My charger restoration dream car

[showard]

I have a question: What is this? Underneath my battery tray is a long metal plate that screws to the frame. I cleaned it and reinstalled it but I do not know what it is or what it is for.

 

[rolling_Thunder]

Your photo doesn't show up for me - but on a 68 Charger the only thing under the battery tray is a soup can looking thing that bolts to the frame rail with two bolts - it is a vacuum can for the headlight actuators - it stores vacuum so the headlight doors can be opened or closed once with the engine off

 

[showard]

Your photo doesn't show up for me - but on a 68 Charger the only thing under the battery tray is a soup can looking thing that bolts to the frame rail with two bolts - it is a vacuum can for the headlight actuators - it stores vacuum so the headlight doors can be opened or closed once with the engine off

Thank you, that makes sense. What I have is the mounting plate with the can broken off. Now I know what I need to get.

 

[showard]

Your photo doesn't show up for me - but on a 68 Charger the only thing under the battery tray is a soup can looking thing that bolts to the frame rail with two bolts - it is a vacuum can for the headlight actuators - it stores vacuum so the headlight doors can be opened or closed once with the engine off

I have noticed that my pictures do not show up on some computers and I can't figure how to paste them differently. The only way that I can get them on is to copy and paste from an email to myself. It will not let me drag them from my computer or copy and paste from my computer. Maybe I am doing something wrong.

 

[showard]

I have enjoyed spending some time working on my car again. I have been working on cleaning and fixing some of the parts that I have not done yet. There sure are many parts to this car. It is more fun to install them once they are cleaned and fixed.
This is where I have spent hundreds of hours over the past several years (wire wheel cleaning and and chrome buffing). I have worn out several wheels.

 

[showard]

Thanks to Rolling Thunder, I figured out what my bracket was missing and ordered me a new headlight actuator vacuum can.

 

[daytona kid]

This is where I have spent hundreds of hours over the past several years (wire wheel cleaning and and chrome buffing). I have worn out several wheels.

On this car's parts? And, Is that a Nasa lab? It's so clean..

 

[showard]

On this car's parts? And, Is that a Nasa lab? It's so clean..

Yes, on this cars parts. Many of the metal parts from allover the car I wire wheeled the rust off and repainted them (A/C parts, brake pedal parts, window roller parts, hundreds of nuts bolts and screws, etc.).
I'm a 7th grade shop teacher and that is part of my shop room. I brought my buffer and clamped it to a bench there so that when I get some time here and there I can work on them there. I can also show my students some of my progress and how some things work.
Here is as close to NASA as we get. We have a lot of fun.

 

[keepat]

Very cool!

 

[daytona kid]

Yes, very very cool!
Are you getting them to help refurb charger parts? Free child labor, lol.. I hope you teach them that Mopars are best. I wanted to be a teacher, and applied once but got turned down, sob..

 

[showard]

I hooked up my steering column today. I used the extension kit that came with the Borgeson power steering.

The uniclip that came with it did not quite fit, it was to narrow to fit the bushing spacers so I had to use the car's original ones.

Packed it with grease.

 

[showard]

I installed my torsion bars. I had a hard time trying to get the rubber boot covers on the torsion bars. They were cold and hard so I had a bright idea to bring them in and heat them up with the hair drier.

This helped and I was able to get them on with some difficulty.

I thought this was a good idea until I went to install them and, because I have the front suspension already installed, I could not feed them through the hole from the front so I had to stick the bar through the frame hole from behind, pull off the boot from the back and re-push it on from the front of the bar again. This was a good workout exercise.

To get the bar to fit in the front socket I had to loosen the shock, remove the lower rubber stopper, and loosen the torsion adjuster screw.

When I originally removed them they had a lot of grease packed in the frame socket so I greased and packet them before hooking up the rubber boot. I used my home made grease gun to make sure that I got grease back where it would need it then installed the boot and clip.

 

[threewood]

Yes, on this cars parts. Many of the metal parts from allover the car I wire wheeled the rust off and repainted them (A/C parts, brake pedal parts, window roller parts, hundreds of nuts bolts and screws, etc.).
I'm a 7th grade shop teacher and that is part of my shop room. I brought my buffer and clamped it to a bench there so that when I get some time here and there I can work on them there. I can also show my students some of my progress and how some things work.
Here is as close to NASA as we get. We have a lot of fun.
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That is outstanding! Looks like you have the kids very interested in their work. Shop was my favorite class in middle school. Several years later they closed the program and sold off the equipment. I would have loved to grab some of it but I was living out of state.

 

[showard]

That is outstanding! Looks like you have the kids very interested in their work. Shop was my favorite class in middle school. Several years later they closed the program and sold off the equipment. I would have loved to grab some of it but I was living out of state.

My favorite class also was shop. My Jr High shop teacher helped build my self confidence and motivation and I'm sure that played a big part in me wanting to become a shop teacher. It wasn't easy those first years but I have enjoyed teaching them more and more. This is my 25th year and we are having a great time. I am also a general contractor to help support my teaching habit.
I'm always sad when schools close these industrial technology programs because I feel that everyone benefits from these classes and that after graduation many will be working in jobs in that field.

 

[69 GTX]

Looking good! Where did you buy your Borgsen fittings & hoses? I got the gearbox in, but not plumbed.

 

[showard]

Looking good! Where did you buy your Borgsen fittings & hoses? I got the gearbox in, but not plumbed.

I haven't gotten that far either. I just have the fittings that came with gearbox. If I get around to it soon I will let you know what I find.

 

[showard]

I have been able to spend some time installing many of the parts back on the firewall and under dash.

 

[69 GTX]

You've been busy, looking good!

 

[Don selleck]

looks great, you should be complete by the time warm weather gets there. you must be getting more and more anxious after every step.

 

[showard]

looks great, you should be complete by the time warm weather gets there. you must be getting more and more anxious after every step.

Thanks, I still have never driven a charger and am looking forward to driving mine.