My other Early A ---65 Dart post

As if I needed another car to restore, but I couldnt let it get crushed. 1965 2 door post. Slant six with 3 speed on the column. Neat car. Typical rusted out front floors and lower quarter panels. Inside the cowl is rotted out badly as well. I just plan to tinker with it and cruise a lil bit since Im not very close on driving my convertible project.

The fun begins. Installed new battery, turned the key and got nothing except smoking wires behind the dash. Its scary stuff when the dash is full of rats nests and leaves from sitting for ten years then wires start burning. The ammeter is totally fried and it melted the wire all the way to the bulkhead connector on the firewall. The amp gauge is now bypassed. Installed new gas tank, fuel pump, tune-up and it fired up. The engine is from a later model car.( 225 in place of a 170 I believe) It shakes and vibrates when I take off from a stop. Im wondering If there is no pilot bushing in the end of the crankshaft since its a later engine.

I found out the hard way that the oil pan is wrong for the car. At first I noticed the center link was rubbing on the pan so I made a little clearance with a block of wood and a big hammer. Then a few days later I noticed a small oil leak which has gotten much bigger. Its coming from the driver side right where the pan meets the k frame. Seems like its rubbing in there making a hole in the side of the oil pan.