Dodge Dart Lite

[Hyper_pak]

So it seems I learned how to weld today.
Funny how that works, something about practice I guess.
That and better metal.
Only one tungsten ground today with a few hours of welding.
On the drivers side floor now, one big patch and another small one.
I did pick up on one trick today.
I start my arc on the good metal, build a little puddle and then move over to the crusty metal.
Worked a LOT better, didn't blow holes as the metal was getting hot as I moved over.
Maybe this is something every welder knows, but I didn't.
Here is the drivers floor, I will cover it all with seam sealer tomorrow.

 

[Hyper_pak]

Floor paper, I have seen worse, but there were a couple of rough places.

Car is very hard to push.
I removed the drivers side caliper, stuck!
PO used up this old car.
Imagine if he had been driving it these last 15 years!

How do you break a caliper clip?

 

[Hyper_pak]

I was under the Lite today taking the shifter out and finishing all the engine bolts out.
It dawned on me as I was working.
The PO used this car up!
The flywheel teeth are chewed up bad.
The front brakes are shot.
The rear brakes were shot.
The rear end was shot.
No thermostat, trunk full of water bottles.
No radiator when I got the car.
Front fender, hood, bumper, bent and crumpled.
The interior looked like a bomb went off, headrests gone with the hardware.
Dash cut for an aftermarket radio.
Speedo cable disconnected? Wonder why?
Cardboard headliner cracked in a number of places.
No panel on the car without a dent or dents.
Drivers side window so scratched, you could not see out of it.

Everything I touch is bad.
I am sure I have forgotten something.

 

[340six]

I was under the Lite today taking the shifter out and finishing all the engine bolts out.
It dawned on me as I was working.
The PO used this car up!
The flywheel teeth are chewed up bad.
The front brakes are shot.
The rear brakes were shot.
The rear end was shot.
No thermostat, trunk full of water bottles.
No radiator when I got the car.
Front fender, hood, bumper, bent and crumpled.
The interior looked like a bomb went off, headrests gone with the hardware.
Dash cut for an aftermarket radio.
Speedo cable disconnected? Wonder why?
Cardboard headliner cracked in a number of places.
No panel on the car without a dent or dents.
Drivers side window so scratched, you could not see out of it.

Everything I touch is bad.
I am sure I have forgotten something.

No glass fuses rebuilt with aluminum foil?

 

[Hyper_pak]

LOL
No but all kinds of trailer wire splices and wires stuck under fuses.