I got the car up on jackstands and started working on the suspension. I tightened, cotter pinned, and lubed all the tie rods and ball joints. I am working my way from the ground level, upwards.
I ordered a set of the front and rear ceramic metallic brake shoes from these guys and they should be here next week.
http://www.musclecarbrakes.com/stage16572charger.html
I measured all four of the original 11" brake drums and it looks like they were only cut once in the past half century. The fronts are .010 over and the rears are .020 over so there's still a lot of meat left in them. Getting them cut this weekend at my friend's garage.
I have been buying up bottles of silicone brake fluid (DOT-5) to fill the system with something that won't harm Dave's paint in the event of a leak.
I was able to heat up the broken mirror glass in the passenger side racing mirror and pop it out. I brought the reassembled pieces, all taped together, to my local glass shop. They said it will be about a week and $20 to cut a new mirror. (1970 was a one-year only mirror size for the passenger side so the aftermarket doesn't make that mirror insert.
Other than that, I have been collecting parts and sorting through all the stuff Dave sent me and trying to figure out what language he labeled all the tiny bags of screws with. I think it's either early Olmec or possibly Prediluvian.
08-27-2020, 09:25 PM
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