Start of a Dart
More work last night trying to get the new axles to seat but I'm having no luck. I can get them in place but they won't go the last 3/16" or so. I stopped until I can figure out why they are getting hung up. I did get the trunk in primer. I know I'm doing a partial job here but I needed to get the worst of the rust under control and get it protected. I will have to revisit this in the future but for now it's good enough and I have bigger fish to fry.
Since the axles were ALMOST in, I had to take a new tire/wheel and mock it up. I think this looks totally badass, it's going to be so cool when I finally drive this hunkojunk down the street.
Lots of work yesterday, not a lot of progress. Just for fun, here's why I am a card-carrying member of Idiots Anonymous. I have to leave myself reminders so I don't omit something vital, like adding the rear end fluid and drive off ruining $1500 worth of rear end. Hello, my name is halfafish, and I'm an idiot!
And why do I stop at yard sales all the time? It's stuff like this, a German dial caliper in both metric and standard - it's in fantastic condition for only five bucks. Used it last night trying to figure out the emergency brake cables.
More work last night trying to get the new axles to seat but I'm having no luck. I can get them in place but they won't go the last 3/16" or so. I stopped until I can figure out why they are getting hung up. I did get the trunk in primer. I know I'm doing a partial job here but I needed to get the worst of the rust under control and get it protected. I will have to revisit this in the future but for now it's good enough and I have bigger fish to fry.
Since the axles were ALMOST in, I had to take a new tire/wheel and mock it up. I think this looks totally badass, it's going to be so cool when I finally drive this hunkojunk down the street.
Lots of work yesterday, not a lot of progress. Just for fun, here's why I am a card-carrying member of Idiots Anonymous. I have to leave myself reminders so I don't omit something vital, like adding the rear end fluid and drive off ruining $1500 worth of rear end. Hello, my name is halfafish, and I'm an idiot!
And why do I stop at yard sales all the time? It's stuff like this, a German dial caliper in both metric and standard - it's in fantastic condition for only five bucks. Used it last night trying to figure out the emergency brake cables.
