65 Dart Revisited II
Members. A quick update on my 65 Dart Revisited II build. I rolled the car out of the paint booth today, and I installed the Sure Grip differential which I harvested from the 65 Valiant Signet which I parted out. I installed new seals, gaskets and axle bearings in the differential, and the ring and pinion showed no wear as the Valiant had less than 60K on the odometer. Yes, I know, I have been told that I should have updated to LBP wheels with disc brakes, but I opted to build the car as the Dart Charger I had back in '71. I did, however, update the brakes to the 10 inch as opposed to the 9 inch that were on the Valiant. Thanks to Cosgig for the 10 inch backing plates and misc brake parts for the differential. Also, thanks to 65 Dartman for the instruction on the proper procedure on installing the doors, front fenders, dash and the windshield. It has been a while since I took the car apart, so the tutorial from Don was a great help. Also, a shout out to 65 Dartcharger for providing the final pieces to the puzzle with some quality parts to finish the project. Thank you Ulf for the help. As I progressed, I sold my defroster tubes thinking I had a good set, but, no, I did not. If your not too concerned about OEM, I took a piece of 2 inch DeWalt vacuum cleaner shopvac hose, and I used an exhaust pipe expander with a heat gun to stretch the ends to fit the heater pipes and the defrost vents. It turns out that the plastic fitting on the end of the hose which fits into the vacuum is identical in size to the pipes that come out of the heater/defroster outlets. This actually worked very well, and I have a set of nice looking defroster tubes for the build. Anyway, I do not think that I will make the June 1st date, but, now, it looks like July 1st. Thanks to all who have helped me through this project and to those who have followed along. I appreciate the help from all of the FABO members along this three year process. sgrip65
Members. A quick update on my 65 Dart Revisited II build. I rolled the car out of the paint booth today, and I installed the Sure Grip differential which I harvested from the 65 Valiant Signet which I parted out. I installed new seals, gaskets and axle bearings in the differential, and the ring and pinion showed no wear as the Valiant had less than 60K on the odometer. Yes, I know, I have been told that I should have updated to LBP wheels with disc brakes, but I opted to build the car as the Dart Charger I had back in '71. I did, however, update the brakes to the 10 inch as opposed to the 9 inch that were on the Valiant. Thanks to Cosgig for the 10 inch backing plates and misc brake parts for the differential. Also, thanks to 65 Dartman for the instruction on the proper procedure on installing the doors, front fenders, dash and the windshield. It has been a while since I took the car apart, so the tutorial from Don was a great help. Also, a shout out to 65 Dartcharger for providing the final pieces to the puzzle with some quality parts to finish the project. Thank you Ulf for the help. As I progressed, I sold my defroster tubes thinking I had a good set, but, no, I did not. If your not too concerned about OEM, I took a piece of 2 inch DeWalt vacuum cleaner shopvac hose, and I used an exhaust pipe expander with a heat gun to stretch the ends to fit the heater pipes and the defrost vents. It turns out that the plastic fitting on the end of the hose which fits into the vacuum is identical in size to the pipes that come out of the heater/defroster outlets. This actually worked very well, and I have a set of nice looking defroster tubes for the build. Anyway, I do not think that I will make the June 1st date, but, now, it looks like July 1st. Thanks to all who have helped me through this project and to those who have followed along. I appreciate the help from all of the FABO members along this three year process. sgrip65
