Start of a Dart
It's been a rough go in my part of the world for the last few weeks - the whole place is on fire. The smoke is intense to say the least. I'm nobody's idea of a sissy, but it's kept me inside until it subsides. I can't even work in the shop because it's not well sealed and the smoke seeps in.
Just before all hell broke loose (or rather, caught on fire) I did manage to get the trans buttoned up. I need to make new tranny cooler lines, the old ones are leaking and had a repair splice to boot. New line is on the way to arrive Sunday, then I will bend into place. As mentioned earlier, I will run this 727 to see what happens. If it needs help I'll reevaluate at that point.
I got the rest of the trunk assembled, it looks really nice. When I settle on a paint color I'll come back and give a final coat over the primer. At least I have the worst of the rust under control.
Who doesn't love new parts? Only the mentally unbalanced in the world. My new quarter skins from AMD came in. I had ordered quarter patches but they are generic - that means no provision for the square reflector in the back. I figured by the time I cut out the rot, cut out and welded in the reflector patches, then welded in the whole thing I would be time and money ahead by getting full skins. I was able to exchange the patches for full skins and now that they are here, I am glad I did. Kudos to AMD for a solid product and great packaging to get them here in perfect shape.
I got the tires swapped out so the new fronts are on the rear, meaning I can now get the rear end down and get the front end up in the air for a go at its project list. Lots to do here, I really hope the predicted rain shows up to (A) put the fires out and (B) knock the smoke down.
It's been a rough go in my part of the world for the last few weeks - the whole place is on fire. The smoke is intense to say the least. I'm nobody's idea of a sissy, but it's kept me inside until it subsides. I can't even work in the shop because it's not well sealed and the smoke seeps in.
Just before all hell broke loose (or rather, caught on fire) I did manage to get the trans buttoned up. I need to make new tranny cooler lines, the old ones are leaking and had a repair splice to boot. New line is on the way to arrive Sunday, then I will bend into place. As mentioned earlier, I will run this 727 to see what happens. If it needs help I'll reevaluate at that point.
I got the rest of the trunk assembled, it looks really nice. When I settle on a paint color I'll come back and give a final coat over the primer. At least I have the worst of the rust under control.
Who doesn't love new parts? Only the mentally unbalanced in the world. My new quarter skins from AMD came in. I had ordered quarter patches but they are generic - that means no provision for the square reflector in the back. I figured by the time I cut out the rot, cut out and welded in the reflector patches, then welded in the whole thing I would be time and money ahead by getting full skins. I was able to exchange the patches for full skins and now that they are here, I am glad I did. Kudos to AMD for a solid product and great packaging to get them here in perfect shape.
I got the tires swapped out so the new fronts are on the rear, meaning I can now get the rear end down and get the front end up in the air for a go at its project list. Lots to do here, I really hope the predicted rain shows up to (A) put the fires out and (B) knock the smoke down.
