1972 Daddy Daughter Duster
Hey Folks,
Just another update on the the project. Both girls are officially high school seniors now (hard to frigging believe!) and working to earn/save some money for college. So it's pretty much a Daddy project LOL!
Made some progress in the past few months:
Got the transmission back in the car and replaced the transmission and motor mounts.
Put the oil pump, windage tray and pan back in.
Clean up the filter adapter and got it in before bolting the headers back in.
Kicked off Father's Day in the garage by getting the headers bolted up.
Will be getting the pulleys, fan, radiator back in this weekend. Then need to recheck/torque all the fasteners to make sure I didn't miss anything. (In my haste..Failed to tighten the filter adapter last time and spewed oil upon start up LOL!) and hope to fire it up by the end of the month. Fingers are crossed the a) it starts, b) it doesn't leak and c) the transmission works!
Happy that the car is getting close to running again.
Be well,
Pat
Hey Folks,
Just another update on the the project. Both girls are officially high school seniors now (hard to frigging believe!) and working to earn/save some money for college. So it's pretty much a Daddy project LOL!
Made some progress in the past few months:
Got the transmission back in the car and replaced the transmission and motor mounts.
Put the oil pump, windage tray and pan back in.
Clean up the filter adapter and got it in before bolting the headers back in.
Kicked off Father's Day in the garage by getting the headers bolted up.
Will be getting the pulleys, fan, radiator back in this weekend. Then need to recheck/torque all the fasteners to make sure I didn't miss anything. (In my haste..Failed to tighten the filter adapter last time and spewed oil upon start up LOL!) and hope to fire it up by the end of the month. Fingers are crossed the a) it starts, b) it doesn't leak and c) the transmission works!
Happy that the car is getting close to running again.
Be well,
Pat
