looks, ease of access to the engine bay. So i found out all i need is a master and the brake rod. I looked mancini has a new brake rod for 40 bucks. Then i was looking a bit in classifieds. Then I had an AHA moment and ran downstairs and looked in the box of 4 speed stuff I have. There in the box was the manual brake rod!!!! SCORE!!! So all i need is the master to convert to manual brakes. I am also hoping to sell the power brake stuff and make a few bucks!
Its difficult to look at the car in this state. Really at this moment it's just a rolling shell. I really can't wait to get this damn thing back together!!!