Remarkable! :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy6BFPeCztQ

Another day I did not getting used sitting on Reserve, so I decided to get the engine bay a little detailed up and the engine installed. I dusted some In Violet around the engine bay along with some satin black to continue the overall "worn" look in the engine bay. Pretty happy with it, overall, considering the sheen on the FC7 matches the overall dullness of the rest of the car. Those happy shiney people are so overrated!

So with that comes the engine drop in!! Moving right along!:grin: I degreased the K-Frame along with the steering box. Luckily, a few more marks showed up that I'll replicate when I restore the car later on. :cool2:

Now the easy fun stuff begins!

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Looking great!

Thanks Tony! Been doing some reassembly of the front end and very happy with how the AMD front valance fits up. Hood next followed by some more FC7 sprayed around.

Stay tuned for engine bay hook 'em ups, dash and wiring installation, send everyone's favorite: The Busted Front Glass Show staring many cut fingers and wrist lacerations! :frown::thumbsdown:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

https://media0.giphy.com/media/l0HlC...Gsw/source.gif.

My next personal project will be similar. Get it running and driving and enjoy it.

Thanks, Darrel! More parts are coming in and thanks to Rusty, the Goodyear F70s are ready to go on! :cool2: can't wait!

I came across an NOS DR1114442 idle solenoid along with bracket! I mounted it up, but was wondering how the heck this thing worked! :hmmm:. Come to find out that when James had the carb restored (he had two parts carbs to make one good one), it was missing the arm that attaches to the throttle shaft that the solenoid uses. Now I'll have to (Jim...I know you're watching! :cool2:) find that arm. Ah, the hunt for parts. Always makes for a good time! :shocked:

Routing a few things under the hood. Getting closer!

Cheers
Dave

Hit the paint store today for some supplies for the 52 Truck and picked up a quart of FC7 to dust on the hood and valances in the coming weeks. New dash harness is going in! More updates over the weekend!

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Thats purdy in the can.
Making progress Dave!

“to dust on the hood and valances” ...sure like the sound of that!

I really like the direction you’re going with this car.

Thanks, Guys! I just ordered the left rear trunk floor extension along with a lower quarter panel patch. Although that may take away from her Crusty Cuda moniker :dunno:. Nah, just like the Beater Bee, the name sticks!! Those two patch panels, along with two holes in the trunk that I’ll splice in some new metal to fix, will finish up the rust repair on her! :biggthumpup: Once that’s done I’ll blend in the FC7 around those areas too. :cool2:

Exciting progress seeing the rare parts go back on which were sold off from her years ago. Stuff like the reverse lock out linkage, clutch safety switch, and rear speaker fader switch. Fun stuff!!!!!!:3gears:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

----Becoming the "Crustless Cuda" (more or less)!......Bill S

You know, it kinda is Bill. But it won't have shiney paint, straight perfect stainless, purdy wheels, and beautiful upholstery so the Crusty moniker will still be accurate! :burnout:

Clutch linkage is all set up, dash harness in as well as the dash installed. Body panels sorta halfway lined up, and the engine bay is coming along. Carpet goes down next followed by the rest of the interior going back in. Then on the lift it goes for a gastank, brake and fuel lines, and exhaust installation.

The clutch safety switch, that's correctly date coded that nobody will see and I paid an unreal price for (stupid Mopars...... man they're so much fun! :headbang:) is back in its rightful place. And Crusty hasn't seen that Shaker cable installed in decades! Woohoo!!:burnout:

More to come!

Cheers:beers:
Dave

I cant believe Dave did this on purpose but I noticed his truck post at 7:37 and this was at 7:47
Are you messing with us :hmmm:

There is more than one of him!

----Dave's parents had identical twins and named them both Dave!,,,,LOL…...Bill S

Good catch Bill. Dave gets more done in a day in the shop than I can get accomplished in a month.... if I'm lucky.

Phil W.

I was referring to both times being numbers of planes

Hmmm....I don't think I'm that clever, Bill! :hmmm:

Or am I??....MhhmmmWAaahahaha.... cough cough.....

... no, actually I'm not! :biggthumpup: Trust me. Neat coincidence though! :tongue:

Cheers
Dave

Well if you were a little quicker you could have used 747 again!!

Moving forward, the interior is starting to come back together. The frozen passenger seat track is working again, and new carpet is going down! :eek2: Amazing how many razor blades one can go through cutting through jute padding:mad2:.

Of course the trunk is rusted only in two areas where drain holes are located. And they don't make patch panels for just those areas. And of course nobody will sell me those areas from their trunk floor since that's where they all rot! So I'll have to buy a trunk floor for those small areas to splice in. I'm going to see if a few vendors have dented, unsellable ones they would sell at a discount. But with this being the last remaining part of the metal work needed, I guess it's small potatoes in the grand scheme of things.

Road lamps in and the lower valance insert is on the way! :burnout: More to come....

