1960 Dodge Dart Seneca Project

That dash looks great! As well as everything else.

Thanks!

Welcome back It's been awhile!

Well, the dash is in, so, less stress now

Rick said:

Thanks!

Welcome back It's been awhile!

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Yup. Got a new position at work that sits me in front of the computer instead of under the helicopter. So I'll be around more.

Turdle said:

Well, the dash is in, so, less stress now

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Yeah you're not kidding. Now I don't have to worry about the dash falling off of that jig I had set up to hold it. I had this unshakable feeling that I was going to open the door and see it on the floor one morning

Then there was the fear of scratching the hell out of it on the way back in... Thankfully none of that transpired

More progress over the weekend...

How did you refinish the dash? Is that just paint?

That shifter took a bit of backyard engineering to get it to fit. The handle was way too long and interfered with the dash. I cut a few inches off the shifter handle. The shifter ball is hollow plastic that's chrome plated so I removed the brass nut insert and ground out a grove for the shifter handle to slide into. Next step is to use JB weld to lock in. It's a perfect fit and you can't tell anything was done to the shifter

Scott B. said:

How did you refinish the dash? Is that just paint?

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Down to bare metal, epoxy primed, bodyworked, epoxy primed again, high build primer, and finally SEM Hot Rod Black as a top coat.

Getting closer!!

When working without a manual it's easy to screw up on the order of assembly. I had the column in and out three times before it was setup with everything it needed... The worst part was a clamp that attaches to the lower column tube, and has a bracket that runs up to the firewall to provide support. I forgot to put the clamp on before I put the steering shaft and coupler in the column. Removing all that would have been a royal PITA... Since the car is not an OEM "correct" restoration and is more of a hot rod I decided to do some more backyard engineering... I cut the clamp in half, welded up tabs to the side I cut, and now instead of the clamp squeezing from one side, it squeezes from both.

looking great Rick!! Much better than anything I could have done!

A friend came over to the house and built a set of headers for me... Man, that's not something I would ever take on myself. I have patience for a lot of things, but this isn't one of them

She's alive!!!

Eight and a half months into my two month project and she's alive!!

Took her for a quick spin around the block. No issue Tranny shifts hard, OD unit kicks in and it has so much more gittyup than the old slant 6 even with hardly getting into the gas

Sucks that all the roads are wet around here today and it looks like more rain is on the way.

CONGRATS RICK! She looks real sharp and sounds just plain sexy

That is one slick ride. Looks very nice Rick!

Sleeper!

She's breathing through 18" Dynoflow "mufflers" which are 3" in and out and no restrictions Actually sounds surprisingly mellow.

Now time for the 5.0 swap into Pumpkin

It sounds really good.

I'd like to hear it while in the power band. After the engine is broken in, of course.

My 302's sound has mellowed a little as everything broke in - temp cycles and miles. I also added an "H" pipe - took the raspyness out of the FlowMasters.