1966 Dodge Dart
Wow, here we are in February already! Well that doesnt go well for my completion time line! I havent posted in a few weeks but not because I havent been doing anything.
Ive gotten the fenders on the car and even tho they are not perfect with body lines I think I will be happy. I put the hood on the other day to see how it was going to line up and it looks good as well.
Oh yea, forgot to mention i bought a scoop I will need to install to the hood but I like it!
I woke up Friday night around 1 AM and couldnt sleep so I went out and made a decision on where to mount the Tach. Its been something that Ive been thinking about for some time. I had a friend make me a bracket that would allow me to mount the tach sitting just above the dash pad. But I was afraid that would get to much attention from local police since Im going to be using an antique tag. Yea I know the scoop will probably draw attention as well! lol. So after sitting in the car for about 15 minutes heres what I decided.
Old school mount!
I can see the needle fairly well fairly well from about 4k up and 3k down. I lose it for just a little bit but it looks better there then standing out above the dash pad.
oh and I finally put the glove box back together and back in the car as well.
With the hood on I found out that my gas cylinders dont have enough pressure to keep the hood up by themselves. They are fine to help lift the hood so I bought a hood prop and I guess I will look for a heavier set of cylinders. I also had to make some clearance for the cylinder pivot at the top because they would touch where the cowl and firewall are welded together. No pics of that I will need to take some. Now some of you may have seen I have been posting about the headlight bezels, grill and other anodized pieces. (got some great help from many members and especially 66Dvert, Thanks) I had the anodizing removed and I am now working on the bezels. Here is the drivers side sanded and straightened so far. Ive only done the first grit sanding. I used 220 wet but now have to follow up with 400, 1000, 1500, 2000 and then polish with buffing compound. I have a pretty comfortable setup for this.
Here I am hard at work! The small white bucket is a 2 gallon and the bezel fits perfect on the top making holding the bezel fairly easy while I sand. The 5 gal bucket is my rinse bucket so I can see what its looking like.
I did a practice bezel first to see what was going to happen because this type of work is all new to me. Heres my practice bezel, the one on the top is the one im working with:
Heres after about 1/2 hour of tapping and re shaping then another 1/2 hour of sanding and tapping as I worked it.
I have 8 sets of these so now I know I can rework them and sell them to recoop some money to go forward with this build! lol
Heres my drivers side that I will be using, it was fairly straight and in pretty good shape when I bought it. (one of the 9 sets I bought!)
Well thats about it for now. I plan on going out again tonight and finishing the drivers side and maybe starting on the passenger side. Oh, almost forgot to mention that if your doing this you should probably check fitment on the fender as you go to be sure its flat and matches the front of your fender.
As always thanks for following and suggestions are always welcomed and appreciated.
Rod
Wow, here we are in February already! Well that doesnt go well for my completion time line! I havent posted in a few weeks but not because I havent been doing anything.
Ive gotten the fenders on the car and even tho they are not perfect with body lines I think I will be happy. I put the hood on the other day to see how it was going to line up and it looks good as well.
Oh yea, forgot to mention i bought a scoop I will need to install to the hood but I like it!
I woke up Friday night around 1 AM and couldnt sleep so I went out and made a decision on where to mount the Tach. Its been something that Ive been thinking about for some time. I had a friend make me a bracket that would allow me to mount the tach sitting just above the dash pad. But I was afraid that would get to much attention from local police since Im going to be using an antique tag. Yea I know the scoop will probably draw attention as well! lol. So after sitting in the car for about 15 minutes heres what I decided.
Old school mount!
I can see the needle fairly well fairly well from about 4k up and 3k down. I lose it for just a little bit but it looks better there then standing out above the dash pad.
oh and I finally put the glove box back together and back in the car as well.
With the hood on I found out that my gas cylinders dont have enough pressure to keep the hood up by themselves. They are fine to help lift the hood so I bought a hood prop and I guess I will look for a heavier set of cylinders. I also had to make some clearance for the cylinder pivot at the top because they would touch where the cowl and firewall are welded together. No pics of that I will need to take some. Now some of you may have seen I have been posting about the headlight bezels, grill and other anodized pieces. (got some great help from many members and especially 66Dvert, Thanks) I had the anodizing removed and I am now working on the bezels. Here is the drivers side sanded and straightened so far. Ive only done the first grit sanding. I used 220 wet but now have to follow up with 400, 1000, 1500, 2000 and then polish with buffing compound. I have a pretty comfortable setup for this.
Here I am hard at work! The small white bucket is a 2 gallon and the bezel fits perfect on the top making holding the bezel fairly easy while I sand. The 5 gal bucket is my rinse bucket so I can see what its looking like.
I did a practice bezel first to see what was going to happen because this type of work is all new to me. Heres my practice bezel, the one on the top is the one im working with:
Heres after about 1/2 hour of tapping and re shaping then another 1/2 hour of sanding and tapping as I worked it.
I have 8 sets of these so now I know I can rework them and sell them to recoop some money to go forward with this build! lol
Heres my drivers side that I will be using, it was fairly straight and in pretty good shape when I bought it. (one of the 9 sets I bought!)
Well thats about it for now. I plan on going out again tonight and finishing the drivers side and maybe starting on the passenger side. Oh, almost forgot to mention that if your doing this you should probably check fitment on the fender as you go to be sure its flat and matches the front of your fender.
As always thanks for following and suggestions are always welcomed and appreciated.
Rod
