Christmas in August! Still a truck load of weatherstripping/grommets and whiskers coming from Jim at DMT. The wife can’t complain about storing it in our bedroom (this time)!
1963 Dodge Dart 270 Convertible for the Wife
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I was wrong she still can complain......
Wife went to town to cloths shop with the youngest. I just wasn't in the mood so I meet some buddies I have been neglecting riding with since I caught this Mopar bug and did some dual sport motorcycle riding. Tonight went out and hacked some of the rear quarter metal out.
Bought new Blair non skip spot weld drill kit. OMG why did I not do that on the Duster a year ago..... After doing a bit of forensics I need to buy all the available patches for the quarters. That design just lets mud lay on flat surfaces between the quarter and wheel house. It needs to come apart and blasted and epoxy primed. We will hit it hard tomorrow and get some pictures.
Bought new Blair non skip spot weld drill kit. OMG why did I not do that on the Duster a year ago..... After doing a bit of forensics I need to buy all the available patches for the quarters. That design just lets mud lay on flat surfaces between the quarter and wheel house. It needs to come apart and blasted and epoxy primed. We will hit it hard tomorrow and get some pictures.
I hate pulling the final stage of the motor/transmission down. It makes a mess....
So here is the '68 225 truck engine and the '63 PB transmission torque converter. So what was the magic that makes them mate up?
$%^&%%$$ transmission missed the drain pan...
Motor mount documentation
You gotta have one of these to get the harmonic balancer off. This Mac one is 35+ years old.
Frigg'in motor had the same idea as the transmission...
Not many parts to a /6 that is for sure.
Stripped and inspected. The 225 seems to be a virgin, standard sized pistons and standard sized crank bearing. Perfect for a rebuild.
So here is the '68 225 truck engine and the '63 PB transmission torque converter. So what was the magic that makes them mate up?
$%^&%%$$ transmission missed the drain pan...
Motor mount documentation
You gotta have one of these to get the harmonic balancer off. This Mac one is 35+ years old.
Frigg'in motor had the same idea as the transmission...
Not many parts to a /6 that is for sure.
Stripped and inspected. The 225 seems to be a virgin, standard sized pistons and standard sized crank bearing. Perfect for a rebuild.
Spent a little time in the sun with the new Blair spot weld drill. I am just stumped on how far I could go.... there is a problem along here but how far up the panel do I go with the replacement panel...
Not horrible on the driver quarter. This can be part of the replacement patch
There are pieces brazed in, she had a restoration long ago...
All this crap was in the quarter/trunk extension seam. Why did it rust?
The passenger side is worse. Something was laying in there. I bought a Duster inner extension to use as the starting point of a custom patch.
Rotten all the way back to the roll over.
Not horrible on the driver quarter. This can be part of the replacement patch
There are pieces brazed in, she had a restoration long ago...
All this crap was in the quarter/trunk extension seam. Why did it rust?
The passenger side is worse. Something was laying in there. I bought a Duster inner extension to use as the starting point of a custom patch.
Rotten all the way back to the roll over.
Oh Boy dry air for papa!
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Dang getting some nice toys.
They were absolutely necessary to continue to work on her car....
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it
watermelon
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you only posted three times today. why you slowing down?
just kidding. thanks for taking us along for the ride.
watermelon
just kidding. thanks for taking us along for the ride.
watermelon
First interaction with Vacuum Orna-metal. Frank called and said they unpacked the box and something was missing from the cluster lens. I had no idea what he was talking about but I mentioned the lens did have a hole in it when I packed it. He explained there should be a trim piece there. He then asked if this was a Concours restoration and if we should look for the true '63 piece. I said it is not a points type restoration, I just want it to look like it could have come from the factory that way. He said he had some Chrysler pieces that he could plate and install to give it a bit of trim even though they were not 100% correct. I said do it!
So far I am impressed. Anyone have a photo of what he was talking about? Mine is clearly missing.
Also Ken at Oregon Cam Grinding is grinding me a Dutra RV12 cam for the slanty.
So far I am impressed. Anyone have a photo of what he was talking about? Mine is clearly missing.
Also Ken at Oregon Cam Grinding is grinding me a Dutra RV12 cam for the slanty.
I believe I'm missing the same part. It's smack dab in middle of Speedo.
I found what I think it is supposed to look like.
Is the humidity really that high in AZ that you need that?
I don't understand, I am in WV and in the summer the humidity stays around 50 to 80%.
I have my compressor outside, it dumps into a buddy tank, then plumbed into the garage, straight to a line drier, then goes up the ceiling, then dumps in each corner of the garage, with a line drier.
No water issues what so ever.
The tanks do accumulate a lot of water, one time, I loosened the drain on the air compressor, and no air would come out, I had to remove the fitting, and poke a screwdriver in the hole to allow the sediment to blow out, along with a flood of water, I added a ball valve to make draining easier.
Depends on time of year. Spring 10% and not too bad. This time of year monsoons and 50%. After sandblasting for a few hours it gets really bad, and I wanted a new tool out of the deal with the wife, don't judge me!
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Not judging you, just did not understand.Depends on time of year. Spring 10% and not too bad. This time of year monsoons and 50%. After sandblasting for a few hours it gets really bad, and I wanted a new tool out of the deal with the wife, don't judge me!
I know the $25 driers work in my application.
I'm just kidding, all in fun! My kids use that phrase all the time.
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Loaded up the Engine and Transmission and dropped them off to be rebuilt. Told them to take their time as they take too much room in my garage
Thunder storming like crazy and my air is DRY! The Schultz is SO quiet and don't even know it is running!
