Thinking early 80s..81?
What Are You Doing To/With Your Car Today?
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Dartswinger70
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Just shot FC7 Purple base/clear on my Dart yesterday... need to color sand and buff...
What about pics? Here's mine from 2 weeks ago. Paused to put on my new TTI exhaust.
Dartswinger70
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Ah looks like color sand and buff? that's next on my activity planner LOL!
Dartswinger70
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Here's a few shots of mine not perfect but...its Purple 
Mine had a lot more orange peel in the clear coat than I wanted, but that's why I did 2 stage. I'll be sanding and buffing for weeks!Here's a few shots of mine not perfect but...its Purple
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Attended a Canada Day car show in Hope B.C.
New engine in Gladys busted off and sounded great yesterday. Buried the 80 PSI gauge the whole time. Even when I finally let it idle it only dropped to about 75. But, as my luck goes, I moved the truck over where it's normally parked and looked at the gauge. Zero. Once again. The manual gauge under the hood coincides. I let it sit overnight and started it this morning and 40 is all it will go run up to about 3K. I think it ate the cam and the filter is full of metal. So the plan is to verify it and put the 351M back in it for now.
MobileCustoms
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Oh man, that sucks! sorry
Sad
Hope it's an easy fix
It'll be a recam and lifter at the least. I think what I'm going to do is put the 351 back in it and slowly make the 400 a solid roller engine. Nothing crazy, just a mild solid roller.
Just seen my trailer leave the shop
My helper borrowed it and an axle snapped
So everything under it is new now
Now I can bring the parts truck back to the shop and get the shop truck frame in the bay to put it back together....im going to be busy when I get back from vacation...
My helper borrowed it and an axle snapped
So everything under it is new now
Now I can bring the parts truck back to the shop and get the shop truck frame in the bay to put it back together....im going to be busy when I get back from vacation...
DartGTDan
'71 Dart GT Fan
Helped my buddy (on the right) pick up a standard bore '68 440 block to start his 512 build for his '63 440.
Muad'Dib15
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I know the feeling. My wife has been understanding with letting me fix my projects for multiple days at a time with 2 little kids to watch with the promise that it doesn't happen often. So I was able to get the car running and driving within 2 days. Like I said, nothing crazy, just an oil change and some new gas and it fired right up after needing some cranking love. I've in the past also replaced the rear axle bearings, front forks, and tire on my valkyrie, and did an engine swap on the buell. And no, fixing the daily driver SUV doesn't count as touching a wrench. Aside from the G8, because working on that car was something I actually wanted to do. I'm just mad that I had to do all the deferred maintenance left over from the PO such as replacing the carrier bearing, rear wheel bearing, alternator, HD A/C bracket, rebuild the transmission, new tires and brakes, instead of adding stuff like better rear sound deadening, improving the subs, new wheels, brembo brakes, and ultimately turbocharging it for 600 whp. I did put new struts in it and some lowering springs so that was nice. But I bought the damn thing with a broken spring in the first place.
It gets better. Once mine got in elementary school it was much easier and I got caught up in a hurry.
And you will miss those days ...or my wife does
10 + is the best
10 + is the best
skep419
5.9 Magnum 4 speed afficionado
Took the Dart to Sioux Falls, got on the interstate and noticed the rear end howling on decel. Limped it to an O’reillys. Found the pinion nut backed off. Bought a socket and used a breaker bar to get it as tight as I could. (hammered it with an impact and red lock tight now 742). Later it wouldn’t start (no power to the coil while cranking. Found the brown ign 2 wire came loose in the bulkhead). Happy to make it home without a tow truck…..
My buddy drove his Jeep and I took the Duster to a small car show last night at our favorite pizza joint. Happy Fourth of July!
Nothing, I'm laid up with a 6mm kidney stone, which has ejected itself from my kidney and lodged itself in my ureter. Now I can imagine what it is like to shot with a 22. Although not life threatening, it is very uncomfortable, and will require additional medical attention to move it along. As a result of the holiday, that may or may not happen until sometime later next week. 
Ok so get this....
I dragged the 351 out to get the heads off and clean it up to put it back together. I found out why it burned the exhaust valve. The head's cracked between the valves. LOL So I have a tore up 351 and a tore up 400. LOL
I dragged the 351 out to get the heads off and clean it up to put it back together. I found out why it burned the exhaust valve. The head's cracked between the valves. LOL So I have a tore up 351 and a tore up 400. LOL
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Pushed my 71 out of my cheap o spray booth so I can paint the underside of my hood.
Sounds like you have fords
Indeed. lol
Rear cylinder?? I remember in the early '80's learning the Clevelands liked to overheat the rear cyls., and cracks would happen....sorry to hear Dude...curious what all is found on the 400. And buddy of mine ~'90 or so had a 351C in His '68 Torino GT, I 'funnel-matched' a 4V intake to His 2V heads,.....the cam retaining plate broke, & walked far enough to have a lobe clip an adjacent lifter & boom......mechanical kill switch..lol.
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