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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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08/29/13 06:46 PM
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For the price of a case of Tastykakes you may be able to persuade a certain OC ginger to make a road call  I agree it seems as though the weld is your big hurdle - get it done and you can fairly quickly get it on the street. There is no shame in needing help when you are a beginner.
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
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08/29/13 10:27 PM
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For the price of a case of Tastykakes you may be able to persuade a certain OC ginger to make a road call I agree it seems as though the weld is your big hurdle - get it done and you can fairly quickly get it on the street. There is no shame in needing help when you are a beginner.
Like I said, time is an issue. I'm gone most week at work. I leave early and don't usually get home till 5pm or later. Only some of my weekends are free. Having all of that and trying to coordinate with someone to come and bring a welder is difficult. It'd be better for me to send the car out to be done completely and made to run and stop properly. Only problem is to get the car out of the garage I have to move the two cars parked in front of the garage and install my steering column to be able to turn the car 90 degrees out of the driveway. I can do that, or as I said, try to learn to weld it and work on my own time
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
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09/03/13 06:27 PM
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Chris,
I think it's counterproductive to discourage him more. He doesn't have the knowhow or experience to knock out the weekends worth of work that fast. Most of us needed some kind of guidance at some point.
Samy, keep plugging away. Take a break if you need to, but I think that if you can get someone to take care of the welding for you, you should be able to get the rest back together in a pretty reasonable amount of time. Keep going! Driving it again will be a nice reward!
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
[Re: Shoozy]
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09/04/13 11:42 AM
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Chris,
I think it's counterproductive to discourage him more. He doesn't have the knowhow or experience to knock out the weekends worth of work that fast. Most of us needed some kind of guidance at some point.
Samy, keep plugging away. Take a break if you need to, but I think that if you can get someone to take care of the welding for you, you should be able to get the rest back together in a pretty reasonable amount of time. Keep going! Driving it again will be a nice reward!
 Words of wisdom from a guy who defines persistance. Get your welding done - the rest will not seem so insurmountable and you will learn as you go - just like all of us did!! 
Thanks guys. This Friday isn't going to happen. We're taking the baja car for one last testing/fun day this weekend somewhere out in Apple Valley before we start tearing it apart. So I'll be stuck at school every day after work this week prepping the car and packing things up for the trip. Today I've got to tighten things up and make sure nothing is going to fall off or break. I'm going to drive it around and push it in the back lots of school. Maybe something will happen next week with the Dart. I have to talk to my friend about it.
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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09/04/13 11:43 AM
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
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09/07/13 11:01 PM
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Good to see your dart is still around. I havent done much but look at mine the last 6 months...and I fire it up once in awhile. 
But, soon mine shall come together...Got a TON of parts gathered now.
Gonna have to get them both done and hit PCH sometime
We should definitely hang out sometime. I'd be down for it once my Dart is running.
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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09/27/13 09:28 PM
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Have you gone over and gotten a welder yet? Do I have to take you over myself? C'mon, get in the truck. 
I can't afford this.
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
[Re: a12superbee]
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09/28/13 08:26 PM
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Have you gone over and gotten a welder yet?
Do I have to take you over myself? C'mon, get in the truck.
Unfortunately not... Honestly, I don't know how I'm going to pull this off on my own.
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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10/02/13 12:10 AM
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So, I'm kind of throwing in the flag on this one. I just talked with my dad today. We both agreed that I should just send the Dart out and have my mechanics fix them. So, the plan is to install the steering wheel back in the car (maybe tonight after my homework) so I can maneuver the Dart out of the garage, hopefully sometime before Saturday, and have AAA tow it over there. I'm going to ask them if they can have it done before the 25th of October so I can take the car over to Fall Fling. I'm going to have them check all of the brake work, get her driving safely again, and fix the small little issues if there's time.
Update: Just threw in the steering column so the car can turn (no roll pin) and packed up the trunk with all my parts. Now I'm going to write a detailed report for my mechanics on what I have, what I've done, and what I'd like to have done/fixed.
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
[Re: MuuMuu101]
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10/02/13 03:20 AM
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That's okay, after you get the important things like school out of the way, you'll have more time to work on your car building skills. First things first.
I can't afford this.
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
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10/02/13 12:14 PM
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Probably a good call. This gets the car done, and you can begin enjoying it again. Nothing wrong with getting some help when you need it.
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Re: MuuMuu's 68 Dart... It's a Learning Process...
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10/05/13 12:06 PM
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My dad wanted me to send it over there months and months ago, but I was stubborn and wanted to see how much I could do on my own. Anyways, I just pushed the Dart out of my garage and am awaiting for AAA's arrival in an hour. I'm going to go pick up some donuts real quick for my mechanics to butter them up a little and then I'll head on over there to tell them what's going on. Hopefully they can have her driving safely by Fall Fling.  Update: So AAA came and picked up the car. I followed the tow truck to my mechanics and just couldn't stop thinking to myself, "Man, the Dart front end looks so BA." I'm excited to be able to drive it again. I showed my mechanic the car and told him the most important thing to focus on was the brakes and making sure it runs nicely. He said turn around time, if everything was ideal, 1 week. If nothing goes wrong and he gets it done on time, I may give him another week and have him try to fix the small issues like the locks and my driver door/window problems. He didn't seem too happy with me from changing from power to manual brakes though. 
Last edited by MuuMuu101; 10/05/13 02:39 PM.
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Not a bad call. You will still be able to learn plenty. Get it going and enjoy it and you won't look at it with contempt as a garage ornament.
