Slow, Driving Rustoration 1972 Dart

Well the first minor major work is going to be happening soon.

Since we moved in December of 2020 the Dart has been shopless so no real work has been done except some minor fiddling with the idle screws. It's been my daily driver for the last year. I don't drive much but going for groceries or Taco Bell is always a pleasure n the Dart.

I went to leave to air up my mom's tires across town and after about half a mile I noticed that the heater wasn't getting warm. We had had about 3 days of single digit and below weather prior to Christmas. After a bit the temp gauge started climbing.

I really thought my antifreeze mix was good and was less than 3 years old. At first I thought it was coming out of my lower radiator hose, but I changed it and when I filled the coolant back up, it eventually started pouring out of the transmission.

So best case scenario I get to pull the transmission and replace a freeze plug.

Since I had access to my brother-in-law's shop, I decided to fix the stance. The new rear leaf springs have finally settled down so I needed to drop the front end down a little over an inch.

I also got a new stereo for Christmas so I installed that as well.

My BIL said I could leave it in his shop for awhile and I'm hoping to get the work done on Saturday.

Meanwhile here are some photos of the Dart enjoying the great indoors!