1963 Dodge Dart for the Wife....

Wow. Bad to the Bone.
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What you think is a few hours turns into all day easy... I decided to just find everything that needed to be shot black epoxy and blast paint then them... Seat hardware is ready for the seats next week and the convertible top hardware is ready. Also the 2 small air cleaners for the dual carbs are ready.. Sort of a bitter sweet day. This morning my friend at the store said that my retired cowboy neighbor had a horse die and he needed to take care of it. When I was working later I saw both horses and wondered if my friend was wrong. Then a backhoe came started to dig a hole, then the echo of a shot and the remaining horse was whinnying up a storm... he knew what happened.... a few hours later a trailer arrived and I am assuming it was someone who moved one of his horses over to keep my neighbors horse company and calm her down. My wife flipped out when she heard the shot, but knows it has to be done.... she is the one who puts our animals down.... I can't.

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@crashtech, do you see any flaws :D ? I have impressed myself on this one.... That metallic was a bitch but I am really loving this car now...... to the point where I know where there is a '63 Valiant Wagon that if I spend too much time in the Vodka I would own!
 
Spent the morning in the trunk.... by 12:30 my coveralls where soaked with sweat so I am done for the day...

New fuel filler that fits the new cap tightly, not the correct jack but I made it work for now. The right jack does not have a separate "J" hook. Fuel tank and lines all done.

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Never throw away anything, I found the plugs for the back of the headlights on the original harness.... never would have thought to remove them.... a couple of plastic bushings helped shim the crumpled ring that the metal shop straighten so the hood would not hit it ever again. Almost perfect lines now...

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Lesson learned, don't experiment with paints over SPI Epoxy Primer... If you don't like the results stripping the toughest epoxy available will cost you half your Saturday... Finally stripped and the last nasty part is stripped and painted with SPI Epoxy... the drive shaft. Just need to take it to the machine shop for a new u-joint and trunnion bearings.

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