1964 Plymouth Valiant Build/Restoration Thread

Ok so it died on the way home due to the neutral safety switch wire not having anywhere to plug in to. I got it home, parked it, and looked in to the issues I wanted to address immediately:

-Door locks had been so demolished that they were unusable from the outside. Looked in to information, decided on the slightly smaller diameter locks so I could get a full, new replacement set, all one key, and have no worries anymore. The original larger diameter locks were IMPOSSIBLE to get new and still cost an arm and a leg used. I went ahead and installed the driver's side, with very minimal modification. I used jewler's files to file out the notches required for the new locks. I don't have pics on this right now however luckily I only did the driver's, so I'll document the passenger and trunk. After installation, the driver lock worked flawlessly.

-Neutral safety switch wire issue. After pulling the wire up through the transmission tunnel and in to the engine bay, it was clear that it had just been stripped at the end and wrapped/ bolted through down to something in the tunnel, and not the switch. I cleaned up the wire, shortened it, and grounded it to the firewall ground. I'm still having to look in to options for a single pin neutral safety switch, as again I think everything on my car is the older/earlier version of everything. That being mine is a one pin, rare and expensive, while everything else is a 3 pin, and fairly common. More on this in a bit, but please let me know if this is an issue.

-Transmission leaks. Boy this was it's own issue and I will be making a specific post just for that issue. Basically the transmission was leaking from several places, several issues, but I think I saved it and we'll hope for the best.

-Cracked taillights/ reverse/ running. The plastics are broken and cracked a bit and I want to go ahead and get new one's so no moisture comes in the trunk. I'm local to classic industries but over $300 for a set is kinda daunting and I'd rather save for some other things first.

-Ammeter. Just... worried. I know, if it's working fine nothing to worry about and also the other extreme of omg you still have it your car will explode.... I'm scared... I'm working on this.

-Carb rebuild. Went ahead and ordered a carb rebuild kit and did my best to be very precise. I think I have ADHD while also being a bit on the spectrum so I over analyze and get super picky about organization but also get distracted easily.. kinda hard to do builds, or at least remember to take photos lol. Rebuilt the carb though, tore one of the blue gaskets... was really not ok with this. Seems to still seal just fine but it's so cheap I might just replace.

Ok that's a bit of pre worry, I'll get on to what I've gotten done in the next post.