Rusty's not very quiet cuda progress

[RUSTY Cuda]

oh yea excuse the green speaker cover, it was straight & cheap, I'll paint it someday!:toot:
worst areas were around the vin tak & where the old vinal split at the vents

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

might trim around that tag, wanna see it in the car before I mess with that, on the vents I just dabbed a little semi gloss on the bad spots[smilie=f:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

started fitting the pieces together & doping out which screws go where, got a lot of that squared away.:dgt:
wiring, thats another issue, spagetti back there, a job for another day![smilie=2:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

still have to repaint the radio & heater control benzels, but she's commin together, not bad for 30 yr old crap!:dance: Rich.

 

[a12bee]

Okay now I can see where you were a little short around the vents. Yep, you'd think they could go a little longer and let you trim it back.

 

[beeper*71]

Lookin real good rusty, good job on that dash cap.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

K, shocks & some gaskets (rear axle-tranny w/filter- oil pan)are ordered, a speaker for the dash, foam/gasket kit for the heater box are on the way, so after hookin up a few wires on the dash I went out & put another coat a paint on the exhaust & started to gather up the hardware to hang the rear, that took a while, nothing was were I put it.:hmmm:
Anyway about that time C-man passed buy & offered to help, so it went pretty guick.
put the wheels on & mounted the springs & front hanger brackets on the ground then rolled it under & started the front mounts, jacked it up & put on the schakles & wa la.................................

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

well this is Rusty here so the wa la was more like ho hum!:doh:
We had to retap all the BRAND NEW nuts that came with the ubolts, they were tapped with a worn out tap almost looked like double threads & not very deep, sooooooo, 15 mins later the springs were mounted, fast foward a bit, it's hung & C-man heads home all I have to do is snug up all the bolts, got everything cept the ubolts & the pass side front hanger done, start on that hanger & notice 1 nut all the way in the other 3 bout 1/2 way(c-man did that side) so go to finish them off & they are extremly hard to move, so I decide to pull em & clean the threads before I snap one..............too late one stud broke before it came off!
So luckily one of my old mounts wasn't too bad, got that cleaned up & por15'd, drying in the garage as we speak, hopefully I can drop that corner & won't have to drop everything to change it![smilie=f:

 

[mr340]

It's starting to look like a car again...:clap::clap::dance:

 

[BB71Challenger]

Looking great Rich!! You dont really wanna mess that beautiful car up with something as nasty as rallye gauges do you? :shifty:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Actually I would love to upgrade to rally, my orig 'Cuda had em, but the budget was blown long ago on this car, so upgrades are put on hold, trying to get it back together to see what I have here, still need a lot of necessary items, buying a few at a time to get back to work on it.
If & when it's done those decisions will be made, there is also the other car, I may be more apt to spend a few extra bucks on(if there are any that is) throw a # at me, is the harness available with it? Rich.

Don, ordered the oil & tranny pan gaskets, once those are on, are you ready for an eng/trans install party ??? Rich.

 

[mr340]

I think we can work something out there Rich, just lemme know when...

 

[BB71Challenger]

Actually I would love to upgrade to rally, my orig 'Cuda had em, but the budget was blown long ago on this car, so upgrades are put on hold, trying to get it back together to see what I have here, still need a lot of necessary items, buying a few at a time to get back to work on it.
If & when it's done those decisions will be made, there is also the other car, I may be more apt to spend a few extra bucks on(if there are any that is) throw a # at me, is the harness available with it? Rich.

Don, ordered the oil & tranny pan gaskets, once those are on, are you ready for an eng/trans install party ??? Rich.

LOL it was meant as a tongue in cheek jab because you have first rights to Pauls rallye gauges. I am not selling a set, I WANT SOME!!!!!!!! :helpme:

 

[gomopar440]

:dave:............................

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

:doh: Right over my head!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

better day today, Charger man offered me a stud of his old mounts so I went that route, saved my slightly rusted for a future emergency, got the bracket out, stud in & bracket reinstalled without dropping the whole rear! :giggedy:
Got all the bolts on the rear torqued down(thanks for that fancy torque wrench Don) , helped C-man hang his stearing colum, he's gettin his back to roller he has yet another guy gonna finish off the body work!:huh:
took my son to the batting cages, perfect excuse to stop at napa on the way back, shocks & oil pan gaskets were in,funny on the axel gaskets, last year I was lookin for both inners & foam outers, no foam available, well thats what showed up this time when I was lookin for inners! trying another # for pick up tomorrow?
Tomorrow I'll attempt drilling the trunk pans for the shock bolt access then hang the rear shocks, maybe change out the fronts too, got 90/10's in there now, bought heavy duty stock for both.
Gas tank in now under the car & in the way, maybe it's time to get that ready! :shifty: Rich.

 

[mr340]

Glad I was able to assist in absentia....
Got something else that I'm sure you can use in the other car, I'll try and call ya tomorrow ( Friday) if I have time.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

:hmmm: Paces the floor, cell phone in hand! :hmmm:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Still pacing............ had to take a break & do some work on the car, got the access holes drilled,of course my hole saws were one too big & one too small so I went with the small & used a burr to get it close, then an 80 grit cone to smooth it out, por 15 on the raw edge & the plug has just enough lip to cover the mess.:naughty:
Hung the schocks & went over to C-mans & helped him get the charger off the dolly & back on wheels.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Like my clean wheels, well 10 years storage & 5 years out in my yard didn't help em any, there on the list:huh:
thought I was done with rust, but those & i finally emptied my gas tank, it has some surface rust too. What do you do with about 2 gals of nasty gas?
anyway here's my next nasty job, good for a rainy weekend!:toot: