As some of you know I have been working on a '70 Dart that I picked up in New Jersey last June for $2000. http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?p=216157 Well, the car ended up having loads of "issues" and I was rethinking my goal of getting it on the track in two years.
As fate would have it I came upon a deal I just couldn't pass up. Last week I found a 440 block and heads on Craigs List for $100. The guy who was selling the block had a '73 Dart in his garage that was 100% media blasted. Inside, out, and underneath. The car is practically a cream puff compared to what I've been working on, so I bought it
All of those months of work on the Sublime '70 will now be put on hold. I will shoot primer over all the bare metal and park it out back until I am finished with the "new" car.
When I started I had a two year goal to get the Dart on the track. At the rate I was going, and with a ton of other "issues" that I have not even begun to tackle, I felt this was the right move.
Not only did I get the car for $500, but it came with a $500 Art Morrison roll cage kit as well. It also has 2x3 subframe connectors welded in. This time the right way.
I will setup the '73 with the '70 front clip and probably the '70 doors too.
Here's some photos. Nothing like having bare metal to work with. There's also nothing like being able to see all the "issues" at once!
As fate would have it I came upon a deal I just couldn't pass up. Last week I found a 440 block and heads on Craigs List for $100. The guy who was selling the block had a '73 Dart in his garage that was 100% media blasted. Inside, out, and underneath. The car is practically a cream puff compared to what I've been working on, so I bought it
All of those months of work on the Sublime '70 will now be put on hold. I will shoot primer over all the bare metal and park it out back until I am finished with the "new" car.
When I started I had a two year goal to get the Dart on the track. At the rate I was going, and with a ton of other "issues" that I have not even begun to tackle, I felt this was the right move.
Not only did I get the car for $500, but it came with a $500 Art Morrison roll cage kit as well. It also has 2x3 subframe connectors welded in. This time the right way.
I will setup the '73 with the '70 front clip and probably the '70 doors too.
Here's some photos. Nothing like having bare metal to work with. There's also nothing like being able to see all the "issues" at once!
