Well, I finally have some progress on mine atleast after stripin the entire brake system out of the car. I spent this afternoon pulling the rear-end out. Sanded and repainted the leafspring plates that bolt to the axle with u-bolts, will start sanding and repainting the rearend tommorow hopefully.
Thats good to hear. Now I'm interested in your progress too. Maybe we can help each other through this ordeal, you know, mutual support.
I'm just now getting mine to run decent again from the fuel problem I discussed earlier in this thread. Finally, after a new fuel tank kit, filters, new carb (had it for 3 yrs but never installed, left over from another project), some timing and carb tuning, and its now running good enough to drive it again, but not as good as it was before.
My current plan is to drive it as much as I can this summer, then this fall I'm going to put it in the garage that we cleaned out at my wife's disabled grandmother's house and take it down to bare metal and do body work, so me and a bud can paint it Azure Blue, with a semi flat black taillight panel. I'm going to paint everything except the front clip because it mostly just needs to be replaced. So my goal is for this time next year to have a nice paint job except for the front fenders, hood, and headlight buckets.
Glad to hear yours is running againand you can take it for a spin . I got the rear brake drums sanded/painted, the leaf spring plates and u-bolts, rear leaf spring shackles which was a P.I.A. to get off the car. The rear end is disconnected except for the e-brake cables and sitting on jack stands underneath the car. Will probably just leave them connected and sand/paint the rearend where it sits to make things easier. Can't wait to get my suspension kit so I can start re-assembling everything and oh ya still waiting for my break line as well
AAtleast I can see some progress though all be it very small and slow
I did my restoration in four years. It was a lot of work but when I look back it was best time I ever had. I know that right now you just want it to look good and be done, but trust me you will wish it would not have gone by so fast. Driving it and going to car shows are fun, but not as much fun as crawling under that car and rebuilding the suspension.
That's what I'm working on right now. I have to redo the suspension for it to be safe to drive on the road, I found the bands that clamp around the leaf springs broken except for one on each side.
BDT,
What suspension set-up did you use on your car?
I went with the "GRAB-A-TRAK" 67-70 kit, It drops it about .75 in. I think its a good kit feels solid when driving down the road.
And here I am looking at new 1974 Hurst/Olds project thinking "I'll never get this restored"....
Keep at it!!!!
I think your right, if you have everything else disconnected except the e-brake cables (they are a P.I.A. too) you should just paint it like it is.
68stang351,
Any new updates with your car?Or are you to busy out cruising that pony since it's back up and running?
I know EXACTLY how you feel bro.....
This should sum it up for ya
http://youtube.com/watch?v=C6JxsofK8Ls
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