Figured it is time for another update!

[SEC]

After nearly 30 years of sitting and a year of work I finally was able to drive my 1969 2000 roadster! Currently addressing an issue with the carbs causing the engine to idle rough. May need to read more on how to tune the carbs but with the compression in cylinders 3 and 4 running 125 so figures it may be the valves. At first the engine sounded pretty rough but it just needed to be gapped properly. Plan to register as an antique and get insurance on it for the summer season to be able to cruise around every so often. As a lover of domestic vehicles (especially Mopar) the car is definitely growing on me. Hope to begin body work with a friend of mine who has experience in the field. Only concern there is the chrome on the rear bumper is shredded and the steel has some rust pits. Transmission shifts well and car was brought up to 45 miles per hour for a test run two days ago. Compression on the first and second cylinder was very good. Hope to teach my younger brother who just got his license how to drive manual one day maybe if I get over the thought of him tearing up the clutch haha.
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[Gregs672000]

Glad to hear she's up and running! A leak down test will tell you where you're losing the compression and may help focus your efforts. Monitor it for a head gasket issue. I set my valves 8in and 10ex hot, 6 and 8 cold.

[dads311]

Congrats. It is an awesome feeling when you get to drive one. Lots of info here on bringing one back to life. As for the crbs there are any number of things that could be causing problems, when adjusting them always start with basic tune up. Valves, timing, then carbs. Have you addressed rust in the fuel tank and lines and filters
They are simple cars after you get them going but it can be a hair pulling aventure to get there. Sounds like you are well on your way. If you run into something you can't find an answer for be sure and ask and use the search function as well as the tech wiki.
Have fun and try not to smile too much when driving; bugs in the teeth

[SEC]

Congrats. It is an awesome feeling when you get to drive one. Lots of info here on bringing one back to life. As for the crbs there are any number of things that could be causing problems, when adjusting them always start with basic tune up. Valves, timing, then carbs. Have you addressed rust in the fuel tank and lines and filters
They are simple cars after you get them going but it can be a hair pulling aventure to get there. Sounds like you are well on your way. If you run into something you can't find an answer for be sure and ask and use the search function as well as the tech wiki.
Have fun and try not to smile too much when driving; bugs in the teeth

Currently running a fuel line into a gas can while the tank is being soaked with fresh gas to try and break up some of the crust in it. My grandfather removed the gas tank 20+ years ago to clean it and never did so thankfully there is minimal rust and crud build up in it! Valves have been gapped and timing checked,there was a huge backfire as I forgot to label the spark plug wires when I removed them(whoops). All fuel lines have been blown out as well. Fuel pump diaphragm was shot at first but after removing the pin and ball bearings that hold the arm in place I was able to easily swap that out(Diaphragm would not come out while all that was in place as there is a small plate or something inside the pump that it was held against).