Thunder storming like crazy and my air is DRY! The Schultz is SO quiet and don't even know it is running!
Here are some good cut ways to show where the simple porting should be done.
Love living the the middle of nowhere.... except for when you have project going. The compressor fitting started leaking after inserting the dryer so we had to go to town to get some reducers. Of course the whole family wanted to go and have breakfast... Finally home at noon. The wife and I got busy and a lot was accomplished in the next 5 hours.....
I showed her how to blast and I got with it on the hillbilly rotisserie. Something about a chick with a sandblaster.....
I added some bracing where the door goes just in case and the HD harbor freight engine stands find a second chance for a restoration. The worked great for the Duster and the Dart is no exception...
WE ARE READY TO ROLL!!!!!! This is so much easier to repair this quarter in this position for an old man!
See there is no freaking reason someone should have cut that hole in the rear floor board. This thing is Arizona solid.....
The wife and I got through about 70% o the parts that will need blasting in the cabinet. We may be shooting SPI epoxy primer on Monday!
I showed her how to blast and I got with it on the hillbilly rotisserie. Something about a chick with a sandblaster.....
I added some bracing where the door goes just in case and the HD harbor freight engine stands find a second chance for a restoration. The worked great for the Duster and the Dart is no exception...
WE ARE READY TO ROLL!!!!!! This is so much easier to repair this quarter in this position for an old man!
See there is no freaking reason someone should have cut that hole in the rear floor board. This thing is Arizona solid.....
The wife and I got through about 70% o the parts that will need blasting in the cabinet. We may be shooting SPI epoxy primer on Monday!
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Oh and the compressor ran for 5 hours straight and absolutely ZERO moisture EVER left the blast gun.... I LOVE IT!
The best part is she bought me some Whisky tonight because it is a holiday thinking I will not wake her *** up at 6am to get working on her car... Little does she know she has already failed!
A lot of sweat and filth this weekend but it does not look like much. Since I have done 2 other nut and bolt restorations I realized how much we really have done and the time it will save on the back end of reassembly.
The nut and bolt restoration center
Engine, transmission, rear axel, suspension bolts cleaned/wire wheeled/bead blasted. Next weekend the ones that need paint will get painted.
Here is all that is left, sheet metal and body bolts/clips that need to be cleaned next weekend.
Interior and under hood fasteners to be cleaned next weekend.
Spent a lot of time cleansing and blasting this......
Then I flipped it over..... POS..... need to find a Chrysler part.
Basket of blasted parts to shoot SPI Epoxy Primer Grey to get painted Seymour's Stainless Steel applied later.
Second basked of blasted parts ready to get painted SPI epoxy primer black as the final coat. I have a few more large shields to blast that won't fit in my cabinet. I need to build a sand blasting booth outside before doing anything more....
It may not look like it but this is 90% all the piece parts that need to be blasted and painted.
The nut and bolt restoration center
Engine, transmission, rear axel, suspension bolts cleaned/wire wheeled/bead blasted. Next weekend the ones that need paint will get painted.
Here is all that is left, sheet metal and body bolts/clips that need to be cleaned next weekend.
Interior and under hood fasteners to be cleaned next weekend.
Spent a lot of time cleansing and blasting this......
Then I flipped it over..... POS..... need to find a Chrysler part.
Basket of blasted parts to shoot SPI Epoxy Primer Grey to get painted Seymour's Stainless Steel applied later.
Second basked of blasted parts ready to get painted SPI epoxy primer black as the final coat. I have a few more large shields to blast that won't fit in my cabinet. I need to build a sand blasting booth outside before doing anything more....
It may not look like it but this is 90% all the piece parts that need to be blasted and painted.
Almost ordered $400 more worth of quarter patches, glad I did not....
Cut out all the rust and made it larger enough to patch the inner fender tub at the rear bottom. Then I drilled out all the spot welds and folded the lip out enough that I can get a sand blaster in there to blast it out and brush in epoxy primer. This was a really bad design for rust, the gap between the inner and out fender was less than 1/4" and flat ready to trap mud and crud in that area. It is not that bad but making these folds will mess up the outer lip somewhat (buckle it so there will need some filler work around the wheel wells now but at least I know there is no any rust ready to poke through).
Of course is it always just a little worse than you though after the cutting begins... The scribe line is where the patch reaches up from the bottom. Will need to make a small patch above it with some of the left over material.
New patch will be cut to only replace what was rusted.
So no one makes a early A-Body trunk extension so I used a Duster extension as the clay and made it work.
I pulled out the welder and a summer thunder storm started. Put everything away and lost my energy.
Cut out all the rust and made it larger enough to patch the inner fender tub at the rear bottom. Then I drilled out all the spot welds and folded the lip out enough that I can get a sand blaster in there to blast it out and brush in epoxy primer. This was a really bad design for rust, the gap between the inner and out fender was less than 1/4" and flat ready to trap mud and crud in that area. It is not that bad but making these folds will mess up the outer lip somewhat (buckle it so there will need some filler work around the wheel wells now but at least I know there is no any rust ready to poke through).
Of course is it always just a little worse than you though after the cutting begins... The scribe line is where the patch reaches up from the bottom. Will need to make a small patch above it with some of the left over material.
New patch will be cut to only replace what was rusted.
So no one makes a early A-Body trunk extension so I used a Duster extension as the clay and made it work.
I pulled out the welder and a summer thunder storm started. Put everything away and lost my energy.
Nobody home when I got home from work so spent an hour in the drive way. Wondered if my welding was like wine and got better with age. Nope.....
More of the Duster to early A-body trunk extension transformation, getting close....
More of the Duster to early A-body trunk extension transformation, getting close....
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