getting started on this one.

good solid car, I like to call it a 2020 car,, looks good from 20 feet away at 20 MPH.. but its solid and basically intact and original.

the plan is to upgrade the drive train, 8.75 rear end and disk brake conversion up front, new brake lines over the winter.
Maybe springs and torsion bars,,,,
The fuel tank has a leak in it, so will change it out also.
I have a set of Sebring seats, so those are going in..

The motor-tranny go-fun stuff will come later, like this time next year at the soonest.
The plan for 2015 is to get where I can drive it on the street,, and hopefully at Clay City in 2015..

in the photos below,,, re-building a 8.75 ,, never done that before, so far so good,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13718356@ ... 429359517/

here is video..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0_gqa4 ... INSOm6YMsg

Cool! Nice looking old fish. Good luck with the project.

Nice.

Get a pair of wipers, ditch the Buick floor mats, and be good to go... LOL

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82' LeBaron Convertible; the new Chrysler Corp
07' 300 C AWD; Now by Fiat, the old new Chrysler LLC

this car has been sitting for a long time, it has a like new set of Cooper Polyglass tires on it, the reciept in the glove bax says they were installed in 1980..

When I got the car, 2009 the rubber was completely mising from the wiper blades,, I was afraid I would inadvertently hit the wiper switch and end up scratching the windshield,, so I took them off, and put the wiper arms away,, some where??? ,, I must have put them in a very safe spot, cause I can't find em...

If the cuda turns out as well as the truck ....you will have a stunning car.

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Yeah....Im the one who destroyed this rare, vintage automobile.....

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one that puts things in very safe spots.......

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64 Valiant 225 / 904 / 42:1 manual steering / 9" drum brakes

Anyone seen the "Soto horn button....or the hardtop only window trim thingy?

I have a package of small important 'Soto things stashed some where.....at least I remember I do....I think....

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Yeah....Im the one who destroyed this rare, vintage automobile.....

key concept here is a 'stunning slant six car'
thanks all for the kind words.

but what I really want to do is get this car back on the road, its been parked way to long, I am thinking of something along the lines of Ryan C's yellow Dart and Seymore's Toad,,

tore down and cleaned up a manual steering box today,, that grease in there is some sticky stuff,,
Note the 120 little pins, out on thier own,, look now, won't see that again, they are going to be secured away real quick,,,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/13718356@ ... 535531314/

I would like to think that by Thanksgiving I could have the 8.75 ready to put in and around Christmas be doing the front disks and steering box conversion..

Very cool! Looks like a great project on a nice foundation, John.

Slant on,
Lou

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/13718356@ ... 969894651/

got the bearings off the 8.75 sure grip and pinion,,
used a bearing puller / impact wrench that was passed on to me from my dad's oldest brother Butch,, always like it when I can put his old tools to use,, matched em up with a HF bearing spliter,, kind of an East meets West set up,,

the cones from the sure grip had not bottemed out,, checked the remaining clearance with clay,, got .010 to .012,, think I'll have .020 cut from the ends.
will work on a bearing kit / seals this week,,

the 68 has power steering, plan to change it over to a manual box.

picked up a box from one of the forums,, found out that the 349 boxes are from the v8 a bodies and have needle bearing on the cross shaft, the 350 boxes are from slant vehicles and tend to have bushings,,although there I have also seen discussion that there are 350 boxes with needle bearings..

regardles this is a 349 box,, I called steer and gear,, they are good folks but wanted 249. to rebuild one of these,

did some internet searching, there is not much to it,,
you do need to keep track of the needle bearings,,
seals: National 7214 and Chicago Rawhide 11067
cover gasket from Detroit Muscle
even the Torrington needle bearing are available,, Chrysler part number
Y1812,, Torrington part number B1812
used Mobil 1 synthetic grease,,

I bead blasted the case then coated it with Glisten PC..

I have about 30.00 in parts,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/13718356@ ... 168524711/

Looking good! Keep at it!

I think that's the same color or at least close to the Original Shade of Ruster


Greg

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Good looking car, like those fast backs.....

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1964 Dodge Dart 270 four door. Three speed automatic 225 Slant with a Carter BBS carb.

progress on the '68

got the car on jacks and droped the gas tank,,
amaizing that it would run,,

photo is of the stale-rusted gas that was in the tank

https://www.flickr.com/photos/13718356@ ... 871801148/

Concerning the much anticipated build sheet,, stuffed under the back seat..
it is there
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13718356@ ... 217227306/

but broken down by time and the elements,, just like us all...

also under the back seat, drivers side,, evidence of broken glass,, something happened at some point in time,, . Worst rust through is on the drivers side rear floor,,
https://www.flickr.com/photos/13718356@ ... 217559396/

have the rear interior stripped out,, the saga continues...