Rusty's not very quiet cuda progress

[RUSTY Cuda]

Somehow I ended up with 3 lefts & one right, the right is driver condition so I have to match that with whichever left comes out best?
2nd one had driver qual. chrome but stripped out holes, so I tried an epoxy repair, don't know if it will hold up?
then rustolium semi gloss blk! you can see the repairs, not sure how much with screws in, one is pretty wide!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

3rd one has decent chrome, well cept where it cracked! glued that up & shot it with rustolium gloss black, hard to tell in the pics but maybe too glossy? I suppose I could fill the repair a bit if I wanna get picky? :huh: Rich.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

washed up (well kinda soaked em in a bucket of hot soapy water & rinsed) the wiring harness's (?) anyway this connector was all taped up, geeze I wonder why:doh: the black wire to the left is the reroute, looks like the main wire to the alternator! Guess I have some more improvising to do! :shifty: Rich.

 

[68R/T]

(yep another use 68!)

Good chit, ain't it.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Yep! getting low on the second can, so I have used it guite a bit! Rich.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

welp, she's in, spent a long day of cars stuff only, never did find the right bolts to mount the tranny to the engine, but got enough replacements till I locate the old ones or get new, I think we even worked as much as we BS'd , all in all a good day engine is comftably nestled in it's bay, tranny is snugly fitted to the eng, a rusty story for another day halted the driveshaft install, so we moved on to the front end .

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Me 340 let us know how much he appricviated the help of greg340 & me with his french salute!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

before installing the oil pan gasket we checked the torque specs on the bottom end, all good, and as describbed it looks like(well they think so ,I just know it's pretty clean in there?) a low milage eng!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

couldn't put in the tortion bars, but the rest of the front end is on, need torque specs for a few items(didn't show up in my 73 manual) the K frame to rail bolts & the lower control arm pivot nuts, but we just stuck the ratty old rotors & wheels on & soon she'll be a roller!
Still have some plumbing to do underneath, the boots & clips for the T bars are due any day as are the rest of the stuff I need to install the gas tank, so soon those will be in. anywho, Thanks to the 340 bros, a short visit & a tool from charger man, the day went fairly well , murph was only mildly annoying & I'm a tried old man! ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz oh yea don't believe anything they say, most of it is true! [smilie=2: Rich.
some day I'll get to the wheels! :dgt:

 

[71ChargerRT]

coming together Rich :2thumbs:

 

[68R/T]

The shot of the engine bay should be your new avatar.

 

[BootHead]

Lookin' good!

 

[Diplomat_Wagon]

:giggedy:

 

[Dr.Jass]

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

Lots of progress for a day's work... kudos to you and the 340 brothers.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

A couple more shots of the work done yesterday, I did forget that the header on the drivers side goes through the steering link, but don't have the starter yet anyway, so I guess no harm done!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Spent a couple of hours today clearing one of my work benches of all the parts & hardware bags, rebagged & updated the lists for the boxes, try to avoid the "HUNTS" for missing stuff in the future:doh:
clutch fan ready to go & a few more parts painted up!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

68, workin on the new av, maybe a new banner shot too, tired of lookin at that primer!
Gonna finish off the cleanup of the other bench this week, then go through all the other boxes again, not finding those bolts is driving me(well if I'm not there already) NUTS! :toot:
Now if anyone needs a laugh, head over to roids & me & the murph will entertain! [smilie=f: Rich.

 

[haines]

Looking really good Rusty!!!:dance:
Don't loose your momentem.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Got some more goodies, top pad came with my gasket kit, but nothing to isolate the bottom straps, so after I cut up one of the little guys inner tubes I can hang the gas tank, tortion bar boots, clips, steering coupler kit & body bumper kit also arrived. Rich.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Another rustercation job here, seems my defrost vent was rubbing a tad , it was worn like that all the way across this side(other side is ok) so I'm trying to build it out of black silicone, stays plyable so if it sticks it might work! Rich.