Are we having fun yet?

[Scott Rousseau <srandsr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So I finally did it. With the help of one of my best friends, I loaded my '63 330 wagon onto a trailer and rolled it to his shop to get it running. The car has been sitting in my So Cal driveway for about six years, but with a fresh battery, a gallon of decent gas and a little coaxing via some carb spray, the decrepit Poly fired up and rolled out of the driveway. And rolled. And rolled. Item number one on the list: Fix the @#&*^$ brakes!
It's now on a lift in my buddy's shop. With a new dual master sourced from a non-power brake '67 Coronet (Thanks for the tip, Ollie) and clean brake lines...and the stock tapered-axle rear end torn out and laying on the ground behind the car. Yeah. After fighting to get the lines and the fittings dialed in, we went to bleed the brakes, only to have the bleeder on the right rear wheel strip out as we went to crack it. And then we huffed and puffed and COULD NOT get the rear drum off to get at the wheel cylinder. Our solution? I had two clean '65 8 3/4 rear ends in the backyard, so why not swap the cruddy rear end for one of them? Tomorrow morning's agenda is to screw in the new rear end, which has 3.55s in it (not sure what gear the tapered 8 3/4 rear would have in it...anyone?), bleed the brakes and hopefully drive the thing for real.
I have a lot of motorcycle experience but not a lot of car experience. I'm learning that this wagon is a lot like remodeling my house in that you never really can just do "A" and then "B" and call it good. You end up starting with A, then backing up and doing steps 1-3, and wind up with step 8 3/4. Nothing is ever easy.
I'm not complaining, just observing the process. 
Hey, Gary P., did you happen to find me a 4-barrel Poly manifold for this dog yet? 
Cheers to all,
Scott

Dodge 330 wagon (in rough shape)
Dodge 330 post car (in better shape but in storage, waiting its turn)
   


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