Dave's 72 Dart

Cosmicfish · Post by **Cosmicfish** » Wed Jan 07, 15 8:43 am

The tank is looking good fella , would like to get a new one for my T&C got to find some place that sells them first. that or have one made.

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Wed Jan 07, 15 10:22 am

sorry for thread hijack.....have PMd you a link re gas tanks. Worth fixing your original if you can and plenty of places stock repro that Ron Fenton can ship for you...

Oh, and back on thread, thats a nice job Dave, and unusual

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Thu Jan 08, 15 7:33 am

Nice work Dave.

Did you get the tank from US?

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Thu Jan 08, 15 1:27 pm

cadboy wrote:Nice work Dave.

Did you get the tank from US?

Yep!

Rockauto....Spectre Premium tank and sender!

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Thu Jan 08, 15 4:31 pm

Tank

CLASS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Thu Jan 08, 15 5:07 pm

Really should've painted mine before I put it on... It is nice n shiny though.

terryr · Post by **terryr** » Thu Jan 08, 15 6:05 pm

new tank is on my list to ,was it cheap dave

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Thu Jan 08, 15 9:56 pm

Thanks Chaps,

terryr wrote:new tank is on my list to ,was it cheap dave

Terry,

It was part of a big order so not sure on individual shipped cost.
Tank was just under £100 on its own!

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Fri Jun 05, 15 2:15 pm

Its been a while so time for an update........

Last time out was to the HRD's last September. Ran fine, but noticed on the way home that when pushing over 60MPH the temp gauge would rise.

It got to a point where it hit 210. Dropped back to 50/55 and it slowly fell back to 190......So that's my next port of call.

Spent Autumn/Winter collecting the necessary parts and researching.

My current rad is a 19" Slanty special with integrated trans cooler.
I've bought a 22" 3 core Ali Rad and decided that though it also has an integral trans cooler, that i wanted to keep it separate.

So decided on a 13row Mocal cooler.
I'm also upgrading the hard lines to AN6 Teflon braided hose complete with fittings and will route via the inner wing.

I've will also be adding a rad catch can, but this posed two issues.
Horn and Charcoal Canister are in the way. Upon removing the Charcoal canister it pretty much shat its contents over the car........So that's getting binned.

It will also allow me to remove the vent line that runs under the car from front to back. I'll replace this with Teflon Braided plus air relief valve and route it local to the tank, mounted to the underside of the trunk floor.

Horns will get repositioned.

When looking at the engine bay all the shiny stuff is let down by its surroundings.......So add some bodywork/paint to the mix and my simple rad replacement is now a front end breakdown:

Lots of trial fitting and new mounting holes/routing holes have been drilled:

Sand all surfaces down and add black paint on the mounting plates/fan/pulleys. Primer on the rest of it:

That's where it is as of now!
Should be painted by the end of this week, then its assembly time........

MilesnMiles · Post by **MilesnMiles** » Fri Jun 05, 15 2:34 pm

Liking that tidy wiring to alternator and battery Dave. Something I ought to do.

ScottyDave · Post by **ScottyDave** » Fri Jun 05, 15 3:51 pm

Nice, looking forward to seeing it in the flesh sometime when I finally make a meet/event

cadboy · Post by **cadboy** » Mon Jun 08, 15 7:15 am

Looking good Dave, hope to see her out soon.

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Mon Jun 15, 15 1:54 pm

Now in colour........... with fan/belts put back on:

New Rad/Expansion tank, Oil cooler, Headlight Earths, relocated horns and re-attached slam panel:

Thanks to the guys on here and my Q&A's.........Cooler Hose routing:
Hose clamps (thanks for the assistance Will).
These are supposed to be welded to the frame (not got the tools), so decided id rather have detachable mountings.

Just my luck that the design of these, is that the have recesses in the base.......
Good 'O...............I prefer neat and tidy so i'll go with hidden mounting bolts.

M4's fit perfectly if you get the holes in the right place.
I also don't like multi-coloured cars so painted them black to tie in with what will eventually be Blue/Black combo:

Assembled:

As suggested by Blue

, I made a bracket and supported one utilising the oil pan and one of the mounting bolts (also added heat reflective covers to the feed and return lines):

Rad support panel c/w bulkhead fittings:

Bit of Autosol on the chrome (before and after pics):

I also hate having orange bulbs behind clear Perspex (indicator covers on the 72), so I've gone with LED replacements:

Less current draw, but may be an issue without resistors (indicator flashing speed)......Bananarama! it! I'll find out in the next few weekends.

So there we have it as of today......

This was never going to be a factory looking car (the colour being one).

It'll be my take on what I think the Dart should have been, so I've started on personal mods...........It may work, it may not...............Stay tuned as its not finished yet..............

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Jun 15, 15 2:01 pm

Looking Good, Dave - coming along in leaps and bounds now!!!

Rebel · Post by **Rebel** » Tue Jun 16, 15 1:22 am

You might well have an issue with the indicators ability to flash using led's, you'll need a zero or low resistance flashing unit. Similar to this on the bay of fleas

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Pin-DC-12V- ... 35ebda27b3