Man I would make it a sound dependable car and not touch the paint,it's only original once and it will bring more money as unrestored, just my opinion. My 64 Dart is all original,no way would I ever restore it,but I also use it as a daily driver during nice weather
66 Coronet 500 convertible 440,727,2500 stall,was 430 hp, we ain't got a clue now, just get in and enjoy the rumble
honcho Wrote:Man I would make it a sound dependable car and not touch the paint,it's only original once and it will bring more money as unrestored, just my opinion. My 64 Dart is all original,no way would I ever restore it,but I also use it as a daily driver during nice weather
Im leaning very heavily in this direction. My coronet was rotisserie restore. It took me 10 years to complete. Turned out great, but I had to wait 10 years to drive it.
Since the the roof was fixed I guess it's not officially "unrestored". But pretty darn close.
power steering gear was a leaker. Got one off eBay. Wrestled the old one out and the new one in.
spent hours trying to slip the steering coupler back over the worm gear spline's. I had to walk away several times. I just knew the indicator was in the right position.
Finally pushed on the tire to spin the worm gear. Somebody at the rebuild facility dropped this bad boy on its head and boxed it up.
Check out the out of round on this thing.
Back to to square one....:mad: Sometimes this hobby is frustrating.
Quick update.
Put a timing light to it and the mark was 180 off???
started over with TDC on #1 and found she was only firing on 4 cylinders. 2 in each bank. Wired it right and after she belched out all the build up she runs pretty smooth.
Acetone and elbow grease are getting the rattle can black off. We may just hit it with matte clear and run the sunburn.
