1965 Dodge Dart 270 Wagon
This weekend I received my Tech Service Manual (yeah I know I can use a digital one for free, but I wanted a hard copy). I also received a set of random rubber bump stops I ordered. Now my hood release has enough resistance to pop even in the cold! I just need to figure out where all of the random small ones actually go. I wasn't sure if I was going to replace all of them, but when I started pulling off the old ones and they were falling apart in my hands that answered the question.
Fall has finally arrived and the low temperatures need to be addressed. My heater core has been bypassed since I first got the car running. The old one sprung a leak at some point (probably why the passenger floor pan is nice and rusty). When my dad had the car this was the only high priority issue. He got a new heater core and pulled apart the heater box to get at it. That's it though... The old core wasn't fully removed and nothing was actually replaced. I took some time this weekend to remove the whole box. I scrubbed it down with some degreaser and gave it a thorough rinse. The fresh air door was pulled off and I'm still looking for the bracket. In the meantime I ordered a heater box seal kit from Detroit Muscle technologies. Hoping for some expedited shipping I called on the phone and the woman I dealt with was terrific. She said she would get the kit and drop it in the mail herself yesterday. She also offered to send it USPS priority instead of standard first class without charging me the difference. Terrific customer service! During the removal process the section of the heater box between where the pipes for the heater core pass through got broken. All of the fiberglass is still there and I was able to push it back into place, but it seems like I should reinforce it. I'm trying to decide between just sanding it and brushing a fresh layer of resin over it or cutting that section out and rebuilding it either with fiberglass or steel stik. My duct tubes are dry and cracked as well, so those will get replaced too.
So because I'm impulsive I jumped on an Edelbrock D4B intake from a forum member. Now I guess I'll need a new carburetor. I 'll need to find something used and keep the cost low because I'm still not sure if I'm going to keep the carburetor or eventually purchase a FiTech setup. I don't have any big performance goals, but if I can get a little more air into the engine to make up for the high altitude that would sure be nice.
Waiting for all the parts I've got ordered makes me feel like this week is Christmas instead of Thanksgiving.