Made a lot of progress this week; Maria's cousin came over yesterday and helped me move things along.
The interior will be insulated with Fat Mat Rattle Trap sound deadener. I'm planning on covering the firewall (done!), front and rear floor pans, wheel well humps, interior side of the cardboard trunk divider, and roof. I measured needing about 66 sq. ft. of material; 75 sq ft was the closest price point and any left over will go into the doors and/or the top of the package tray. The stuff is very easy to work with, very malleable, easy to cut and trim. Fat Mat supplies the safety razor and roller wheel; you need the wheel to roll out air bubbles and get a good seal at the seams, but it's cheap. There are better ones out there for installing wallpaper, etc.
Got the factory insulation installed over the Rattle Trap. The upper insulation secures with spray-on adhesive and the bottom secures with the plastic rivets. I had covered the mounting holes with the Rattle Trap so I had to use the engine compartment side for reference.
Note: Four of the attachment points are behind the fenders (two each side); fortunately I haven't installed the mud guards yet so I was able to find the holes; if you're planning on installing sound deadener and your car is assembled then mark the hole orientation beforehand.
Cleaned up the wiper arms, then prepped and painted. I didn't take apart the pivot points, just cleaned with Simple Green and sprayed with WD 40. In reality living in CA I may never turn the wipers on. In the 3+ years I've owned the Dart I've maybe used the wipers 5 times.
Yesterday we got the brake assembly, power booster and m/c, and Classic Air heater box installed. Way back when, I had purchased the booster and m/c separate from the disc brake conversion kit because I wanted the Bendix style. Most of the all-in-one kits seem to come with GM style boosters.
The CA heater box was slammed home on the first try. I'm very impressed so far with the engineering. I had bench calibrated it a few months earlier so it was ready to go. The unit is surpassingly light. It uses the OEM stud on the interior firewall, although you have to use their bracket. You need two people, one inside and one in the engine compartment to guide the hard lines through the firewall. But it literally took minutes to position; the bracket needed massaging but that was about it.
Finally. Something's hanging off the firewall!
This is the last work I'll be doing on the car for a week or so. Tuesday we're headed for Ohio. Gonna catch a Toledo Mud Hens game, visit the Rock n Roll HOF, the Pro Footbal HOF and then
THE NATS! Hope to run into you guys at the show. You can't miss me, I'm the old guy wearing the Mopar baseball cap.
