New Owner, Humbly Looking for Guidance
Welcome from Michigan. Where is PTC? While we wait for pics, what else can you tell us about your new ride? Driveline, options, colors etc?
69conv: Good questions. PTC = Peachtree City, GA. My friend some years ago had a larger Chrysler vehicle. That car had a 360. He wind up pulling that engine, sending it off to a former NASCAR engine builder, and (according to my friend) this is the last engine this guy built. I can't think of the guy's name at the moment, but I'm going to get my friend to write it all down for me (so I won't forget). It wasn't "built" like a NASCAR engine. But it was built (as best as I can describe) to be optimized. Good HP output, yet reliable. The engine build was probably mid-90's. He also carried over the drive shaft, rear end & rear axle from the other Chrysler, all heavier-duty than what was originally on the Scamp. To look at the car, it looks all original. It has a bit of a rip on the driver's seat, but he has brand new seat covers (original from my understanding) to replace this in the trunk. The car is green with a black vinyl top. I will post up pictures when I take ownership. I have a ton to do before and during that time (i.e. - I have to clean out the garage to make room for it, and meanwhile my son and I bmx full time, and the wife wants other stuff hauled off to the dump). Lots of stuff to do. Besides getting the brakes working and repairing the exhaust, I think I want to put baby moons on the car. I think baby moons look fabulous on cars of this age. I think it has the original hub caps on it.
Welcome 7Milesout! I live in PTC also. This site has a lot of good people that will help you with your Scamp. I have a factory 72 Dart Manual you can use if you like. I think most of the components on a Scamp is the same as a Dart. Maybe we could meet up sometime.
72dart - Yes, let's meet up. Let me get the car first. When I have it stored in my (unholy mess of a) garage, we'll get together and you can look it over. I'm going to buy some auto-dollies and put it on those so I can push it over out of the way in the garage. My garage is full of a lot of my late brother's stuff (I can't seem to part with), an LS 460L, a golf cart that is used daily by my son to drive to school, an ATV, a dirtbike, bicycles out the ying-yang, bmx pieces & parts, a stinky smaller mongrel of a dog that sheds like a head of hair a day, and lots of junk. It's the "junk" that I'm going to have to load up and get rid of. That and some other junk from the house the wife wants rid of. I'll get pictures of the car when I get it to my house. My sister is coming this weekend, so I've got to put on the dog & pony show for her (and the people she is bringing (my niece and etc)), and then I think the weekend after this (3/4) I will go get the car. I gotta bring the enclosed trailer home and (mainly) confirm the tires are still good to go. I don't need to blow a tire with a 3,500 lb car in there.
7milesout
