Got a couple hours at the shop today. Helped my buddy work on his Ram Charger project a bit, we're dropping in a new floor in the back with the hardware and tracks for leather bucket seats and a third row bench out of a Chrysler mini van. It's looking good.
On the Duster I ground the heavy tack welds off of the shock mount brackets and flipped them over and re tacked them. This will give me a lot more adjustability on the coil overs for my ride height. We also got all of the front floor cuts welded to the sub frame connectors where the connector comes through the floor on each side and attaches to the rear cross member on the rear frame rails. Felt good to get those all welded in, I can now start working on closing up the floor behind the cross member and up to the tubs, then on to the driveline tunnel.
Pulled my deck lid back off and cleaned up the welds on my modified deck hinges and then cut a side off of some square tubing and fashioned the supports for the bottom of the hinges for the structural strength. My buddy was going to finish welding these up tonight and then I'll hit them with a flap wheel and clean them up in the next day or so.
Rebuilt my carb last week and got it bolted back on. Need to get trans cooling lines, a lower radiator hose, finish wiring the electric fan and the fill with fluids so we can get her started soon!
All in all, a good day!
