1963 Dart 170 2 Door Post Resto

Not too much progress as of late due to the shoulder injury. Feels much better now than it did.

Got the sill plates polished and reinstalled. Started sanding the few small parts that had defects I wasn't happy with in prep for a respray. Just have the 2 rims and the 2 inner rear seat panels to sand then I can cover everything and finally get them done once and for all.

Even fixed the gas tank vent line. I noticed the tank seemed to be building pressure so I figured the vent or the nipple from the filler to vent must be plugged. I had the vent line in the wrong spot and it was bugging me so I pulled it to check. Found the vent plugged solid. Tried tapping it out and blowing it out with no luck. Used a bit of brake clean and it got enough out that it was no longer fully plugged but still not great. I decided to try a trick I learned years ago. Took a piece of mig wire and bent the one end to be able to chuck it up in my hand drill. Then slid it into the one end that I suspected was blocked as far as it would allow and turned on the drill, slowly at first until the wire went all the way in and then sped up the drill to essentially auger out the blockage. First try was not bad, then I put a very slight bend on the very end of the wire and did it again to get a better cleaning job. Like new now. Lots of crap came out. Reinstalled it correctly this time. Installed the upper clip and just have to reinstall the lower once I find it in the remaining parts.

Even got the sun visor brackets repainted as well as the rear view mirror (dart 170 didn't have chrome here) and got the new sunvisors and mirror reinstalled. Dome light is in too. Closer to done every day.