Found some shiney things when I cleaned the dirt off

I ended up needing to get a new battery for the car as the old one was well and truely dead. I got it fired up (WOW) and it started making some horrible squelling noises (Oh No!) I quickly diagnosed it to be the one or both of the fan belts. Today the plan was to get the fan belts off, take them to the shop for size comparison and get new ones. I went to slacken off the power steering pump to loosen the belt and this is what I found!

Someone didn't put the washer back on benind the head of the bolt. As a result, they'd tightened the bolt into the slot!. I tried everything to get it loose, sockets, breaker bars, spanners, vise grips. As a last resort I used a screwdriver to lever the bracket over the head of the bolt. It worked and I now have a washer fitted!
Well the fan belts have been replaced and I changed the plugs. I also swapped the carbie off the motor for the hotrod. Now you turn the key and it starts first go!
Next step is to try and find where "R" went in the gearbox.

It's in!

After some colourful language, 2 cans of black douglas and cola as well as scraped knuckles, the A/C and the dash went back in the car. Major stress relief!

Tried to turn it over but the batteries flat! On charge over night, so will try again after work

New Rims

Once last thing before I go for the night.

DODGE DART Rims! Sweet : )

Finished Dashboard

All assembled and ready to put back in the car.

And the top in all its metallic glory!


Very happy with the outcome :)

Kustom????

Some red paint, a packet of red metal flake, a can of clear and a couple of weeks and I got this!

I think I did decent job for a first attempt. Just have to sand it back, give it a few more coats of clear and we're ready to put it all back together

The Dash in Black

Dash with some black paint.

Now it's time for being creative. I've been seeing a few cars getting around at the shows that have painted dash's. Just the top part tht can be seen through the windscreen is painted in metal flake. I thought to myself "I can do that! . . . . . i think?"

So I gave it a go!