I feel like I’m beginning to see the light at the end of this very long tunnel finally. She’s starting to come together!
Currently my dash is away and getting re-wired. More than likely going to replace the dated Mopar fuse block with a modern “blade” style fuse block. It’d make the car a lot easier to work with should it break down and I need to run to o’reillys for a fuse or something!
Also I’ve begun working on the brakes / mocking everything up. New brake lines to be installed soon. I ordered premade ones from Inline tube, but they aren’t perfect and need a bit of tweaking / reworking to work properly.
Here’s the rebuilt booster, new MC and prop valve combo mocked up with the lines going where they need to. It looks pretty dang sharp to me!
After we know for sure where everything needs to be, I’ll bench bleed the MC, and attach all the lines and get to bleeding the whole brake system.
After I get my dash back from my friend, it’ll get re-installed and reconnected to the rest of the car. Finally, I’ll hook up the steering linkage and THEORETICALLY be able to take this boat on her maiden voyage! Of course, I still need to put the rest of the car together…
Also working on re-attaching the kickdown linkage and transmission torque shaft linkage also. Thank goodness for service manuals and reference photos I took years back …
I was lucky enough to find these awesome hubcaps for the car too! I know they aren’t CORRECT, but they do look a bit nicer to me than the ones this car should’ve came with.
My dad and I are Lowrider guys, but he loves when cars are more original. Now that he’s familiar with our cars and what mine should look like - he kept telling me I should get a set of these to swap out the Cragars with once in a while. Glad I finally caved in! She’s gonna be one sharp ride and the ONLY New Yorker in Santa Maria.
Currently my dash is away and getting re-wired. More than likely going to replace the dated Mopar fuse block with a modern “blade” style fuse block. It’d make the car a lot easier to work with should it break down and I need to run to o’reillys for a fuse or something!
Also I’ve begun working on the brakes / mocking everything up. New brake lines to be installed soon. I ordered premade ones from Inline tube, but they aren’t perfect and need a bit of tweaking / reworking to work properly.
Here’s the rebuilt booster, new MC and prop valve combo mocked up with the lines going where they need to. It looks pretty dang sharp to me!
After we know for sure where everything needs to be, I’ll bench bleed the MC, and attach all the lines and get to bleeding the whole brake system.
After I get my dash back from my friend, it’ll get re-installed and reconnected to the rest of the car. Finally, I’ll hook up the steering linkage and THEORETICALLY be able to take this boat on her maiden voyage! Of course, I still need to put the rest of the car together…
Also working on re-attaching the kickdown linkage and transmission torque shaft linkage also. Thank goodness for service manuals and reference photos I took years back …
I was lucky enough to find these awesome hubcaps for the car too! I know they aren’t CORRECT, but they do look a bit nicer to me than the ones this car should’ve came with.
My dad and I are Lowrider guys, but he loves when cars are more original. Now that he’s familiar with our cars and what mine should look like - he kept telling me I should get a set of these to swap out the Cragars with once in a while. Glad I finally caved in! She’s gonna be one sharp ride and the ONLY New Yorker in Santa Maria.
