This project seems to be never ending. I've been driving the car around my neighborhood a little just to work the bugs out and found that my brakes do NOT want to work. After looking everything over, it turns I have too much cam and not enough vacuum for the power brakes. I have a vacuum canister on the way that I hope will help with this problem. If it doesn't, I will probably swap the cam for something a little more mild.
After a few short trips the car decided it did not want to shift into reverse. I took it to a friends shop to inspect and it turns out that the transmission cooler was clogged up severely restriction the flow of transmission fluid. Long story short, the transmission was pulled and completely overhauled with new gears, new shift kit, new torque converter etc.
I got the car back about a week before the annual Mopars only car show here in Utah. I removed a leaf out of the rear springs to bring the ass end down a little and mounted up the new wheels and tires. I think it looks pretty good, but I still would like to lower the rear end another two inches.
The day before the show I finally showed the paint a little love. I used a 5 step process. Clay bar, then rubbing compound, then polishing, then show car glaze, and then two coats of wax. I was literally rubbing on this thing for 10 hours. The final results are just incredible, but I think i'll be sore for a week!
The results must have paid off as I won first place in the e body category. My dads hemi convertible finished in second place.
The car still has a few bugs to be worked out, but it's nice to finally be able to enjoy this car a little.
