With temp's below zero at the moment and an unheated garage the only thing I'm doing on the car is visualizing what to do in what order when the weather breaks.
I bought the car in October and about 2 weeks later put a brand new set of 15 x 7 rally's ,centers, lug nuts, and beauty rings on it with new B.F. Goodrich Radial T/A's. So the wheels and tires are covered. Then it was 4 new shocks I use Monroe load levelers with a coil over shock set up in the rear and new Monroe front shocks. Had to go over the rear brakes and install the self adjusting hardware kits as they were completely missing when I pulled the drums??? Never seen that one before??? Makes you wonder if it was the guy's first brake job??? Hmmm I have these parts left over and don't know where they go!!!
The car has a points type ignition so I bought an Electronic conversion kit and a new engine harness from Evan's wiring Erie, Pa If you guys have never used Bill's harnesses I highly recommend them.
A 71 Cuda just doesn't look "right" without a set of road lamps so I bought a set of them from Bill Evans too including the brackets.
I plan on pulling the engine and detailing it. While the engine is out I am going to paint the engine compartment and detail the k-frame etc. I bought a complete Moog front suspension kit and a fast ratio pitman arm , idler arm set up from Summit Racing so I'll have the car's suspension tight.
I am really trying to hold back and NOT make this a 2-3 year project. I didn't buy the car to go crazy with I just want a little better than a driver quality car. I am obsessed with detail on my cars and as I get older I get worse!!! It takes some of the fun out of it when you've made the car too nice. I don't want to be afraid to drive it.
