Gunmetal 72 Dart - Cool cruiser build (no... refurb!)

PRE-PURCHASE:

I've had this 72 Dart for about a year and I've been picking at it as time and money allow, but now that I'm getting deeper into it, I think it's about time to start a "build" thread. Though, it's really turned into more like a "refurbish" and less like a "build", which I'll explain in one of the next posts.

But to start off, here are the pre-purchase pics, where the car sat since about 1999. The car was listed on ebay and CraigsList with a ridiculous price, but I got it for about a third of what he was asking.

The car was registered in North Carolina for most of its life (until 1994), though I uncovered the original Florida dealer sticker on the trunk lid.

In hibernation for nearly 15 years, waiting for me to get my hands on it... then loading it onto the trailer last year: