1963 Dart 170 2 Door Post Resto
It was like Christmas today. Got my trim clips for the stainless and the replacement piece of stainless. Went out and installed all but the passenger drip rail stainless.
lower stainless went great. Clips fit perfect (guessed based on measurements as I couldn't find any listings for specific clips for the Dart 170). Got the rear window stainless clips replaced and trim installed. Went OK except for the passenger piece. Got a couple dents where the trim wouldn't go on right. Not much I can do about it now and it isn't horrible, just disappointing as it went so good up to this point. Also have a couple dents in the rain gutter trim. They were there before and didn't want to make them worse by trying to straighten them. I can live with that though. Still looks good.
Also got the new Raybestos rear brake drums wiped down and sprayed. The one original drum was in spec and I was able to turn it down fine, but the other was way over before I even started so 2 new drums it is. They will go on tomorrow once the paint has ample time to dry. Should also get my new mirror and antenna tomorrow too. Hopefully the mirror is decent. Had trouble finding one that would fit the holes and look proper. The nice repop original was way to small to fit the holes and I'm not filling holes at this point.
Will try to get the other rain gutter trim cleaned up and installed tomorrow too. Just need to find where I can get the small stainless clip that covers the join between the 2 pieces. Will have to post a wanted thread if I can't find one local.
Then hopefully this weekend, on to the headliner.
It was like Christmas today. Got my trim clips for the stainless and the replacement piece of stainless. Went out and installed all but the passenger drip rail stainless.
lower stainless went great. Clips fit perfect (guessed based on measurements as I couldn't find any listings for specific clips for the Dart 170). Got the rear window stainless clips replaced and trim installed. Went OK except for the passenger piece. Got a couple dents where the trim wouldn't go on right. Not much I can do about it now and it isn't horrible, just disappointing as it went so good up to this point. Also have a couple dents in the rain gutter trim. They were there before and didn't want to make them worse by trying to straighten them. I can live with that though. Still looks good.
Also got the new Raybestos rear brake drums wiped down and sprayed. The one original drum was in spec and I was able to turn it down fine, but the other was way over before I even started so 2 new drums it is. They will go on tomorrow once the paint has ample time to dry. Should also get my new mirror and antenna tomorrow too. Hopefully the mirror is decent. Had trouble finding one that would fit the holes and look proper. The nice repop original was way to small to fit the holes and I'm not filling holes at this point.
Will try to get the other rain gutter trim cleaned up and installed tomorrow too. Just need to find where I can get the small stainless clip that covers the join between the 2 pieces. Will have to post a wanted thread if I can't find one local.
Then hopefully this weekend, on to the headliner.