Cheers
Dave

This fish now has gills! :drool: I'm going to play musical cars today and get Crusty back on the lift for brake and fuel line installation as well as exhaust. More engine bits installed, and those yellow battery caps will go on a removable cover I'll make just so the battery doesn't look so aftermarket. :eek2: Original radiator pressure tested with no leaks, amazingly! :eek2:

Found an NOS rear speaker harness since mine was missing that should be here today, then I can install the drivers seat and get the carpet secure which will wrap up the interior. Moving right along! :smile:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Very nice!

It's the "Undercover Cuda," baby!

Hey Dave, don't mess up the patina on the fenders with all that junk parked on them...:blush:



Great stuff, Carry on :naughty:

Great work as always Dave!

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Great updates and progress, keep rockin!
:beers:
~ Pete

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Thanks men!:worship: I'm moving right along with brake lines, fuel lines, and exhaust!:headbang: More factory markings found which I knew from other mopars, but still cool to see: left drum white/green paint blop, right drum green paint blop only, brake center pivot mount yellow daub, and a few others. Love finding things like this! :grin:

Been a long time since Crusty has had an exhaust underneath, and those old wheel cylinders were 100% solid white dust inside! goggles

Up next will be the tank, master cylinder, and remaining front lines along with new shoes on all corners!

More to come...:grin:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Awesome as always Dave. Four wheel drums on that? Yikes.

Thanks, Mark! Yes, 4-Wheel drum, but they’re 11x3 and 11x2.5 which are big enough to stop a Sherman!:cool2: Well, after the massive fade, of course:rolleyes2:.

And thanks Admin for flipping my photos around when needed! The new picture resizer app thing won’t let me flip them around:hmmm::dunno:

More soon!

Cheers:beers:

A bit of a tangent, what are you going to finish your garage walls with?

The side walls are going to be tongue and groove pine like the ceiling in the barn and my small shop. Those walls will hang neon signs and such. The back wall and wall around the mezzanine will be drywall and painted. Black steel railings up the stairs and across the top.

Of course, Pizza oven and five beer taps on the hand made mahogany bar with Hemi engine blocks as stools. :hmmm: Ok, maybe not all that, but it’ll be a “museum” like shop that is really meant to stay clean for reassembly after paint. No fabrication and no dirty work!

Cheers
Dave

Thanks. I’m looking at different options to finish mine and always like to hear what others are doing

How the hell did you get those skills! And energy.

Good question!:cool2: And the answer is I’m too cheap to pay anyone to do anything so if I don’t know how to do it, I figure out how to handle it on my own! :biggthumpup: And the energy thing comes from years of procrastination until panic sets in, then hurricane Super Dave roars through and gets things done with 2x4s and toasters flying everywhere!!!:eek2: It’s how I got through college.:rolleyes2:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

All of the remaining brake stuff arrived today, but I was only able to get the rear backing plates cleaned up since I was neck deep in Flamin' Ford painting! But speaking of that, I did get some FC7 dusted on the front valance. I mixed it with some DCU2021 to create a single stage, with more reducer added, which flattened it out to match the rest of the patina of the car. Hopefully the hood comes out like this too!

Man... it's hard to not want to lay down a high gloss sheen when I'm holding that spray gun. Meh, who am I kidding. My paint jobs aren't shiney anyway!!:biggthumpup::haha:

More to come...

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Dave really enjoyed you taking a few minutes and talking with me. Just a very humble and cool dude. And after having a chance to get over to your old A12 car I have to say... You DID NOT do a good job on that car I’m afraid.. It is one of if not the best looking Mopars I have ever seen hands down. Photos just do not give that car and your talent justice. And now for the typical dumb/stupid gif or smiley.

https://media0.giphy.com/media/1A0oXTqh8AMNy/source.gif

Ha! You too, my friend. I’m glad I was able to put some faces with some names finally!!:biggthumpup:

Thanks for the compliments on my Bee. Dave, the new owner, is thoroughly enjoying it and it was nice to finally meet him in person and go over the car in depth with him.

Just back from the show and what a blast as always!!!:headbang::headbang:

Time to get Crusty running!:eek2:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

Dave, I saw you walk in the front door on Saturday, but I never saw you again. I was hoping to talk to you for a few minutes, but just couldn't find you. Maybe next year.

Rats! Would have been nice to meet you, Freddie. Welp, there’s always next year!:biggthumpup:

Cheers:beers:
Dave

You met me in '17 when you had the beater bee there, but I'm sure that you met a few hundred people that weekend. I didn't see Kelly with you this year. Did you leave here with the horses?

That’s exactly why I don’t remember. That weekend was, and still is, a blur. Met so many people it was hard for my feeble brain to keep track!:dunno:

Kelly was there, but the last few years she’s been doing the modeling thing, and this year she took a break to just enjoy the get-a-way. What’s that mean in men’s terms?:hmmm: Shopping!!:crazy: That’s why you didn’t see her. But next year she’s wanting to sign up to help the show by volunteering at check in, behind the scenes work, or maybe judge the 63-64 Corvettes since that’s pretty simple too:tongue:.

Cheers:beers:

Dave